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"Rita Hayworth is Stayin' Alive" (video)

[via Joe Peach who added, "This is fabulous!" I won't argue.]

Trace of Time Clock

Created by Il-Gu Cha, it has a dry-erase glass face with a single hand that wipes out tasks as they happen.

Miss the cluetrain and you'll never know what you missed.

[via Engadget and The Awesomer]

"Why shouldn't cats govern?" (video)

It's about time someone asked.

Wrote Diodorus Siculus: "Whoever kills a cat in Egypt is condemned to death, whether he committed this crime deliberately or not. The people gather and kill him. An unfortunate Roman, who accidentally killed a cat, could not be saved, either by King Ptolemy of Egypt or by the fear which Rome inspired."

[via richeast.org and reader Alan Fick who continues to dazzle with material that demands posting ASAP. More, please.]

Rifle Umbrella — Just 'cause it's raining doesn't mean you can't stand your ground

Custom cover bag with strap included.

$33.90–$$38.90.

[via reader Alan Fick]

Spider web as natural screen door

Above and below, my favorite spider in his/her (how do I tell?) lair, just outside my back door.

A wonderful place to set up shop, guaranteed to produce a steady diet of juicy insects.

Who needs a screen door when you've got one of these arachnid homeys?

Now to encourage others to establish residence outside the rest of my doors and windows....

Pizza Sleeping Bag w Optional Veggie Pillows

What's not to like?

$200.

[via Things That Look Like Other Things]

OREO Iced Coffee — Ack!

Above, a photo I took while stopped at a red light in Philadelphia last Sunday during my seemingly interminable efforts to find a way to the Pennsylvania Turnpike and say good-bye forever to a city I found impossible to navigate.

Swiss Army Tampon

What took so long?

Tactical Adventure Medical Preparedness Outdoors Necessity (T.A.M.P.O.N.)

Nine uses for a tampon outside the menstrual space:

• Cordage

• Bandage

• Fire Tinder

• Water Filter

• Fishing Bobber

• Blow Dart Fletching

• Wick for Improvised Candle

• Waterproof Match & Fire Tinder Case

• Blow Tube for Coal Burning Containers

Jezebel has the details.

[via carlovely]