Now You See Me, Now You Don’t?

I came across this image while surfing the net. Unfortunately, the originating website from which this image came is no longer in service. I like to give credit where credit is due.

It appears that this fellow placed a tattoo on the underside of his right arm that gives the impression that he’s looking at you when he covers his eyes with his arm. I hope this guy stays in great physical shape because it could get a little ugly if he allow his arms to get saggy.

It’s got to be pretty freaky standing in back of him while waiting on line at the grocery store or playing hide-n-seek with the kids. Not particularly my style, but I guess it’s kind of cool in a Halloweenish sort of way.

On the cool-o-meter scale, I’ll call this one spooky.

The Bullet Express A Kitchen Must Have

The Magic Bullet folks came out with a grown up Bullet. It's called the Bullet Express and it's a Magic Bullet on steroids. It not only chops, slices and purees, it also juices, grinds and mixes proportions much larger than your old food processor.

The attractive thing about the Bullet Express is that your chopping quantities are not limited. Because the Bullet Express shoots the chopped items out into a bowl the size of your choosing, you can slice a huge bowl full of apples without having to stop, clean out the receptacle and start all over again.

Check out their online infomercial for a better explanation of the product.

Since I use the Magic Bullet just about daily, I'm sure I could find good use for the Bullet Express. Who knows, if it does all that it says it does, I can pack away both my juicer and food processor.

On a cool-o-meter scale, I find the Bullet Express to be extremely cool!

Get Rid of that Old Car

Here's a cool service that I came across. It's called Junk My Car.

The cool thing about Junk My Car is that you don't even have to have the title to the car to junk it. Now don't get me wrong, you've got to be the legal owner of the car, but not having a title does not stop you from donating it.

All you have to do is either call them toll free (1-877-JUNK MY CAR) or visit their website and set up an appointment to have your car picked up. Within 48 hours they contact you, make pickup arrangements and...viola! Your old car is gone! Oh, did I mention that it's a FREE service?

It doesn't get any easier than that. The convenience is unbelievable.

On a cool-o-meter scale, this one is conveniently cool!

Volunteering, the New Cool Thing to Do

Our new President, Barack Obama, has made volunteering cool! Imagine that? It’s now cool to do community service. You don’t have to mumble when you tell people where you’re going for fear that they may find you uncool. You can now boldly proclaim that you have signed up with USAservice.org and you volunteer to help America become a better America.

USAService.org is a site set up by the government to make it easy for you and me to find places to volunteer. Most people want to help, but many of us don’t know what to do or where to go.

When in doubt, visit the website, search for opportunities to be of service. Does it get any easier than that? You can signup to receive emails of new opportunities or you can visit the site when the mood hits. Either way, no more excuses about not knowing where to go or what to do.

On the cool-o-meter scale, volunteering is cool, but I’ve got to say, our new President is off the charts cool!

A Cool Product for Staying Warm

Here’s a product that is not fancy, sexy or even very popular (compared to an iPod or Blackberry). It is, however, a very necessary item if you are living in an area where the temperatures fall below freezing. When I say below freezing, I’m not talking about 31 degrees. I’m talking about the below zero type of freezing.

What I’m talking about is the DeLonghi self-contained oil heater. I ended up buying a heater because I misread my oil gauge. I thought I had less oil than I did, so I went into strict conservation mode. I thought that I had better prepare myself for the cold so I ran out and bought the DeLonghi heater.

Let me tell you, this little puppy can heat a room. What I like about the DeLonghi heater is that it’s quiet, efficient and produces heat. It’s portable and some models have self-timers and an anti-freeze setting that kicks in when the temperature drops below 44 degrees.

All I have to say is that if you need to warm up a room, quietly, check out the DeLonghi heater. It works.

On the cool-o-meter scale, this one is hot!