From the Bizarre Gadgets Department: Blood Vial Jewelry

This vaguely disturbing DIY memento hit my radar today. Maybe it’s the celebrity cache of Billy Bob & Angelina’s lovestruck jewelry, or perhaps it’s another step towards mass customization. Now that we’re buying and selling body parts, maybe we’re just intrigued with the value (sentimental or cash) of our physical bodies? Either way, it’s quite a conversation piece whether filled with synthetic blood, tears (extra yucky if you ask me), or the real deal. I like how the video sales dude suggests adding anti-coagulant. Thanks for the tip!

I hate to think of the marketing opportunities - would you buy Elvis blood if you could? Okay, but what about Paris? I think she could sell a few. Who can forget the vial of biological ABBA treasure purchased in Priscilla Queen of the Desert? Shudder.

Retro Appliances

50’s design is hard to beat. Even to those of us who weren’t alive yet, there’s something irresistable about those pastel colors. Why? Maybe it was because civil rights and feminism were still merely pesky notions and nuclear power was viewed as a boone to mankind. Everything seemed so … okay. And now, we can have that wonderfully solid feeling of contentment in our homes with the Big Chill Retro Fridge! While it’s freakily expensive, you gotta admit, you just want to hug it. It’s a bizarre notion that we can be nostalgic for brand new things.

Don’t miss the matching retro stoves.