Everybody needs to expand their horizons every now and then. Even the monsters amongst us. Perhaps especially the monsters amongst us… and considering how some of us feel before that first cup of the day, that might be a lot of us.

The ICUP Cookie Monster Big Face Ceramic Mug is sure to put a smile on coffee-needing faces. Especially since the Sesame Street Cookie Monster Om Nom Nom Nom Mug doesn’t seem to be available anymore.

Tags: Cheap Gifts, coffee, fun, kids, mugs

Don’t argue with Grandma! (But it is TGIF for the rest of us too!)

Tumbleweed “T.G.I.F. This Grandma is Fabulous” Drinking Glass Mason Jars Mugs with Handle

Tags: glasses, jars, TGIF

Fine particulate matter like ground salt or pepper is usually not a good thing to keep around camera equipment. The individual granules work their way into every nook and cranny and clog and scratch what was never meant to be clogged and scratched. However, camera lenses are not the only thing designed to be twisted and turned; salt and pepper grinders and mills also share that same atribute.

The Camera Lens Pepper Mill Grinder from Nuop is okay with small particles. In fact, it wants to help. Fill with peppercorns, twist and season. Taking care of camera equipment never tasted so good.

Tags: Cheap Gifts, grinder, Nuop, salt & pepper shakers

The place: O’Davey’s Irish Pub & Restaurant in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. The drink: A Bloody Mary. Time: Now.

TGIF — and Saturday and Sunday. Because that’s how long it will take to get through that crazy bloody mary!

Here’s what the Milwaukee paper says about it. PS: FIVE BUCKS.

(Via Neatorama)

Tags: art, drinking, snacks, TGIF

Which one of these is not like the other? The question, of course, is a trick: they are both like each other. But don’t worry, if you get the Alessi Duck Electronic Kitchen Timer mixed up with the real thing, the duck will let you know!

Tags: Alessi, animals, timer

Twinkies are coming back. After falling apart in bankruptcy, Hostess Brands Inc. has emerged as a new company, Hostess Brands LLC. Buried in this news is an interesting tidbit.

From the WSJ:

But Mr. Metropoulos and his son, Daren, the co-CEO of Pabst Brewing Co. who is also heading up the reborn Hostess’s marketing strategy, expressed confidence they would be able to find skilled, nonunion workers near the four plants, which are in areas with high unemployment.

That’s right, Beer Twinkies! Finally, we can stop trying to make our own.

Oh, and there’s that whole union debate thing too: Teamsters vs. Hostess.

(Via That’s Nerdalicious!)

Tags: beer, news, snacks, sweets, TGIF