I'm Stoned

Stone siding on a building.

I'm Floored

Book Of Lights By Takeshi Ishiguro

This ranks pretty high in my book of cool things. What seems to be another simple book on your selves or desk opens up to reveal a fully functioning table lamp.

Book Of Lights By Takeshi Ishiguro For Artecnica

BMW 325i "Motorcycle"

BMW motorcycles aren't nearly as common in the US as they are in Europe. But this has got to be one of the rarest of all: A four-wheeled BMW 325i motorcycle.

By all rights, campus security should remove two of the wheels...

They just don't make pianos (or just about anything else for that matter) like they used to. Fortunately someone else thought the same about this turn of the century Ropelt and Sons upright piano since there was a sold tag on this beauty when I shot the pictures.

99 and 44/100% pure

Is there anything more pure than the driven snow?

Hello Tacky

Don't get me wrong, I love the Smart Car. I'm quite impressed with the styling and engineering of it. After all, you've got to give credit to a little car that will total a Ford F-150 when it broadsides it, let both passengers walk away with very minor injuries, but still allow for all the panels (white in the picture) to be completely swapped out in less than two hours giving the car a whole new look. The fact that 97% of the car is recyclable is an environmentalist's wet dream is another bonus on top of the hybrid-spanking gas mileage and literal small footprint of the car allowing it to park anywhere. It's even fun to drive.

But Hello Kitty? 

Sorry I draw the cute line at the car itself. It doesn't need uber-cuteness added on top of it with a Hello Kitty decal.

Best Toilet Paper Holder Ever

Is there any better way to show off your style and sophistication than by using an late 19th century sterling silver tea pot to hold your spare role of toilet paper in the bathroom?

I didn't think so.