Wednesday, October 21, 2009

In happier news...

Mary Kay has a new lip gloss named after my new favorite fictional character, Fancy Nancy! (Because any girl knows that the right lip gloss is a key component to any extraordinary adventure!). And...

The Snuggie has competition! Behold: The Slanket! My nominee for second-worst product name ever (see below for #1) but the options make this site worth checking out. Sofa Safari leopard print? Walk The Slank skull & crossbones? I so want a job where I'd get to make stuff like this up, because you know the branding department at Slanket, Inc. is among the world's funnest places to work.

And finally, in terms of terribly named pleasant surprises, The Nook! I'm not in the market for an e-reader, but in terms of gadgets, this one captured my attention in the way none of the others have. I dig the touch screen, and the design, and the blatant way they've copied all that is good from Apple. (I've always thought the Kindle looked like a diagnostic tool my dentist would use to determine new ways to hurt me). But I'm not jumping in just yet.

When I was in the fourth grade and wanted to get my ears pierced, my mom wanted me to think it over carefully. So she made me name some incredibly high number of people who had pierced ears (and this was before cable TV, so my exposure to celebrities was limited to her hour of One Life To Live, the local news, and whoever was wrestling wildlife into submission on Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom). It took me several weeks of staring obsessively at women's ears, but eventually I hit my number, and mom took me to adorn my lobes with tiny gold stars (see: Fancy Nancy, above).

My mom is a wise woman. So I'll apply her approach to The Nook: If I can come up with twenty five books I want to own, but wouldn't care that I didn't have them on the shelf...AND I sell another book that I've written that others to load onto their Nooks (now you see, that just sounds terrible. What were they thinking with this name?) then perhaps I'll become a Nook owner myself.

How about you? If you had a Nook, what books would make the cut?
And what new, bizarre product options have I missed that are stirring your imagination?

5 comments:

Allie said...

My favourite slanket is Impending Bloom.

Sarakastic said...

I'm sorry but even if you put a throw blanket/robe on a ninja I wouldn't think it was cool. Seriously, wearing a robe that actually fits was really never that hard.

Nancy said...

Not really on point, but as a reader who loves your blog and is named Nancy, I love that you've discovered Fancy Nancy. Last year, for Christmas, I gave my niece Fancy Nancy Pink Hot Chocolate mix. Which made me her favorite aunt. Ever.

himmiefan said...

I just had to laugh. When I read your first paragraph, I automatically thought about Barnes and Noble's Nook!

I thought a nook was a kind of pacifier?

LEstes65 said...

Bad name for a good product. Although, I'd have to see the eBook prices. My iPod Touch has 2 versions of the bible on there and I use it as a companion when I read a real physical, flip the pages, bible. The search feature makes it really handy for looking up cross references or other items that pop into my head as I read. Plus, I can carry it easily to church or other places. But those bible versions are free. I don't read enough other books to really warrant the price tags most online book people want to allow me to download their stuff. Plus, you can't autograph my eCopy of your book!!!