We had one of these at my old job and it never put out a pile of snow like the one in this picture. It would dust the yard with a light frost and pollute our skulls with noise all day.  The Backyard Blizzard uses the same snowmaking technology as non-green ski resorts, and it costs only $2,400 plus another $290 for shipping. You run the beast off a 20-amp electrical outlet and set it up to bury your neighbor’s hot tub or something, I guess. The snow produced has the consistency and density of sand, so test it before jumping off your roof into the pile.

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A shark trolling the Pacific for legs hanging off surfboards doesn’t sound quite as bad after checking out this post on Angling Masters. Fortunately most of these fish were pulled out of remote areas, and the frilled shark was actually thought to be extinct until one was caught off the coast of Japan. Lamprey Eels certainly deserve to be on the list, and their prevalence in the Great Lakes is bad news for freshwater surfers. A lamprey attached to your face is the price they pay for those uncrowded breaks—while, that and arctic water temperatures.Â

It’s like a suburban bulletproof vest. The RED LS2 Impact Vest comes with modular protection so you can adjust the fit or pull out the spinal protection while teaching your nephew how to snowplow down the bunny hill. RED set up the fleece vest with an iPod pocket and wonderful false sense of invincibility when you pull it on. The RED LS2 Impact Vest costs $130.

This is sewing tags on your underwear for the digital age. About $20 gets you a pack of these polyester tags that attach to your clothes and identify them as yours if someone takes the time to go online and check your registration number. Then if that person who found your iPod or shirt wants to send it back to you, the StuffBak service will pay shipping for the first two years. Let me save you time and money: No one is ever going to successfully use these things. Instead of wasting your money on tags, try taking your ADD meds and holding onto something for longer than a day.

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Bring in a gift you don’t want in its original packaging and Crumpler will give you 40% off any bag in the store. They’re going to collect all the crap people don’t want and unload it to the Salvation Army. Interesting side note: My grandpa hated the Salvation Army. He bought a coat from them after WWII and found a note stitched into the lining asking the soldier who received the coat to contact the donors. He found out that the family who had donated the jacket had asked that it be given to a soldier for free, but the Salvation Army just sold it to GIs coming home with pockets full of money. But I’m sure they do a lot of good stuff, too. The Regifting Day is only happening in New York; it’s on January 5^th.

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