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I have to be supportive of anything to come out of Burt’s Bees since I’m such a fan of their Beeswax Lip Balm, but I’m not thrilled to see them getting into bug bites. The new Burt’s Bees Bug Bite Relief is a nearly all-natural rub-on insect bite relief made with camphor, menthol and all the all-important and completely non-descriptive blend of essential oils. Still, Bug Bite Relief is only $6, and it can’t be all bad if it comes from Burt’s.  

This guy is everything that’s wrong with America. He only accepts emails from people in his district, so tell him your zip code is 28117 or 28139.

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This is gardening news, but it’s sure to peak the eco ire of outdoorsy people. Scotts Miracle-Gro is suing the small time, 4-year-old TerraCycle for copying their bottle design and making claims that their eco plant food is as good or better than “a leading synthetic plant food.” Scotts is a 2.2 billion asset giant that makes synthetic plant food, and TerraCycle is a 45-person company that sells waste worms create from eating organic matter. Oh, TerraCycle also employs homeless people at their plant and use old soda bottles to sell the worm shit. You can read all about it at Sued by Scotts.

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The chopper might not be coming for awhile, good thing you have the Sardine Can Survival Kit to make your snow cave a little homey. This last chance survival can handily includes a pencil to write a note to your loved ones that if they’d let you train a little more instead of driving them all over town, then you wouldn’t be in this mess. Boil a cup of hot Lipton Brisk Tea in the can over a chunk of solid fuel and maybe you’ll be able to wash the bitterness out of your mouth before slitting your wrists with the included razor blade. The Sardine Can is $14.

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You know how the menus of crappy restaurants show pictures of their food that makes it look like something off Top Chef, then you order it and it looks more like it was made by the Swedish Chef? Well, Cache Lake doesn’t have that problem with their Biscuits ‘n Gravy Frying Pan Bread. The pictures make it look like truck stop fare and the real deal doesn’t disappoint. This stuff tastes great—too bad they can’t figure out a way to make dehydrated grease for the real truck stop biscuits and gravy experience.

Outdoorsy people love dogs and half of them work as part-time yoga instructors—Doga is a natural step in our development. This woman in Jacksonville Beach, Florida has been teaching Doga to like-minded dog lovers for five years. It’s kind of like when your friend’s mom says, “I’m quitting my job to start a company making dog shoes,” and you just nod your head and smile while making a mental note to ask your friend how he’s going to talk her out of it.

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The Swiss+Tech Micro-Pro XL 11-in-1 with Micro-Light just got upgraded to the equivalent of a punch in the face when you give it to your friend whose car just broke down. This tiny 2.2-ounce pocket tool combines the feelings of preparedness with the inevitability of inadequacy for any job. Snap the Swiss+Tech Micro-Pro XL to your key chain and you won’t be as mad as normal the next time you lose your keys. The tool gives you four micro screwdrivers, a wire cutter and stripper, and a small LED light—this’ll be a great gift for the groomsmen in your wedding.

You’ll have the last laugh after the water company makes good on their promises to shut off your water for not paying the bill. Just fill the Coleman Battery Powered Shower from your neighbor’s garden hose or standing water in the toilet and wash-up in the front yard. The Coleman Battery Powered Shower runs on only 4 AAs and has a 5-gallon capacity. The water pressure won’t blast you into next week, but it’s a good Coleman alternative to a real shower for rinsing off at your camp or the parking lot by the beach. Right now you can pick one up for only $15.

Take a look at what Alan Weisman theorizes would happen if humans suddenly disappeared from the face of the earth. Two days: New York Subways flood; 7 days: The emergency fuel supply to diesel generators that circulate cooling water to nuclear reactor cores would run out. It just keeps getting better—rollover the timeline on Alan Weisman’s site to check it out. Weisman wrote a book on the topic; it’ll be a wonderful conversation starter at my anarchist book club.

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Get some Cheetos, a two-month-old muffin, and a little bike to ride around town at the same vending machine. Bike Dispenser runs these big vending machines so that tourists in Amsterdam can rent bikes easily. They require a credit card for rental, and the bikes are all tagged with RFID chips so you can call Bike Dispenser and ask where you parked your ride after an afternoon of hopping between coffee shops. They can also use the RFID chip to track it down if it’s stolen, but I don’t think the rental fee includes dredging the canals so you better have a decent lock.

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