I recently went to a Red Sox game and saw two t-shirts that not only acknowledge the terrible Boston accent but seem to be proud of it. This was one of the t-shirts and the other one said "Believah." As an educator myself, I want to fix the spelling of each and every one of these shirts and send the people wearing them to speech pathologists. If I were to wear a baseball related t-shirt, the Jeter shirt would be in the running... incredible. I might even be willing to go so far as to wear a Boston accent themed t-shirt that says, "Jetah drinks wine coolers."

Can someone please explain to me why "planking" is so in right now? What about this looks either cool or fun? The main explanation I hear is that human planking originates in Australia. The only time I would ever be caught (alive) doing something that looked like this is if I ran into an ex-boyfriend and I didn't want him to see me. The other legitimate excuse would relate to being over-served at the bar. Keep it in Australia!

For more research, check out the facebook pages with numerous planking pictures uploaded:

http://www.facebook.com/OfficialPlanking

9 Iron Pen

This pen that looks like a 9 iron actually made a really boring meeting more manageable. You can pretend to swing the club and the coolest part is that the cap of the pen looks just like the real grip of a golf club. Happy meetings. Four!

Bruins Stanley Cup video

Because I live in Boston, I've heard and seen a lot of encouragement around the Bruins before going into the final game to win the Stanley Cup. Of all the propaganda, this one takes the cake:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtmheGnLwvE Enjoy and re-watch.

The Fake Braces Company

http://fakebraces.net/... The Fake Braces Company...an entire company devoted to the creation and selling of fake braces for costumes or just to try... I have no words... other than to say that the Fake Braces Company says "eating and drinking is not recommended with your fake braces on" and the fake braces may cause a lisp. I'm just hoping that somebody else makes a Fake Palette Expander Company and a Fake Headgear Company because that would be equally as cool.

Bottle Opening Shirt

Now here is a shirt I would like to see go through airport security... "I'm sorry sir, we are going to need you to remove your shirt and go through security check bare chested on account of the fact that YOU HAVE A METAL BOTTLE OPENER ATTACHED TO YOUR SHIRT!" With regard to the combination of clothing and bottle openers, couldn't the line have been drawn at the Reef sandals with the bottle opener attached to the heel? At least those would make it through security (in a bin) and there is no potential for half nudity and stomach guts hanging out in line. This shirt can be purchased on sale (shocker) via this website: http://www.thinkgeek.com/interests/exclusives/debb/. The website says the shirt is for responsible "meatbags." Sorry meatheads and meatsticks.... guess you're banned... at least you'll make it through security.

Gummy Bacon

My dad thoroughly enjoys the taste of bacon. Over the years, my siblings and I have bought him any bacon related item ranging from bacon soap (yes, neighborhood dogs have since loved him) to bacon toothpicks to bacon jelly beans. It would only be natural, then, that we would consider purchasing this gummy bacon but for the fact that the packaging advertises that it TASTES LIKE STRAWBERRY! I'm sorry, did I miss something? Gummy bacon that looks like bacon but is strawberry flavored? Awesome.