It’s a 5-draw extension shaft that extends from 7” to nearly 26”. One end has a padded black rubber handle and the other has, well, nothing. To be fair, it has a 3/8” long metal cylinder with a 7/32” ID at the business end, but for what, we don’t know. We suspect it was on its way to being some kind of pick-up tool but got distracted. As is, it’s a dandy pointer or the beginning of a clever something that you’re going to invent.

Grab an apron. You choose. Our maroon polyester bistro apron measures 30” wide x 25-1/2” with a pair of 38” ties and (3) 5-1/2” deep pockets, (1) each at 1-1/2”, 7” and 8” wide. Our purple server apron is a 35/65 cotton-poly blend, and measures 18-3/4” across x 9-1/4” with (3) 7” deep pockets, (2) at 7-1/4” wide and (1) in the middle at 3-1/4” wide, plus a pair of 25” waist ties.

Our hottest hot pink carabiner. Call it fuchsia, in honor of Leonard Fuchs, who discovered the flower of that color--which is a shade of dark pink. Measures, 3” long with “safe working load 150lbs” printed along its flattened fuchsia side. But it’s not for climbing, no matter how much you weigh.

Blaise Pascal would have given his arithmetic triangle to have owned one of these scientific calculators. Has (67) functions, a 2-1/4" 10-digit LCD screen, a 41-page instruction booklet and a flip-over lid. Includes a Constant Table in the lid, and is powered by a small solar cell or the included battery. Measures 6” x 3-1/8” x 1/2” in a hardshell case.

Like the Scotch, or the cookies, but this is foam. Our each is (20) 9” x 12” sheets of 1/16” thick closed-cell foam, (10) each in black and white. Get crafty.

We couldn’t think of any clean jokes for this part, so just add your own. Meanwhile, this little, 1/4” dia, bright white COB LED is mounted on a 3/8” square PC board. Requires 70mA at 9VDC. Our in-house Fire Prevention & Ophthalmology Team suggests a heat sink as well as indirect viewing.

is usually glitter. Our glitter package includes a small glue gel pen with a 3/8” wedge tip and 3.2g vials of festive glitter in red, blue, green and silver. You’ll also get a tiny funnel for applications. Photo-safe, acid-free and non-toxic. Wait ten minutes for the glue to set.

This vacuum pump from Koge Electronics draws 100-250mA at 4.8V and is rated for >2.6L/minimum output and -460mbar of pressure. Measures 2-9/16" x 1-3/16" x 1-5/16" with a 3/16" OD x 3/8" inlet barb and a 3/16" OD x 1/2" tall outlet barb, plus (4) 1/8” ID mounting wings. Power terminals are exposed and you may get short leads. Koge model #KPV276.

Beats us, frankly, but this black plastic cover, 1-3/4” x 1-1/2” x 1/4” (not unlike a tiny toilet seat cover) is hiding a really nice 1” dia x 1/8” (think: quarter size) plated neodymium magnet, with at least a 5-lb pull, inside. The mystery is that the cover won’t open unless you break it. The magnet grabs fine in the case or out of it. Tap it on its side with a hammer to crack open the case and reveal nothing but magnet.

And keep it in this nice, clear glass jar. Measures 4-3/8" tall x 1-3/4" dia with a red plastic screw cap, and a snap-on plastic shaker cap underneath. Holds approx (2) ounces of the various craft sparkly stuff you love.

Yes, same old joke: gloves from Best® Glove Co. These Best® gloves are nitrile-coated cotton with blue elastic wrist bands. Extra-grippy and size medium. Handy in the garden or garage, a big thumbs up. Our each is a pair. Made in USA.

Good clean fun for trips to the beach or pool. This 4-3/4” rubber shark has a small human foot sticking out of its maw. Give him a good squeeze and the leg pops out up to the shin. Quickly repeated squeezes make it look like the shark is having lunch.

Nothing really stops extraterrestrials, of course, but you can use this one to keep your leftover wine sealed, especially if you’re drinking in Area 51. Stick the green head in the neck of the wine bottle, push back on his little alien forehead and the bottom expands to keep it tight in the bottleneck.

You are if you have these beauteous and pristine white cylindrical squeezable plastic roll-on bottles with integrated screw caps. Measure 5-1/8” tall x 1-1/2” dia, and hold approx 3 oz. Just fill ’er up with whatever—essential oils, perfumes, glue, paint, deodorant, odorant—and pop in the 1” dia application ball.

This light fixture takeout has (8) 1/16” dia surface-mounted COB LEDs on a 1-7/8” dia circuit board/heat sink. Nominally rated for 1A at 32VDC via a 4mm ID 2-pin Molex connector. Most will have a 3/8” square clear lens over the elements. The lumens are a mystery, but it’s brighter than an MIT physics major. Color temp is warm white.

and curved on the other? A turtle. Also half a grapefruit. Also a plano-convex glass lens, like this one (its focal length is twice the radius of its curved side). Mighty nice paperweight/magnifier too. Measures 4-1/2” across with flattened edges so it’s 3-1/4” across the other way.

Back when the only screens people needed to save were the ones that kept the mosquitoes off the porch, they used this stuff. Our each is a 3-foot roll of 2” wide (extremely) self-adhesive fiberglass screen tape with a 1/16” grid pattern. Cut to any shape with scissors; no other tools or glue needed. Includes instructions.

When you can’t or won’t drill through the walls to get the cable TV or satellite signal inside, try this short piece of flat coax cable, made to lay down along the internal sill, so you can close the window over it. Also perfect for outdoor-mounted, over-the-air antennas. Measures 7-1/2” long x 11/16” wide x a darn near flat 1/16” thick with standard female F connectors on both ends and is covered in white vinyl. Even has a little self-adhesive strip on one side to keep it flat.