For our friends out there with feline companions, there’s the Cat-In-A-Can (Perpetual Kid, $11.99). Everyone else, you’re shit out of luck. This kitty can travel with your wherever you go and is very low maintenance. I mean, you don’t have to feed it, worry about it scratching up the furniture, or even empty its nonexistent litter box. It probably has something to do with the fact that this kitty is inflatable, but I’ll let you decide that one for yourself. So you can give this plastic kitty all the love and attention you would give your faithful felines at home, thus assuaging any possible guilt for temporarily abandoning them while you have the time of your life on vacation.

Ok, so now that you’ve solved your animal problem, the only issue left here is do your friends and family know that you’re a crazy cat connoisseur? Because that’s gonna be pretty tough for deny once your show up in Vegas with an inflatable pussycat.

3 out of 5 stars.

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Instead of giving up on answering my phone calls, I decided to give it a go with the Bluetooth Watch (Chinavasion, $56.34). Not only is it a stylin’ and fully functional timepiece, this watch will actually alert you to incoming phone calls. Using Bluetooth technology to sync to your phone, this watch will vibrate when your phone rings and it’ll even tell you who’s calling! Sure, there are other Bluetooth bracelets out there, but that’s all they are, bracelets. Who needs that when you could have your own personal caller ID on your wrist? With an active range of up to 10 meters, you don’t even have to be super close to your phone in order for it to work.

This watch is perfect for when you’re at work. Just picture it: you’re waiting for an important call from your doctor, but you’re not allowed to use your cell while you’re working the sales floor. Just then, your watch vibrates and you see that Dr. Whosit is calling to let you know your test results, so you make up some excuse about running to the bathroom and jet out to take the call. Amazing, right? Now if only it could do something about this rash…

5 out of 5 stars.

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The Spend Save Bank (Taylor Gifts, $19.98) can help people like you and me save a little bit of cash without going insane. I’ve learned that the most important facet of saving money is to do it in moderation. Think of it like dieting – are you going to be more likely to stick to your diet if you’re not allowed to eat anything tasty? No, you’re going to restrict yourself until you binge eat everything in the house. It’s the same with saving money – if you save every extra penny every month, one day you’re going to max out all your credit cards because you just can’t take it anymore. So instead, why not put your money in a piggy bank that lets you spend and save? The important thing here is that the bank decides how much you get to spend or save through the use of a pivoting tray inside the bank. The tray randomly selects the “spend” or “save” section inside the bank, so it’s pretty much the luck of the draw. Either way, you get some money for now and some to put away for later.

Sure, you could cheat and take some money out the “save” section or rig it so that all your change falls into the “spend” section, but then what would be the point of even using the bank? I think you need the help of a professional if you’re trying to fool a plastic bank into letting you spend some money. I’m just saying.

5 out of 5 stars.

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The thing that sucks about sharing music, legal or otherwise, is that it’s such a pain in the ass. If I have a song on my iPod, I can’t just give it to you. The only way for you to access it is to hook your iPod up to my computer with my iTunes. And let’s just hope that you’ve altered your iPod’s settings before jacking in or you can kiss all your music goodbye. What a lovely little feature that is – thank you, Apple. Luckily, the Easy iPod Media Sharer (Hammacher Schlemmer, $99.95) can save you a lot of time and effort when it comes to music sharing. All you have to do is hook up both your iPods to the media sharer. That’s it. Seriously. A fully charged media sharer yields up to an hour and a half of transfer sharing, although I don’t know who needs that much time because it doesn’t take that much time to transfer files. A three-minute songs takes about five seconds while a 30-minute video is transferred in three minutes. And as a bonus, the media sharer will even charge your iPods while they’re connected so you won’t lose any juice.

The only thing that sucks about this little gadget is that it’s not compatible with the iPhone or iPod Touch. As in, will not work. What’s up with that? Is the technology between this one Apple product and two other incredibly similar Apple product so different that it’s not compatible? That’s just laziness. Believe me, I know lazy when I see it.

4 out of 5 stars.

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The Yin Yang Power Bomb Shot Cups (KegWorks, $8.50 for 6) take an already fantastic idea (shots) and make it even more splendiferous. How’s that? By separating a four ounce shot glass into two chambers at a 3:1 ratio, you can achieved the perfect way to consume mixed shots. See, everyone loves a Jager bomb (how could you not), but it can get a little less tasty when no one knows how to properly measure out the ingredients. Then you end up with a bomb that’s either so much Jager that it’s like eating a handful of black licorice or has so much Red Bull that your teeth fall out. With perfect portion control, these reusable cups have the power to make your binge boozing experiences completely successful. Best of all, when you tilt the cup to drink, both compartments will mix together to yield a perfectly mixed shot.

In case you’re not a fan of Jager bombs (simply impossible, but we’ll go with it), that doesn’t mean you won’t enjoy these cups. Irish car bombs are another example of tasty drinks that work much better with portion control. And if shots really aren’t your thing, you can even use the cup to put a shot on one side and a mixer on the other. See, I’m all about problem solving.

5 out of 5 stars.

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