These Escaping Metal Bookends are pretty funny.

Also amusing are the Falling Metal Bookends:

$44 each. [Rare Bird Finds]

I am lusting after this tent from Sea to Summit. It weighs 22-29 ounces and is about the size of a water bottle.

The worst part of camping for me is dragging all the gear around, so this tent is appealing. It uses ultralight aluminum poles and comes in two sizes, both of which fold up to the size of a Nalgene water bottle.

The downside is that the tent costs $429. My current tent cost about $30, which is about as much money as I’m willing to invest in camping equipment, but if I were about to take a serious backpacking trip, I’d definitely consider this tent. [Gizmodo]

These Piranha Plant Earrings from Etsy are pretty awesome. The Piranha Plants are, of course, from the Nintendo video game Super Mario Bros.

Unfortunately, it looks like the earrings are out of stock for the moment, but more will be up next month. [Neatorama]

Check out this Vampire Killing Kit from the 1800s. It has a Bible, holy water, a cross, silver bullets, a gun, candles, knives, garlic, and of course wooden stakes.

This particular kit sold for $15,000 in an antique auction, and for good reason–it’s awesome. And these vampire killing kits were apparently a thing in the 1800s. Check out more of them here and here and here.

The question remains, were these kits serious or a novelty? Since most of the kits are high quality and date from around the 1840s (the novel Dracula came out in 1897), it seems that these were intended to really protect people from vampires.

And since vampires don’t exist, let’s hope these kits were never used!

I love the Thomas Paul Bedding Preview on Design Sponge this morning. It gives us a peek into Thomas Paul’s fall bedding line.

Very cool.

I like his pillows too.

Normally I’m not one to put clothes on dogs, but this “dogeater” coat inspired by the children’s book Where The Wild Things Are is pretty cute.

I’m not sure how much that dog likes wearing the coat, but it makes me chuckle nevertheless. $65 on Fairly Enchanted Designs. [Rare Bird Finds]

I was quite taken with this Frog Dissection Diagram Pillow over on Shopdirtsa’s Etsy site. It reminded me of this post on science project pillows.

The price of $65 seems reasonable considering that this pillow is 16 X 16, wool, and hand sewn. I might have to splurge on this one.

I’m not sure how practical the Knuckle Pounder Meat Tenderizer is, but it made me chuckle. Looks like a good way to take your aggressions out, too. $9.99 from ThinkGeek. [Rare Bird Finds]

This Ceramic Lettuce Composter is pretty cute. Why look at the pile of greens and egg shells when there is something like this could hold them for you instead? $25 from Norpo.

This Aquatic Condo from Chiasso is pretty stylish for a fishbowl.

The outside is white plastic and the glass bowl on the inside is removable for easy cleaning. Also, the Aquatic Condo is “stackable with air holes, so fish can enjoy their contemporary space on separate floors.”

I’m not sure how much water most fresh-water fish need, but assuming this covers it, this bowl is a cool-looking option for only $32.