Kelvin Kelley's Cool Tools

This is a plug for a site I frequently visit, Cool Tools. It has a rundown of mostly helpful, well-made and super value products and services. In my quest to dsign my life as a simple, effective and cheap machine, I've been scouring and gleaning from Cool Tools for several years. A couple of successful conversions:

Surefire G2 (Buy the battery 12-pack, too.)
Gorillapod (UPDATE: It broke. The plastic just sheared off with little pressure on it. Not really recommended.)
Gorilla Ladder
and not something I bought, but encouraged me to get the catalog: Duluth Trading Company Presentation Twill Jacket

Please comment on anything you find there which you think would be of use. It is a great – and from what I can tell, uninfluenced by sponsorship – site to visit regularly.

I'm going to break your gayest of hearts.

Looks like Carol Channing joins the short list of homophobic gay icons. In an interview with Gay People's Chronicle she makes some not-so-vague statements about how she feels abut gay rights.

KK: You seem to have a very large gay following. Have you ever thought about why?

CC: I don’t think about them. I’m grateful that they seem to like me. They’re terribly loyal to me. But I’m knee-deep in the Bible and you know what it says about that.

KK: Alright.

CC: Oh, dear. Is this for a gay publication? Have I offended you?

KK: Yes. For the Gay People’s Chronicle. Right now, it’s really not my job to be offended or not be offended. I am just asking questions and reporting answers. I read that you have fought for gay rights. Do you think that the things gay people are fighting for are important?

CC: I don’t think about it. If they can’t take care of their own problems, why should I bother. It’s not my problem.

Hmm. That really sucks. We have the same birthday and I always had a little spot in my heart for her. No longer. She can go screw herself.