Welcome to Edition 49 of What Is This Thing?, my recurring visual riddle series consisting of one simple photo - see above - and one simple question: what is this thing?...

And maybe by the time you finish DIY-ing Pyro's Maria modern picnic table kit, it will be safe again to go outside and use it! Just kidding...

Gamer Goo Antiperspirant sounds like the dry grip for sweaty hands some athletes use to help them avoid butter fingering a ball. Except gamers don't really sweat due to a high level of exertion so much as because their...

Primal Concepts may be behind the Louis Vuitton Slugger, but this high fashion piece of self defense moves way past a primal concept, right into the 2020 arsenal of Harley Quinn. Or more probably, the Instagram feeds...

On the one hand I'm not sure how often I'll want to take advantage of the Privacy Pop Nap Tent's enthusiastic offer to "Nap anywhere!" in our virus-laden world, but on the other, this tent is a fully enclosed shelter...

Snazzify Dad's pocket this Father's Day with the Gerber Armbar Drive Multi-Tool, a gift for Dad that looks nothing like a Dad gift (i.e., those featured in this list of the 16 most Dad gifts for Dad.)...

You've heard of HIIT, right? That's High. Intensity. Interval. Training. Well get ready for some next level shit added to your HIIT. And I'm not just talkin' shit. I'm talkin' SHIIT. Your bathroom reader is about to become...

Phone germs, you're toast! ... Uh, just as soon as I check the responses to my latest Reddit post. And like my wife's latest Instagram photo. Oh, and text back my mama. But after that, Dude Jr., it's right into the UV...

Huh. The Bonk: The Fast Rolling Ricochet Game I play doesn't look anything like this. Well, I guess my version occasionally involves metal balls, but they're usually strung together more like a necklace and...well...nevermind...

I just hauled 250 pounds of sand from Home Depot to my mama's house so she - oh, I mean I - could put it in her new patio umbrella, and now she sees the Rhino BaseMate patio umbrella base weight planter and is all, Ooh!...

Are you coming up short in your search to sizzle sausages to supreme succulence sans the swiney mess? Aren't we all, dude, aren't we all. Or rather, we were until the pork masters at Johnsonville cooked up the Sizzling...

Lovepop makes greeting cards they think your recipients will love to see pop up when they open them. With Father's Day getting ready to pop up itself, you can show you love Pop by including one of Lovepop's The Beatles...

For poker card deals, Cards Against Humanity handovers, and D&D dice rolls, the Game Night Table Topper endeavors to make your board and deck interactions smooth and free of bumps and creases. Plus keep the table underneath...

If the eyes are a window to the soul, then the Not Hot Blanket is a window...for that one damn leg that needs some fresh air. Just a little pop-out from under the covers so you don't wake up from a sweet dream about Charlize...

I must be into predators today. Live Watersports' snake-tongued L2Fish and L4Expedition catamaran paddleboards come hot - no, how about cool and refreshing floating in a crystal clear Caribbean bay? - on the heels of...

If the Shark Steam Mop is anything like the Shark Navigator Vacuum Cleaner, then the dirt on your floors better get ready to be eaten alive. In the vacuum realm, I'm pretty sure Shark's tagline is something like, "Never...

There was a girl named Pilar in my class in 1st grade. She was very popular because her mom knew how to make pinatas and always sent one to school chock full of Laffy Taffy and Smarties for major holidays, such as Halloween...

Ahoy, dudes! Who's ready to set sail this summer on a...stand up paddleboard? Kayak? Canoe? This pop-up wind sail attaches to speed-craving, or just lazy, paddlers' and rowers' chosen water farer to kick your trip up...

Swiss luxury watch brand Piaget knew exactly what it would take to back up the claim that with their Altiplano Ultimate Concept they'd created the world's thinnest mechanical watch: they put their money where their mouth...

One thing my mama always used to say to me as a kid was, "Eat what you can and can what you can't." But now that I'm a grown ass man, not being able to eat everything on my plate - or everything in sight - isn't a problem...

One place I'm no way going this summer is the community swimming pool. I mean, not that I would anyway seeing as I don't like children or the parents of children, but if public pools were normally on my list of things...

Oh did my mama have a whole library of VHS cassettes that looked just like the one parodied in Denik's 80s Super Tape Notebook. I think Sony was behind this particular brand packaging, and the VCR-ready footage our house's...

Welcome to Edition 48 of What Is This Thing?, my recurring visual riddle series consisting of one simple photo - see above - and one simple question: what is this thing?...