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		<title>Indian Fashion Tips from desitwist.com</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 11:45:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Craig Edmonds</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[indian fashion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[indian fashion tips]]></category>
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Do you have a beauty secret that you just want to share with the world? Do you want to find out what the latest must haves are? What about discussing cosmetics and other beauty issues? With thousands of members throughout the world desitwist.com brings it all together under one roof with discussions ranging from Indian [...]]]></description>
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<p>Do you have a beauty secret that you just want to share with the world? Do you want to find out what the latest must haves are? What about discussing cosmetics and other beauty issues? With thousands of members throughout the world desitwist.com brings it all together under one roof with discussions ranging from <a title="inidan fashion" href="http://www.desitwist.com/dress-impress/" target="_blank">Indian Fashion</a>, Poetry, Lifestyle and Humour.</p>
<p>There is always something to discuss or learn within the community!</p>
<p>Sign up is free and simple so within minutes of joining you will have access to a whole wealth of information and very quickly you will be posting your own <a title="Fashion tips" href="http://www.desitwist.com/skin-hair-body-care/" target="_blank">Fashion Tips</a> on the web site for all to see.</p>
<p>Other great features of the site include a brilliant interactive photo gallery where members can post photos and manage their different galleries along with their profile, a range of music information from Indian and Pakistani artists, and a blog feature so you can blog away to your hearts content.</p>
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		<title>High Quality Jeans from True Religion, Red Monkey and Evisu</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 15:12:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Craig Edmonds</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[celebrity jeans]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[red monkey jeans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[true religion jeans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[where can I buy evisu jeans?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[where can I buy red monkey jeans?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[where can I buy True Religion?]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you are looking for an exciting range of jeans with great international fashion appeal then you need not look any further than True Religion Jeans from shopjeansonline.com. In addition to True Religion Jeans there is a great stock the Red Monkey Jeans brand and Evisu Jeans in various sizes for Men and Women to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.thecoolcrowd.net/wp-content/upload/2009/02/red-monkey-jeans.jpg"></a>If you are looking for an exciting range of jeans with great international fashion appeal then you need not look any further than <a title="true religion jeans" href="http://www.shopjeansonline.com" target="_blank">True Religion Jeans</a> from shopjeansonline.com. In addition to True Religion Jeans there is a great stock the Red Monkey Jeans brand and Evisu Jeans in various sizes for Men and Women to choose from.</p>
<p>Evisu Jeans are made from pure American cotton and the name is derived from Evis, the Buddhist god of prosperity. There is a wide range of styles in the <a title="evisu jeans" href="http://www.shopjeansonline.com" target="_blank">Evisu Jeans</a> line for every taste and all jeans are high quality and durable.</p>
<p><a title="red monkey jeans" href="http://www.shopjeansonline.com" target="_blank">Red Monkey Jeans</a> are stitched in durable double yarn and feature a 5 pocket design by genuine RMC Martin Ksohoh. One particular design that will make you stand out from the crowd is the Red Monkey “Walking Sumo” embroidered jean. With detailed and colourful embroidered sumo wrestler on the back of the jean, this is a great fashion statement for your wardrobe.</p>
<p>True Religion Jeans are great for everyday wear and are one of the most desired jeans on the market with famous celebrities such as Brittany Spears, Jessica Simpson and Sandra Bullock amongst others so wearing these fantastic jeans you will be in good company. True religion jeans are affordable, high quality and come from a great clothing pedigree background.</p>
<div id="attachment_704" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 169px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-704 " title="red-monkey-jeans" src="http://www.thecoolcrowd.net/wp-content/upload/2009/02/red-monkey-jeans-159x300.jpg" alt="" width="159" height="300" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Red Monkey Jeans &quot;Walking Sumo&quot;</p></div>
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		<title>Watches That Smell</title>
		<link>http://www.thecoolcrowd.net/watches-that-smell/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 10:10:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>noel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I know what you&#8217;re thinking.  Leather and steel bands do make a habit of smelling pretty nasty for some people after a while in dry weather.  While you&#8217;ll have to fix that problem on your own, take a short break to look at these sublimely-scented timepieces.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I know what you&#8217;re thinking.  Leather and steel bands do make a habit of smelling pretty nasty for some people after a while in dry weather.  While you&#8217;ll have to fix that problem on your own, take a short break to look at these sublimely-scented <a href="http://www.thecoolcrowd.net/2008/10/29/concept-watches-from-denis-guidone/">timepieces</a>.</p>
<p>All three watches are limited edition units with only 8888 pieces (each design) available worldwide.  Each one is manually made and hand-numbered.  Built in Austria using patented Swiss technology, these watches are water proof, shock-resistant and hand-brushed.  Measurements are 1.25 inches in width  x 9.25 inches in length x .25 inches in depth. Each timepiece weighs 0.6 lbs and retails for $89.</p>
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<p>Coffee anyone?  The fragrance of strong coffee aroma is captured perfectly on the watch strap of this limited edition timepiece.   While it won&#8217;t wake you up like real caffeine, it may trigger some coffee memory that should perk you up a bit.  Just looking at it actually sends the coffee sensations all over. The scent lasts for months and can be replenished by using the vaporizer (comes free when you buy the watch).</p>
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<p>Oh, gingerbread! Makes many people feel all warm and fuzzy, like a kid again.  Not me.  I hated gingerbread.  Unlike me, though, you will probably love this gingerbread-scented watch.  It also comes with its own vaporizer, for use when the initial fragrance fades (usually several months).</p>
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<p>Apple, on the other hand, I love.  Who won&#8217;t go bananas over the apple&#8217;s mouth-watering yet subtle fragrance.  Taste the juice in your mouth while wearing this lovely apple-scented timepiece.  The forbidden fruit is truly sweet.</p>
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		<title>Horn Implants</title>
		<link>http://www.thecoolcrowd.net/horn-implants/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 10:01:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>noel</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Misc & Random]]></category>

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Back in the day, tattoos used to be a shocker.  If you had a tattoo, you had to be in some biker gang or are living life on the edge.  Now, tattoos are just decorative body adornments, much like your favorite shirt.  Same with piercings.  There was a time when having [...]]]></description>
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<p>Back in the day, tattoos used to be a shocker.  If you had a tattoo, you had to be in some biker gang or are living life on the edge.  Now, tattoos are just decorative body adornments, much like your favorite shirt.  Same with piercings.  There was a time when having multiple parts of your face and body pierced made you the coolest, freakiest person in the neighborhood.  Now?  Pffft.  That 15 year old kid down the block just got a bunch of them too.</p>
<p>What hasn&#8217;t seemed to catch on to the mainstream set yet are horns and other bodily implants.  Right now, it can still feel a little too freaky prancing around the street with  bulging Satanic implants looking to break out of your skin.  If you truly want to be the coolest freak in your clique, there&#8217;s no other way around it &#8211; transdermal implants are the way to go.</p>
<p><strong>Ouch The Pain</strong></p>
<p>Transdermal implants will be painful.  Even though you&#8217;ll be amply anesthetized, you&#8217;ll likely still feel some of it, especially after the procedure. Even worse, some implantees have complained of continued pain due to the skin trying to accommodate the implant well after the sutures have healed.</p>
<p><strong>A Part Of You</strong></p>
<p>Horn and spike implants made from teflon and stainless steel are easily removable via another operation should you decide to get rid of them.  Coral-based materials, however, are supposed to eventually calcify and become permanent parts of your bone structure.</p>
<p><strong>In The Future</strong></p>
<p>I&#8217;m willing to bet good money that in the future, horn and spike implants will be so common we&#8217;ll have all sorts of people resembling <a href="http://www.thecoolcrowd.net/2008/11/28/alien-vs-predator-chess/">comic book characters</a>.  It wouldn&#8217;t be surprising too considering how piercings and tattoos eventually came to be regular, everyday things.</p>
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		<title>Some Cool Shoes On Zazzle</title>
		<link>http://www.thecoolcrowd.net/some-cool-shoes-on-zazzle/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2009 09:59:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>noel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Zazzle is full of crap designs. I mean, seriously bad. After all, it&#8217;s basically your kid brother, his best friend and all the loser nerds you drink beer with during Fridays at the bar that are creating these stores.  What else would you expect from a site selling user-made creations?
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Zazzle is full of <a href="http://www.thecoolcrowd.net/2008/11/13/spy-sunglasses/">crap designs</a>. I mean, seriously bad. After all, it&#8217;s basically your kid brother, his best friend and all the loser nerds you drink beer with during Fridays at the bar that are creating these stores.  What else would you expect from a site selling user-made creations?</p>
<p>These shoes, however,  provide a refreshing break from all that amateur, two-bit &#8220;i&#8217;m-a-designer-too&#8221; posturings.  The graphics are great and the placements are properly thought out. Sure, it&#8217;s nothing earth-shattering but I just went shopping for shoes a couple days ago and these definitely look better than some of the sneakers I came across.</p>
<p><strong>Zombie Raid Keds from <a href="http://www.zazzle.com/rockhouseco">RockHouseCo</a></strong></p>
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<p>I love the color.  I love the chaotic design. Most of all, I love the undead so prominently featured on this pair.  I wish they had more zombie designs because it just clicks.</p>
<p><strong>Black Medieval Bird Plaid Keds from RockHouseCo</strong></p>
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<p>This one is donned with a medieval bird design with plenty of that messy sensibility that really make it stand out.  Kind of looks like an Affliction shirt design printed on a shoe.  Not bad.</p>
<p><strong>Blood Splatter Shoes</strong></p>
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<p>A seemingly isolated cool design among <a href="http://www.zazzle.com/jon_autopsy">Jon Autopsy&#8217;s</a> mediocre renderings is this sneaker perfectly outfitted with dripping blood in realistic shades.  Like having a gaping wound gushing blood down your feet &#8211; priceless!</p>
<p><strong>Three Skulls Shoes from <a href="http://www.zazzle.com/adamophoto">Adamophoto</a><br />
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<p>The play of colors, especially the black, white and blue, render this skull design a real sight to behold.  Hopefully, it looks as good in person.  I just bought a pair!</p>
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		<title>The Mankini</title>
		<link>http://www.thecoolcrowd.net/the-mankini/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2008 09:32:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>noel</dc:creator>
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Borat has pretty much immortalized the mankini as the premiere standard in &#8220;courageous&#8221; men&#8217;s swimwear.  How else would you describe a man who has the guts to don something this inane?  Unlikely to hit the runways of Milan, London and Paris anytime soon, the mankini might prove one of those threads you buy [...]]]></description>
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<p>Borat has pretty much immortalized the mankini as the premiere standard in &#8220;courageous&#8221; men&#8217;s swimwear.  How else would you describe a man who has the guts to don something this inane?  Unlikely to hit the runways of Milan, London and Paris anytime soon, the mankini might prove one of those threads you buy but never wear &#8211; unless you&#8217;re alone and it&#8217;s late at night.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve actually seen mankinis before Borat but they were never called that.  In fact, I&#8217;ve seen them worn on some artistic photos of Japanese models.  Yes, artistic.  For real.</p>
<p>Either way, much of the fanfare for mankinis is for its novelty not its actual fashion sense so there&#8217;s little chance I&#8217;ll head down the beach and see a bunch of muscled guys wearing them, thank God.  Borat&#8217;s mankini scenes in the movie were just, for lack of a more exultant term, too memorable.</p>
<p>There is an official line of mankinis licensed by 20th Century Fox as cinematic merchandise so you may want to check that out to make sure you&#8217;re buying something that&#8217;s at least moderately durable if you ever decide to wear this during a weak moment or a drunken stupor.  The official ones should have a Borat label emblazoned somewhere with adequate packaging.</p>
<p>On another note, I&#8217;d love to see the mankini strapped on some girls&#8217; bodies. I&#8217;m sure they&#8217;d look really good.  Perhaps it&#8217;s a new adult niche I can go into.  Knowing the adult market, however, there&#8217;s probably already a website offering that right now!</p>
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		<title>PacMan Belt Buckles</title>
		<link>http://www.thecoolcrowd.net/pacman-belt-buckles/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Dec 2008 09:26:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>noel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fashion]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Time for some cool and nerdy fashion accessories.
Buckle City offers some of the finest belt buckles available online, not to mention an adequate selection of straps too.  I recently mined their goldmine of a gallery and discovered some interesting finds: PacMan belt buckles.  They don&#8217;t come in sets so the designs are pretty [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Time for some cool and nerdy fashion accessories.</p>
<p><a href="bucklecity.com">Buckle City</a> offers some of the finest <a href="http://www.thecoolcrowd.net/2008/10/19/tunebuckle/">belt buckles</a> available online, not to mention an adequate selection of straps too.  I recently mined their goldmine of a gallery and discovered some interesting finds: PacMan belt buckles.  They don&#8217;t come in sets so the designs are pretty disparate but it should be cool to have them all nonetheless.</p>
<p><strong>Pac Man Full Screen Buckle</strong></p>
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<p>This is one of the best, most attractive belt buckles I&#8217;ve ever seen &#8211; a full screen rendering of an active PacMan game.  It depicts PacMan chomping away with all four ghosts after him. I&#8217;m actually amazed they&#8217;re selling it at their standard price &#8211; this is seriously one of the finest removable belt buckle designs in their entire inventory.  It measures 3 inches across and costs only $14.99, a definite steal.  If I were you, I&#8217;d also get one now!</p>
<p><strong>Pac Man Belt Buckle</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="size-full wp-image-263 aligncenter" title="coolcrowd" src="http://www.thecoolcrowd.net/wp-content/upload/2008/10/82b.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>Priced at $17.99, this is more expensive than the more detailed and better designed Full Screen buckle.  I&#8217;m sorry, I just don&#8217;t get the pricing.  This is an extremely simple PacMan rendition &#8211; didn&#8217;t even outfit him with arms and legs.  You may still want to get it though to complete the collection.</p>
<p><strong>Pac Man Ghost Belt Buckle</strong></p>
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<p>Way cooler than the PacMan belt buckle is this rendering of the Ghost antagonists.  Metal-finished and edgy, it also measures 3 inches across and retails for $16.99.</p>
<p><strong>Nintendo Controller Belt Buckle</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="size-full wp-image-263 aligncenter" title="coolcrowd" src="http://www.thecoolcrowd.net/wp-content/upload/2008/10/82c.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>Now, how else are you gonna play all that goodness without a controller in tow?  This replica of a Nintendo controller measures 5 inches across and sells for $14.99.</p>
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		<title>Bullet-Proof  Clothing</title>
		<link>http://www.thecoolcrowd.net/bullet-proof-clothing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Dec 2008 09:21:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>noel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few months ago, news of an unusually expensive bullet-proof shirt hit the internet.  Designed for the dangerously wealthy, the anti-ballistic polo shirt took the concept of personal security to a new level.  The shirt was from high-end clothes provider Caballero and retailed for around $12,000 &#8211; a price that, literally, you can [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A few months ago, news of an <a href="http://www.thecoolcrowd.net/2008/10/21/the-world%e2%80%99s-most-durable-cell-phone/">unusually expensive</a> bullet-proof shirt hit the internet.  Designed for the dangerously wealthy, the anti-ballistic polo shirt took the concept of personal security to a new level.  The shirt was from high-end clothes provider Caballero and retailed for around $12,000 &#8211; a price that, literally, you can probably pay to someone from a third-world country to take a bullet intended for you!</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="size-full wp-image-263 aligncenter" title="coolcrowd" src="http://www.thecoolcrowd.net/wp-content/upload/2008/10/78.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>Around a year before that, a more moderately priced bullet-proof hoodie began retailing for around $900.  It was much more affordable than a Caballero but then, again, they were obviously working for disparate markets.</p>
<p>The Caballero was a polo shirt &#8211; one you can wear with a nice pair of slacks and driving shoes.  You can, presumably, play golf wearing it or join a yachting tournament without feeling out of place.  The hoodie, on the other hand, is pretty much the neighborhood gangster&#8217;s threads.  If I was a wealthy South American cocaine warlord, I certainly wouldn&#8217;t want to be caught dead in a  travesty like that!</p>
<p>As far as I can recall, both outfits claimed to sufficiently protect you from a 9 mm pistol.  That is actually a likely weapon for the kind of threats a gangbanging neighborhood teenager will face.  A major player in international cartels? Not likely.  For $12,000, I expect to have sufficient protection from a bazooka or at least a sufficiently powerful automatic.</p>
<p>It would be nice to have one of those linen-fabric Caballero shirts though.  If ladies are watching, I might even pay someone to shoot me with a 9 mm.  &#8220;Look girls, I&#8217;m Superman!&#8221;</p>
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		<title>Smart Wallet</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:20:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>noel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I hate wallets.  I find them too bulky and too cumbersome to wear.  Even kids already have enough gadgets to fatten up their pockets so a full-sized wallet is really no longer a good idea.  I haven&#8217;t used a wallet in over five years and, from what I&#8217;ve seen online, a lot of people [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I hate wallets.  I find them too bulky and too cumbersome to wear.  <a href="http://www.thecoolcrowd.net/2008/10/30/the-crammer-educational-flash-cards-and-practice-quizzes-in-your-childs-pocket/">Even kids already have enough gadgets</a> to fatten up their pockets so a full-sized wallet is really no longer a good idea.  I haven&#8217;t used a wallet in over five years and, from what I&#8217;ve seen online, a lot of people feel the same way.  In place of a regular wallet, I use a single-file plastic cardholder to keep all my ID, ATM and credit cards in plus a money clip to hold my bills securely. I always thought I had a really smart setup there until I saw the Dopp Regatta 88 Series Front Getaway Pocket.</p>
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<p>The Dopp Getaway Pocket is, for lack of a better description, a half-wallet.   It has three credit card pockets, one ID window (other side from what is shown in the picture) and an area for keeping bills.  If you need to carry additional cards, you can fit in two on each card pocket or slip it into the ID slot.  It&#8217;s simple, slim and tight.</p>
<p>You can keep it in either the back or front pants pockets.  Since it isn&#8217;t bulky, it causes no issues either way.  You can even fit it comfortably in a shirt&#8217;s front pocket.  With such painless options available for the Dopp Regatta, it boggles me that regular wallets even exist.</p>
<p><strong>Specs</strong></p>
<p>The Dopp Regatta 88 Series Front Getaway Pocket is made from full grain oil tanned cowhide leather (both exterior and interior) and measures 4.25 inches long, 3 inches wide and half an inch thick.  It weighs a mere two ounces and comes with a lifetime warranty.</p>
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		<title>Spy Sunglasses</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 18:05:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>noel</dc:creator>
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&#8220;Woah, man, those are some bad sunglasses!&#8221;
Joke&#8217;s on them though.  These sunglasses, while they actually do look bad, aren&#8217;t just regular spectacles.  They&#8217;re spy sunglasses capable of high-level covert sneaking and peeping.
If you want to keep an eye on things without giving up your position or are just plain voyeuristic, these Spy Sunglasses [...]]]></description>
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<p>&#8220;Woah, man, those are some bad sunglasses!&#8221;</p>
<p>Joke&#8217;s on them though.  These sunglasses, while they actually do look bad, aren&#8217;t just regular spectacles.  They&#8217;re spy sunglasses capable of high-level covert sneaking and peeping.</p>
<p>If you want to keep an eye on things without giving up your position or are just plain voyeuristic, these Spy Sunglasses will let you watch scenes unfold despite having your back turned.  Witness how the world works when you&#8217;re not supposed to see what&#8217;s happening.  Discover secret handshakes, notice unfavorable facial expressions or just spy on topless girls sunbathing without letting them know about it.  Featuring special dark smoke-grey lenses that reflect images like a rear view mirror, they effectively outfit you with eyes on the back of your hand.</p>
<p>The Spy Sunglasses cost $19.98 from <a href="http://www.thingsyouneverknew.com/product/thingsforsecurity/personalsafety/spysunglasses.do?WT.svl=80504">Things You Never Knew Existed</a> and is currently in stock.</p>
<p>&lt;b&gt;Making It Cool&lt;/b&gt;</p>
<p>While this might be useful in a few situations, it&#8217;s just plain unpalatable to wear because of how it looks.  It&#8217;s like an <a href="http://www.thecoolcrowd.net/2008/10/27/keytar-heroes-the-keytar-lives/">80&#8217;s throwback</a> to biker chic &#8211; seriously not my style.</p>
<p>If you want to be able to use this for most situations and actually look normal, you&#8217;ll need it to appear at least reasonably cool.  A possible solution is to buy the spy glasses, get a new fashionable frame and have the optical shop outfit it with the Spy Sunglasses&#8217; mirrored lens.  Unless the angle of the frame prevents the lens from receiving images from behind you, this should turn out to be a plausible solution.</p>
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