On the rare occasions when sweet sentiments are sent or linked to us, we note they’re the rambling, incoherent compliments that only come from readers who are sober enough to type, but drunk enough to be honest.

In short, we’re read through beer goggles.

Hence we’re ecstatic to see the glory of the humble beer goggle brought to the world of optometry.

Chicago eyewear rogues Urban Spectacles of Wood, best known for their custom timber frames and vinyl ‘record specs’ (made out of your old vinyl records, obviously), are asking you to drink a couple of your favorite beers, box up the bottles, and send them in for your own bespoke beer goggles.

Seems they’ll even take accommodate prescription and tinted lenses, charge $250 and slip you a subtle warning about the fact they’re made out of glass and sit on your face (which, when combined with a few drinks, becomes a fascinatingly dangerous proposal).

Beer Goggles [via Boing Boing]

Another for the ‘why has it taken so long’ category; LG have finally released a refrigerator with an accessory that’s both cool AND sensible.

Recognizing that opening the door and releasing all that hard-earned coldness just to fix a quick drink is possibly not the most energy-efficient way to do things, the LG Home Bar Side-by-Side features the ‘coolbox’.

It’s basically a small door that folds down to reveal a chilled compartment. Which is so simple and brilliant, we’re astounded we’ve not encountered it before (if we’ve just been oblivious all these years and it’s, in fact, quite common, let us know). As with all side-by-sides, it also has the handy icemaker and chilled water tap.

For possibly the first time in our lives, we’re excited about a refrigerator. What are we becoming?!

LG’s entertain-o-fridge [T3 via Gizmodo]

Few subjects in men’s fashion are as touchy as the ‘man bag’.

We’re in an age when many carry around at least some keys, a phone and a wallet, often as well as an iPod, a camera, a decent paperback (for those emergency public transit trips), some cigarettes, a diary and who knows whatever else.

Obviously piling everything into your trouser and jacket pockets makes for unnecessarily lumps, whereas a few assorted trinkets are hardly cause to carry an entire rucksack.

Still, we’re as able to throw everything into a small over-the-shoulder bag as we are to throw on some matching pumps.

So the debate over the state of the man bag has raged. And Bill Amberg, knowingly or otherwise, has presented the solution from the most unlikely of places – the world of hunting.

In his shooting collection, a modern interpretation of traditional hunting kit, Bill has given us a few small, convenient and unquestionably manly choices – not the least of which is the truffle hunter. As our friends at Spungle put it, it’s perfect…

…this bag is one the best medium-sized utility bags we’ve seen in a long time. It’s smart looking, it’s functional, it’s unique, and most importantly, it does anything and everything you need it to do.

As you’d expect from Bill Amberg, it’s made of vegetable-tanned buffalo hide and is hand stitched. The price tag is also typically Amberg, with £360 what it takes to buy the only man bag you’ll ever need.

Bill Amberg Shooting Collection [via Spungle]