This is probably the most amusing bottle I've ever drank out of. It's Ramune! It's a type of soda from Japan, and for once doesn't have an awkward name. (Calpis? Pocari Sweat? Geez...did you know that the only bodily fluid considered clean is tears?)

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Took awhile to figure out how the bottle opens, even with instructions, but I think that's part of the fun. It doesn't have a screw on cap like usual, but has a marble stopping the mouth, which then falls into the top half of the bottle which has indents so than depending on how you hold the bottle, you can control the flow of the soda. If you hold it completely upside down, the marble stops the soda from flowing.Talk about good product design. If I was a kid, I'd be trying to buy this all the time. I'd also probably hurt my hand a lot trying to get the marble out of the bottle to keep, but that's besides the point.

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Next, let's talk about music. Some of you were once or currently are interested in old school pop music, but check out who's still around.

Those albums were released just last year.What?! But somehow it's comforting to see that at least some bands are long lived. You know how most pop music is, quick to rise to the top, quick to fall into obscurity. They may not be as well known as they were in the 80s or 90s, but I think they are still pretty good. Take That has a more updated visual style, but Roxette still maintains their throwback style, probably a niche for them.

Besides that, I really enjoy it when you've been listening to certain bands for quite awhile, and you are able to see their progress over the years; some become technically better, some develop a more mature style or experiment with other styles with a good outcome, some change from having just teenage angsty messages to having deeper meaning in their lyrics.