Technicolor Space Boobs!!

With heat indices flirting with 100 degrees F here, this will be a very unseasonable post.  But what better way to keep cool than with ultra-cool lighting solutions?  No discussion of The New Weird would be complete without a salute to my new favorite xmas lights:

These are Home Depot brand LED xmas lights, and they are AMAZING.  Yes, they are energy efficient and save the planet, so you don't have to feel bad about all the superfluous fossil fuels that power your holiday (and everyday) decor.  Yes, they are cool to the touch and won't burn down the cone of kerosene and tinder that is your xmas tree.  But, most importantly, they can do this:

Outer-space future xmas!  Brought to you by LED technology.  It's like the Ghost of Christmas Future emerging from my living room wall.  Gorgeous.

Xmas has always been a (wonderfully) arresting and lurid sight, but we're entering a whole new era of awesomeness with this globular, mammarian spectacle. 

Yes.  These lights project technicolor space boobs all over your walls!  And that is weirdness of the highest order.  So why reserve them for the winter months?  These lights are gorgeous enough to light up your life all year round.  I've got plans to class them up a little by turning them into a lamp.  That way, they'll cast weirdo circles on the walls but won't make the place feel like a dorm room at the same time.