So, It Must Be Nice…

You can sleep soundly knowing your automobiles are well protected in a SAFE “Bat Cave” Garage Security System.

Starting around $2.5 Million, this custom-designed vault, protected by Level-VII ballistic panels, keeps the owner’s cars on a turntable two feet off the ground and includes a waterfall and moat to further block intruders.

A waterfall and a moat!

A waterfall…

and

a moat…

must be nice…

Presenting the YALOS Diamond LCD TV from Keymat Industries.

This 40″ LCD crystal screen television was designed in Italy and is encrusted with 20 carats of diamonds.

Yalos will customize each television, so if you’re looking for something with a little less bling, maybe try 10 carats instead of 20!

Price tag to get one of these babies in your living room- $130,000

must be nice…

The Kallista Archeo Copper Bathtub from Kohler

Solid copper is a great heat conductor, so this handcrafted bathtub stays nice and toasty while you’re wading in 21″ of water.

$66,545

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The Grand Palais Chateau 180 Stove from La Cornue features an all-copper body and trim.

With one gas oven with an electric broiler, one electric oven with an electric broiler, two gas burners, a plaque, one power burner for quicker cooking, a barbecue and two electric plates you can pretty much be assured that warming up your leftover pizza will be a breeze…

Oh, the price? $54, 800!

must be nice…

For those not satisfied with taking an old blanket to the park, there is Dunhill’s Leather Picnic Set which retails for $1385.

The bag made of buffalo (what!) leather features four sets of plates, cups, cutlery and white cotton napkins, with plenty of room for food.

On the reverse side of the blanket is a full Twister board and inflatable dice so you can burn off those calories after lunch.

Does playing Twister on a board that costs the equivalent of (for me) one month’s rent feel any different??

must be nice…

London based company, Meng Duo Ltd, has launched what it claims is the world’s most expensive mp3 player.

Named the ‘D.J. Presidential’ the $44,000 player which is decorated with diamonds comes with a VIP membership and a promise that it will be hand delivered to each purchaser no matter where you are in the world.

must be nice…

Jade Jagger (yes Mick’s daughter) who is a jewelry designer was commissioned by Belvedere Vodka to create an ice pick.

The ice pick has an 18-carat white gold hilt studded with 13 carats of brilliant-cut diamonds and 42 pieces of pale sapphire, inlaid with a blue lapis lazuli above the blade. The handle is bound with a twisted thread of white gold and crowned with a giant moonstone and lapis lazuli bead.

The “Jagger Dagger” will be sold at high-end retailers, including Harrods.

I still think it is really cool that I can get ice out of the door of my fridge…

must be nice…

Auctioned off in Paris recently was the most expensive comic book ever.

It was an original TinTin comic with cover art by the series Belgian creator Herge.

Expected to sell at $400,000 it actually fetched more than $1 Million.

So, what must it be like to drop a million dollars on a comic book?

must be nice…

Last November, Saudi Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud, a billionaire investor purchased a double-decker aircraft that is the largest plane manufactured by Airbus, the A380.

In December, the Daily Mail reported that his royal highness will spend an additional $177 million to customize it; that’s more than half the purchase price of the plane!

Plans for the complete Airbus makeover include a marble-paneled dining room, Bedouin-style sleeping quarters and a tilting whirlpool bath. And, of course, a missile system to defend the aircraft against attackers.

And remember this is just his plane…nevermind his various properties and houses on the ground!

must be nice…

Now at first blush you might think this post is about jewelry and wearing lots of it, but in fact, this is a post about the very popular game Bejeweled.

I must admit, details for this story are sketchy, and I apologize for that. I read about this in my local paper and when I went back to re-read it the paper had already found its way to the curb in the blue box.

So, bear with me on this one. Apparently there’s a girl (let’s call her Jane) that is obsessed with Bejeweled, she plays it all the time. And her boyfriend (let’s call him John) is a computer-programmer-hacker dude who re-programs Jane’s hand held device thingy so that when she reaches a certain level in the game, what is displayed is a diamond ring and the words “Will You Marry Me?”

Ahhhhhhhhhhhh how sweet! Doesn’t every girl wish for such a unique proposal?

Jane has accepted the proposal, and apparently the maker of Bejeweled has stepped in and is offering to sponsor part of the wedding and to provide complimentary copies of the game as wedding favors.

Corporate sponsorship at your wedding, a guy who (while it may be a little geeky the way he did it) found a really cool and meaningful way (for Jane) to propose.

Now, I just want to know if the ring has a diamond the same size as the one in the game!

must be nice…