Yeah!  With vacations coming up, there's no better time than now to button your place up to keep the bad guys out.

7 tips:

1. Get that ladder out of your yard.  Sure, they could bring their own but there's no reason to roll out a red carpet to your second story.

2. Don't leave new appliance boxes out on the curb.  That way, EVERYONE KNOWS YOU JUST GOT A NEW TV!

3. Reinforce those entryways.  Bad guys can kick in those flimsy wood-panel doors.  Every door should be steel-wrapped and dead-bolted.

4. NEVER hang a mirror in your front hall.  Just by looking through the wrong window they could look in and see if you forgot to set the alarm.

5. Make sure the grass is cut if you're planning on being away for a while...mail and newspapers cleared too.

6. Should you try selling something on Craigslist, don't invite customers into your home.   Someone could be casing your place out...or MUCH WORSE.

And...

7. Careful how you update your Facebook status and NEVER upload your vacation photos until you're home.  Think about it! (photo from bestbeachvacations.net)

Okay.  It's kind of a guy thing but, hey, you've got to admit, it's awesome.  This weekend at the OppoKoppi Music Festival in South Africa, the Beer-Dropping Drone will debut and fly high overhead, dropping cold frosty ones on the thirsty crowd below.  The drone, from Darkwing Aerial, will parachute down brewskis to fans who pay via GPS-enabled smartphones.  And, here's the good news on those blazing hot days ahead.  The inventors hope to have a fleet operating by year's end for specific deliveries TO INDIVIDUALS. 

Why, this is gonna be a wonderful summer.  Just dial in your Visa number, look up and just seconds from now you'll be poppin' the top. 

And that's 'TODAY IN BEER." (pic from barstoolsports.com)

Brilliant Innovations in today's news!

First, today's best Ap...The Pizza Compass!  Costs a mere 99 cents and it points you to the nearest pizza joint because...when you need pizza, you NEED IT NOW!  But, if you'll notice, that's not a pointer on your Pizza Compass, it's a PIZZA SLICE!  BRILLIANT!  And as you get REAL CLOSE to that pizza place, it starts steaming.

Huggies Brazil has introduced TweetPee.  This magical plastic thingy inside baby's diaper sends a Tweet when your little squirt....you know.  BRILLIANT!  Even MORE brillliant if it could Tweet 30 seconds BEFORE it happened.

And, most brilliant of all...

The Guinea Pig Tank Top.  An online store based in japan, aptly named Guinea Pig Fashion, has begun selling clothing and accessories just for your little guy.  They feature everything from tank tops to kimonos with which to torture your poor pet.  Brilliant!  Got 2 guinea pigs?  They've got guinea pig wedding dresses for that extra special guinea pig occasion! (photo from thecavicottage.com)

There's no more classic a wacky stunt than sticking a "Kick Me" sign on someone when they least expect it.  That is unless the kicking starts AND they get a lawyer.

Here's how it went down.

Harvey Palacio of Albuquerque, NM is an employee of Intel.  Seems that his co-workers were always giving him a hard time and then, one day, they stuck a "kick me" sign on poor Harvey and the fun began.  Harvey claims he kept getting kicked that day until he complained to his boss and then HIS BOSS KICKED HIM! 

Harvey didn't laugh.  He DID get an attorney and then the payback started.  2 of the kickers have already been convicted of petty misdemeanor battery INCLUDING HIS BOSS!  They each got 16 hours of community service.

So be careful who you kick and answer this question...After hearing this story, don't you want a piece of Harvey, too? (pic from advancedfilmfl.net)

What?

Yup, you heard right.  Researchers in Sweden have found that when parents at least occasionally cleaned pacifiers by licking them rather than washing or boiling them, their children were significantly less likely to develop some real health problems.  Kids who used licked pacifiers developed fewer allergies and had lower rates of eczema and asthma.

The experts say it's more proof that exposing your kids to some amount of germs is a good thing, because it makes their bodies and immune systems tougher.

And, get this, they're not sure whether all the benefits are a direct result of the licked pacifiers...or because parents who would lick a pacifier to clean it are the kind of people who are less likely to keep their homes in a constantly sterilized state.

So BREATHE!

RELAX!

And LICK! (photo from youngurbanmoms.com)