Yeah I hate that old cliche too. Check out the Tea Stick to see if it makes drinking tea more convenient.  I’m sure it won’t but it’s an interesting concept right?
http://charlesandmarie.com/blog/soupe_du_jour/?p=187

If you like popcorn at all, your world is about to be rocked. Ok, well maybe not because this popcorn is quite elusive. I can’t find it on a few pages of google. In fact, a direct search of the snack’s title yields nothing. This means that I will have to rely on my source in Japan to get the popcorn for me. We are all used to salt and butter on popcorn, but actually pepper is the magic ingredient for a delicious snack. Pepper is very cheap and as soon as a company creates the bagged version here, or even the microwave incantation of pepper popcorn, it is going to take off. I don’t mean take off like elmo dolls and XBox 360’s, I mean really take off.

The olive oil part of this conception is good because it has a lighter taste and doesn’t have that filmy artifical butter feeling left on your tongue or teeth like a lot of popcorn will. The only downside is that there isn’t enough in a bag to satisfy me for as long as I like, which for this taste means forever. Just as well because you can’t find this snack in the United States anyway, or can you?

I made one of these the other day and then found a recipe on it.

http://www.care2.com/channels/solutions/food/411

INGREDIENTS
1 cup vanilla soy milk
½ cup apple juice
1 cup blueberries, blackberries, raspberries, or sliced strawberries
1 ripe banana
1 cup crushed ice

Combine all ingredients in blender and puree till smooth. Serve garnished with berries or slices of banana.