Quest for the Pirate Toaster: Hello Kitty sabotages my journey
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I like toasters. I really do. And I like it when they're creative. I've spent some time this week researching Instructables tutorials for how to hack my own toaster in order to make it a pirate toaster that brands my toast with a skull and crossbones. (Stay tuned on that one.)
But this is too much. I'm not terrified of Hello Kitty or anything, but I think the cat should stay the heck off my toast. Even if it's only $19.99, I do not have any use for a Hello Kitty toaster. Like all other Hello Kitty-related appliances, this toaster is pink and white and has a giant cat on it. There's not a whole lot else you can say about it. Except that it'll probably match that Hello Kitty crock pot that you've been hiding in the kitchen cabinet for several months now.
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What slightly disturbs me is that full-size toasters, crock pots, waffle irons, etc., are for grown-ups. Not kids. This makes me wonder whether there are actually adults out there who are furnishing their homes with pink-and-white cat appliances.
However, as we've seen, Hello Kitty is a pirate too, so maybe I should consider the toaster a positive development in my ongoing quest for a pirate toaster.
Caroline McCarthy, a CNET News staff writer, is a downtown Manhattanite happily addicted to social-media tools and restaurant blogs. Her pre-CNET resume includes interning at an IT security firm and brewing cappuccinos. E-mail Caroline. 
I have that toaster I got from Target, also the waffle machine, and landline phone, and was thinking about getting the hello kitty MP3 player....
anyway, Sanrio puts hello kitty on EVERYTHING!