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Scientific American's Sci/Tech Gifts for 2003
Rick DeBay writes "Scientific American has come out with their Sci/Tech gift list for 2003. I think they did a good job, even the selections in the under $25 category are quite tasteful and dignified. And what Sophisticated Lady wouldn't be overjoyed at unwrapping a genuine Swarovski crystal accessory? My personal favorites fall in to those well-worn categories, 'Imprisoning Small Creatures for Amusement' and 'Getting Someone Else to Clean-Up.' The frog and shrimp farms fufill the first, and the domestically-challengeds' favorite Roomba the latter. Seriously, there is a mix of interesting gadgets, products that should never have been made, refugees from Sharper Image, and humorous geek stocking stuffers. It is unlikely that you could go wrong."
Google!
(Search it for worm quartet message board)
What the hell?
I thought U.N. was the lone beacon of light and reason in the darkness of madness cast by the "war on terrorism" fanatics in US and UK!
They've apparently sold out to the military-industrial complex when they publish alarmist crap like that.
... is that the servers in the co-lo don't have a hissy fit and die. That'd be a 1000-mile round-trip to see what's wrong :-(
:-)))
Pressies are always good though
Simon.
Physicists get Hadrons!
Would be the impeachment of the world's most dangerous politician.
Thanks and have a peaceful day,
Kilgore Trout
"Hey! If any of you are looking for any last-minute gift ideas for me, I have one. I'd like Frank Shirley, my boss, right here tonight. I want him brought from his happy holiday slumber over there on Melody Lane with all the other rich people and I want him brought right here, with a big ribbon on his head, and I want to look him straight in the eye and I want to tell him what a cheap, lying, no-good, rotten, four-flushing, low-life, snake-licking, dirt-eating, inbred, overstuffed, ignorant, blood-sucking, dog-kissing, brainless, dickless, hopeless, heartless, fat-ass, bug-eyed, stiff-legged, spotty-lipped, worm-headed sack of monkey shit he is! Hallelujah! Holy shit! Where's the Tylenol?" - Clark W. Griswold, Christmas Vacation
Above quote from: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097958/quotes
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Why not instead participate in Buy Nothing Day, instead of buying more useless stuff that nobody needs?