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Holidays '08: Stocking Stuffers for Men - a list by tatorandtots
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40 Finger Flashlights
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I just ordered these and can pretty much guarantee no good will come of it. Why do I need FORTY LED Finger Lamps with VELCRO finger straps? I honestly don't know yet. But I will post an update when I do.
Updated Aug 7, 2008
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Superbad -The Drawings
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The penises? Yeah. They're all in here. Fabulous.
Updated Sep 14, 2008
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The Mission (Two-Disc Special Edition)
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This is probably one of my top three favorite movies of all time.
**with Robert DeNiro, Jeremy Irons, Ray McAnally, Aidan Quinn, Liam Neeson
Roland Joffe directs this epic about the Catholic Church's attempts at converting an Indian tribe in South America. You can care nothing about any part of the subject matter going into this and LOVE this movie. Its visuals are rich and stunning, the soundtrack is one of the best ever created and the acting is superb. Over twenty years after first seeing it, it remains one of the best movies I've ever watched. And I'm a bit of a movie junkie to put it mildly.
Few have seen it, few will ever forget it once they have.
Just watch the opening.... or listen, I should say. The score is so gorgeous it brings me to tears. The film uses the talents and voices of the actual Indian tribe of which the movie is about in the music. The children's voices are beyond description.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=GZt-md4youo&feature=related
To listen to the child in this clip sing Ave Maria and realize he was basically 'discovered' living in the jungles of South America by a film crew possessing this extraordinary voice.... well it really changes your idea of "uncivilized."
http://youtube.com/watch?v=EwbEe4gAHJ0&feature=related
Updated Jul 19, 2008
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Bettie Page Stickers
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Sticker Giant has a great selection of retro Bettie decals and other pin-ups. Use 'em to sex up a bare space or as an unusual party favor.
Updated Jul 16, 2008
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Moleskine Cahier Sketchbook Sets
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One of my favorite designers, Anya Hindmarch, once cited these in a Harper's article as being one of her travel essentials.
I happen to agree.
Made in Italy, they are the classiest way to pass notes on a plane and sketch out secret fantasies.....
Updated Aug 13, 2008
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Gelaskins Ipod Touch Skin, Bookshelf,
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I read 'em and weep. Or laugh. Or learn. Or at the very least dream a little dream. I simply love books.
Thus I'm quite taken with this Bookshelf Ipod Touch Skin. Colorful, interesting and practical to boot. Lovely little thing.
Check out X-treme Geek's other style options for Gelaskins too. Nice stuff.
Updated Aug 14, 2008
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Fez-o-rama
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Let's face it, the head simply does not get enough attention these days.
Back in happier days, men like Mr. Cunningham and Fred Flintstone knew how to rock the noggin. They knew how to command respect. Who cares whether or not they earned it. After all, no one cares about much when there's a guy with a funny hat on in the room. He sets the tone. And that tone is, "I'm a jackass. Let's drink." It's like a classier version of 'fat guy in a little coat.'
This site has some interesting tiki-inspired fezwear but if you are serious about making yourself the Grand Poobah of Douchebaggery, you need to outfit your minions in matching headgear as well. And you need a patch..... secret handshake..... nonsensical rules.... and of course the almighty Lodge (read: bar). So look around at other sites as well that offer plain fezwear in a variety of colors just begging for customization.
For those who take the wearing of the fez SERIOUSLY, I found some "official rules."
1. Do not lend your fez to anyone
2. Do not wear tarba in an appropriate places
3. Do not block your fez out of shape or wear dents in it.
4. Do not tilt your fez to the right or left backward or forward.
5. Do not hang jewels, pendants, button, or emeralds that do not pertain to the shrine or your office on your fez.
6. Do not wear any color fez but that prescribed.
7. Do not wear any color tassel but that prescribed.
8. Do not play sports or games while wearing your fez.
9. Do not attempt to get your own fez customized, uniformity in our temple is important, We do not want different grades of quality worn in our temple.
10. Do not wear damaged or old fez.
11. Never absolutely never allow the opposite sex (women) to wear your fez.
12. Never never absolutely never let a child play or wear your fez.
13. Never ever absolutely never allow people other than yourselves to take pictures in your fez.
Sounds like someone needs to get laid.
Updated Aug 27, 2008
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Personal Calling Cards
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Recently, Time Magazine ran an article called "May I Offer You My Calling Card" that resulted in a deep sigh of relief on my part. "Oh yes. Yes. Yes. Yes," went through my mind. (Article: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1828303,00.html )
I have been an advocate of such a practice for so many years it would require a third set of fingers to count. You see, despite the fact that I generally enjoy human beings, I am a bit reluctant to provide the full details of my life to each one that requests it. Reluctant isn't quite strong enough. More like tight-fisted. Yes, I'm tight-fisted when it comes to handing out business cards to some people, wary of the extent to which they will Google me. Certain social settings lend themselves to a more conservative approach. (The phrase "on the nightstand next to a crisp $100 bill" comes to mind but that is just a pipe dream.)
Enter the need for the revival of the calling card. It is an elegant medium by which to convey just the information you would like publicly dispersed. It also takes care of the issue facing many people who find their business information to be in constant flux- you can simply print a static e-mail address that will not change as your circumstances do, for example.
And then there is the issue of names changing. It's been awhile since I've offered up one of my dysfunctional stories so I suppose I'm due for a purge. So here goes:
When I got married in '95, I took my husband's name. A few years later, awaiting the birth of our first child, we decided that since our surname was actually that of his step-father, with whom he had no contact, it would be a great idea to legally change it back to one of his family names. He actually suggested that we take my maiden name but I, being young and naive and in need of an arse-kicking, stoically refused, concerned the guys at work would make fun of him. Oh, silly, silly Fiona.
Attempting to be respectful, we sat down with his Polish mother and asked her for a list of family names to choose from. Only two were less than 14 letters in length. We chose the one that was easiest to spell, "my great-aunt's name," said his mother. Fine. Whatever.
Six months and several thousands of dollars in legal fees to change the name and all of our private and professional listings later, we had a new last name. Yay us.
Fast forward a few years. I am sitting at the kitchen table with his mother. Out of the blue, I ask, "So, our last name, is that your great-aunt on your mother's side or your father's?"
She takes a long, slow drag of her cigarette and says in a voice totally devoid of concern or apology, "Oh, that. I forgot to tell you. I made a mistake. That was the name of the tenants we rented the old house to."
Sigh.
And so it was. We were an island, related to no one by our surname.
Now we're divorced. I have a virtual trough of choices when it comes to how I would like my name to appear. I change my mind constantly. I can't commit to anything at the moment, much less want to print up hundreds of little cards that bear the name du jour. So a calling card with just "Fiona" written on it? Perfecto.
The link I've attached here takes you to Vista Printing, a great online print shop that offers 250 FREE cards you can customize with as many or as few details as you'd like to try the calling card thing out. Give it a shot. I think it's a pretty damn cool idea. (via Time Mag "May I Offer You My Calling Card")
Updated Aug 31, 2008
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Haber Como Polarized Sunglasses
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Let's get this out there from the start- I have vision issues (countless surgeries when I was young) and a big, Irish head. For starters.
Thus I am incredibly hard to please when it comes to sunglasses.
So I was a bit indifferent about the idea of trying this pair of Haber Como glasses on. Frankly, I didn't expect it to go well. It was merely a gesture on my part. [insert selfless sigh]
Oh. My. God. LOVE THEM! I've owned polarized glasses before, obviously. Or is it? It certainly felt like a whole new experience when I slipped these bad girls on. The clarity and lack of stress from glare was immediately apparent.
Then I walked inside to the mirror and discovered that they FIT MY BIG HEAD! Couldn't believe my luck. In the spirit of thorough investigating, I sought out a smaller head- my ten-year-old daughter's. They fit her perfectly too! She didn't want to take them off, in fact. So she was allowed to wear them but only while mowing the lawn. Yes, my brilliance stuns even myself at times.
Great, great pair of glasses for all manner of sports applications and just lounging around in general. Comfortable fit, gorgeous lens qualities and very stylish. For big and small heads alike.
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From the Haber site:
Glare, winning the battle with the latest in technology.
Glare is defined in the dictionary as, “An uncomfortable sensation caused by bright light.” More specifically, glare comes in many forms and they all can be uncomfortable and performance compromising. We deal with three types of glare; direct, reflected and redirected. Direct glare is visible light rays coming directly from the sun. Reflected glare can come from light rays bouncing of flat surfaces such as roads, water, snow, or in the case of redirected rays, they can be reflected from your face, the back of your glasses or side surfaces.
At Haber, we reduce the effects of glare with color densities and reflective mirror coatings, polarizing filters and anti-reflective coatings.
Color densities reduce glare and filter unwanted color spectrums that compromise performance. Mirrors reflect visible light and further reduce the effect of glare.
Polarizing filters effectively reduce/eliminate reflected glare and increase visual acuity and perception.
Anti reflective coatings allow redirected bounce back glare to pass through the lens reducing annoying reflections in the lens.
Updated Aug 14, 2008
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Auto Bird Turd Emergency Kit
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I'm not maniacal about my car being spotless but one thing that does drive me nuts is when a bird uses my windshield for a toilet. With my luck, it's usually a bird who apparently has been dining at a Mexican restaurant.
Love this.
Updated Sep 1, 2008
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