| Quick Description | Long Description |
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| Hard cover books |
Used is better than new.
Tolkien: Silmarillion, Hobbit Petroski: Design Paradigms: Case Histories of Error and Judgment in Engineering Knuth: The Art of Computer Programming Antoine de Saint Exupery: The Little Prince Dr. Seuss: Just about anything, (Ones that I have: Six by Seuss, You're Only Old Once, The Cat in the Hat, Oh, the Places You'll Go!, Dr. Seuss Goes to War Steig: CDC? Comic compilations: Bloom County, Far Side, Calvin & Hobbes Books from The Onion (no hardcovers available, but they're still "bound" to be funny!) Other: Sorry Everybody (also here). |
| LEGO |
E-bay is a worthwhile source -- large (lbs) lots are a nice way to get a good variety of parts.
Bionicle is a no-no. Technic sets are good, as are space, town, and castle. Already have big Tie Advanced, X-Wing, Yoda, Darth Maul. Other LEGO stuff from a big LEGO store would be cool. I have soooo many sets that I have not yet assembled... |
| Tools! | Load up ye-olde-toolbox. |
Tupperware
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Storage items. Serving / mixing bowls. |
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Wind-up items
(no batteries!) |
Just about anything that doesn't need batteries.
I have a wind-up radio and wind-up flashlight. More wind-up toys would be good. A metronome would be cool. Wind-up clocks. |
| Muppets | All things Muppet are wonderful. I already have the set of DVDs. T-shirt |
| Levitron |
A magnetic levitation top.
Available from other places than just online.
It's been out for a few years.
source
WOW a bunch of cool stuff!! |
| Magazine subscriptions | Scientific American, Nature. |
| Recycled circuit board items |
I already have a decent sized clipboard
source source source (Froogle search for "recycled circuit board." |
| Looney Tunes |
Shirts, ties, DVDs, etc.
Marvin the Martian, Wile E. Coyote, Road Runner, Daffy Duck ... Classic cartoon. |
| Dippy bird | One of those little glass birds that dips into water, looking like it's constantly drinking. I already have a simple one, about 6.5 inches tall, with blue hat, blue liquid, and red head, white legs, and red base. (He's really showing his age, though.) If you find a different color, that'd be neat, or a smaller one, or a larger one, or an older one! |
| Fun T-Shirts | This looks like a good source. And here are some more. |
| Name imprinter | The type of thing that stamps one's name in to a sheet of paper. Maybe just initials. For "personalizing" books. |
| Clothes |
Workout pants, pajamas, leather belt, rugby-type shirt, nice shirts, fancy socks.
Brown socks: apparently I need more brown (not black) socks. |
| Class supplies | Tennis racquet (I think I signed up for tennis in the spring) |
| Neat lists | Here and here. |
| Something | From a pawn shop. |
| Frames | For various diplomae: high school, BS, MS, etc. |
| Car | Magnet-wheeled Hot Wheels car, for racing around filing cabinets, etc. |
| Surprise me! |
If there's something that catches your eye and you think it might make me happy, there's a good chance that at the least it'll make me think of you whenever I see it!
Try here, maybe here, here, here, here, here, or here. New one. |
| knives | really nice kitchen knives |
| hamper | a blue mesh nylon sack stretched over plastic tubing just isn't cutting it anymore |
