(Last update Dec. 4)
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Steve
Neodymium (rare earth) magnets
Gyroscopic and unique tops
An OED
High-power LED flashlight
-3+ bulbs
-hand crank (optional)
or
-LED reading light (so I don't bother Sarah while I'm reading in bed...)
- Graphic Novels (you can get'em used on Amazon.ca)-"Daredevil Visionaries" and "Ronin" by Frank Miller (or pretty much anything by him, Sarah can tell you if I have it or not)
-Video Hound Movie Retriever (2003 or later)
-CDs
--Michigan by Sufjan Stevens
--Trans-Siberian Orchestra (Dave can tell you what's good...)
--Orchestral Game Concert IV (info found here) (it's actually unavailable in Canada, Jenn's the only one with a chance of being able to pick it up, as it was only released in Japan....)
--Pretty much anything by Bruce Cockburn
--- MIESKUORO HUUTAJAT (Men's Choir Shouters) (hard to find, but it'd be great to have...)
"was formed in 1987 in Oulu, Finland, by a group of young men who clearly had nothing better to do." The choir currently consists of about 30 people in black suits, white shirts and black rubber ties who shout some of the most beloved tunes in the traditional Finnish songbook. Their version of The Star-Spangled Banner sounds like Aki Kaurismäki directing a choir of Marines. Truly odd
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Stephen: You have posted quite an alphabet soup of acronyms! Maybe some long forms of these words would be more helpful to those of us who are somewhat illiterate? :-)
A little help for you, then.
OED - "Office Evaluation Department" is an independent unit within the World Bank; it reports directly to the Bank's Board of Executive Directors. OED assesses what works, and what does not; how a borrower plans to run and maintain a project; and the lasting contribution of the Bank to a country's overall development.
It is then clear to the reader that just like every boy this Christmas, Stephen is hoping to find an OED under the tree.
and further:
LED - Lipase Engineering Database. A high power Lipase Engineering Database flashlight is not really a flashlight at a all - in the traditional sense. In fact it is a search algorithm used to perform homology search against the lipase database.
Who knew that Stephen had picked up an interest in microbiology and protein synthesis? Way to go!
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I'm really looking forward to seeing these gifts!!!! This should be very fun (and enlightening!).
Actually, OED stands for Ostrich Egg Detonator. I have a secret obsession for blowing up eggs. I started small--robin eggs, then moved up to the more plentiful chicken eggs.
Lately, that just hasn't been enough. I need something bigger. I just contacted someone in the states who is willing to supply me with ostrich eggs. Now, I need a device with which to detonate them.
I'm sorry you all had to find out this way.
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