1.Space Pen
At any price, this is my favorite pen that I have ever owned. Writes great and is small enough to fit in front pocket unnoticed. Refills are only $4.95.. Buy this pen!
2.Emergency Radio
I gave Emergency Radios to many of my family members. Most thought it was a silly gift but that spring there was a blizzard in Northwest Arkansas and my grandmother was snowed in for 4 days without electricity. Her only connection to the outside world was her emergency radio. Every house needs one!
3. iPod Shuffle
Who doesn’t need another MP3 player? For less than $50, this is perfect for anyone who wants to listen to music while working out or running. Also good for kids!
4. Skull Candy Portable Speakers for iPod/iPhone
These are great because they allow you to share your tunes with friends… even when there is no electricity!
5. Battlestar Galactica – Season 1 (DVD)
What a well written series. BSG even appeals to non sci-fi fans! Hot girls, space battles and mystery. Good addition to any DVD collection.
6. Leatherman Blast Multitool
A multitool like the Leatherman Blast is a great gift because it can be thrown into the glove compartment of a vehicle and give the driver quick access to screw drivers, pliers or even a knife. Great gift for guys and gals!
7. Leatherman Kick/Micra Combo
The leatherman Micra didn’t seem very cool until I got one. Great little keychain knife. I have given this out as gifts to friends and everyone has commented as to how useful it is. This combo is an INSANE deal. The Leatherman Micra sells for $19.95 and the Leatherman Kick sells for around $29.95. Getting both for $34 is awesome!
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8. Firefly: The Complete Series (Blu-Ray)
I had never seen this series when it was originally on television. I caught the movie Serenity and LOVED IT. It’s basically a western set in space. Lots of humor and action! Great visual effects. Buy this series!
9.Absinthe & Flamethrowers: Projects and Ruminations on the Art of Living Dangerously (Paperback Book)
For the fire nerd in your family, this is a fun book to read. Educational experiments with a little danger involved.
10. Walking Dead Compendium (Paperback Book)
Probably one of the best comic books I’ve ever read. Warning. This is NOT for kids. Lot’s of adult situations, language, etc.
A childhood dream has been destroyed! 😉 Never realized that Greedo was wearing heels under the table.

Image courtesy Slog.thestranger.com
Yet another example that our Department of Homeland Security is more than slightly out of control. There used to be a day in America were the Government had checks and balances that made them at least jump through a few hoops before they could start seizing control of someones assets. The posts on the sites say that they are siezed under a warrant but the owners of the sites are claiming that this is basically their first notice.
Following on the heels of this week’s domain seizure of a large hiphop file-sharing links forum, it’s clear today that the U.S. Government has been very busy. Without any need for COICA, ICE has just seized the domain of a BitTorrent meta-search engine along with those belonging to other music linking sites and several others which appear to be connected to physical counterfeit goods.
“My domain has been seized without any previous complaint or notice from any court!” the exasperated owner of Torrent-Finder told TorrentFreak this morning.
“I firstly had DNS downtime. While I was contacting GoDaddy I noticed the DNS had changed. Godaddy had no idea what was going on and until now they do not understand the situation and they say it was totally from ICANN,” he explained.
Aside from the fact that domains are being seized seemingly at will, there is a very serious problem with the action against Torrent-Finder. Not only does the site not host or even link to any torrents whatsoever, it actually only returns searches through embedded iframes which display other sites that are not under the control of the Torrent-Finder owner.
Read the article HERE
It’s interesting to see some news outlets claiming that National Opt-Out day was a flop. Reports I’ve heard from travelers is that the TSA has chosen to opt-out of using the naked scanners today. Pretty smart move on their part.
Ran across a disturbing article today on BoingBoing
A self-described “rule follower” went through an airport pornoscanner wearing a panty-liner (she was menstruating). Because the hygienic item obscured the screener’s view of her vagina vulva, she was made to endure a humiliating fondling, “so invasive that I was left crying and dealing with memories that I thought had been dealt with years ago of prior sexual assaults.”
Read the original article HERE
Al Qaeda has vowed to kill America with “Death by a Thousand Cuts”. Not a big attack but slowly chipping away at our freedoms and CHANGING America through small attacks. Guess what?! It’s working! When buying an airline ticket means forfeiting your rights, the terrorists have one. This video is a bit disturbing. It shows a topless boy being patted down by the TSA.

TSA Naked X-Ray scans violate the 4th amendment
Something has to be done about the TSA goons and their attack on our freedoms. The terrorists truly have won when our government lives in such fear.
A retired special education teacher on his way to a wedding in Orlando, Fla., said he was left humiliated, crying and covered with his own urine after an enhanced pat-down by TSA officers recently at Detroit Metropolitan Airport.
“I was absolutely humiliated, I couldn’t even speak,” said Thomas D. “Tom” Sawyer, 61, of Lansing, Mich.
Sawyer is a bladder cancer survivor who now wears a urostomy bag, which collects his urine from a stoma, or opening in his stomach. “I have to wear special clothes and in order to mount the bag I have to seal a wafer to my stomach and then attach the bag. If the seal is broken, urine can leak all over my body and clothes.”
On Nov. 7, Sawyer said he went through the security scanner at Detroit Metropolitan Airport. “Evidently the scanner picked up on my urostomy bag, because I was chosen for a pat-down procedure.”
Due to his medical condition, Sawyer asked to be screened in private. “One officer looked at another, rolled his eyes and said that they really didn’t have any place to take me,” said Sawyer. “After I said again that I’d like privacy, they took me to an office.”
Read the entire article HERE