Christmas Gifts: What I Really Want
December 21st, 2007 by timbotronIt’s that time of year when magazines and TV shows offer their lists of “What to get that man in your life (age 20-40).” Most of these lists aren’t made by men age 20-40 (who started the stupid rumor that we would ever want silky boxer shorts?). On behalf of men age 20-40, here is a fail-safe list of what to get that man in your life:

Military Grade Duct Tape - Duct tape is the ultimate fix-all - required in space missions. The only thing cooler than duct tape is military grade duct tape (bonus points if you can get it in olive drab).

Big Lebowski T-Shirts - There are countless to chose from, but here are a few of my favored picks:
•The stylish ‘This Aggression Will Not Stand’ shirt.
•The ‘El Duderino’ shirt.
•And for the real hardcore, the ‘Karu Betto’ baseball shirt (it’s Jeff Bridge’s actual shirt, which he wore in “The Big Lebowski,” “The Fisher King,” and “Tron”).

The Fisher ‘Space Pen’ - The Fisher Space Pen writes underwater and writes upside-down. How could you not want this?

The Victorinox Swiss Army Money Clip - It’s a moneyclip and a knife!. Overstock.com has a cool deal: a Space Pen and a Swiss Army Money Clip.

Kung-Fu Books - Because secretly every guy wants to learn Kung-Fu:
•‘Kung Fu: History, Philosophy, and Technique’
•‘The Art of Shaolin Kung-Fu’
•‘Kung Fu Elements’






December 25th, 2007 at 2:06 pm
For the record, this Christmas my cousins gave me a roll of duct tape and a Bruce Lee book. AWESOME!!!
December 25th, 2007 at 6:04 pm
Oh SWEET!!!
December 27th, 2007 at 3:44 am
Santa forgot my duck tape and space pen
January 31st, 2008 at 2:32 am
I tried a few of the martial (and even the marital) arts. I ended up sticking most happily with Krav Maga. Very little Art, a lot of Martial, but a lot of fun, in a sense, and really useful, educational, grounding….was important for me to do. Would gladly go back to it as well.
Useful beat Artistic for learning about the uses and limits, strengths and weaknesses of my body in self-defense (and offense).
Loved it, recommend it.