Monday, December 17, 2001
Peter L. from work offered to take me along to the local Wal-Mart during lunch-time today. I still needed to get a tool-related gift for Erika as well as Bill W., so I joined him.
I found what I think will be a good tool-based gift for Erika, plus a silly stocking-stuffer for her as well. I won’t tell what they are here, because she reads this Web site occasionally, and I don’t want to give it away. ;-) But just as I was walking back along the aisles I spotted something I’ve been seriously thinking about buying for a while: a Meade ETX-60AT computerized telescope. This is my Xmas present to myself. ;-)
When we were at Deloro this past weekend Vanessa expressed interest in seeing the stars with me, and I dutifully took her out prior to her bedtime and pointed out some constellations and a couple of planets I could recognize. When the skies are clear, that place is an astronomer’s dream -- can’t wait to take the new scope up to Deloro to do some serious stargazing.
Still need to track down a couple of copies of MST3K: Manos Hand of Fate – one for myself, one for Bill. Okay, so I guess it'll be a stock-stuffer for me since I've already got a present for myself. ;-) (And if you know the film at all, make a point of clicking on the above link, as it leads to a very good article where a couple of people who were in on the movie "fess up" about its origins. Well worth the time to read).
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