Things I Want

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Stuff I want.  And links to places selling stuff I want.  And stuff my husband wants, too!

See also: things you should consider giving me, if you're getting rid of them anyway.   

Things I want:

  • Movies on DVD
  • Books
    • Alternative Zits by Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman
    • Reigning Cats and Dogs by Hilary Price
    • Terry Pratchett mass market paperbacks
      • Night Watch
      • Making Money (September 08)
      • Wintersmith
    • Erin Hunter
      • Warriors 5: A Dangerous Path
      • Warriors 6: The Darkest Hour
    • more on my wish list page
  • Gift certificates for places I spend money anyway
    • online
      • amazon.com
      • abebooks.com
      • half.com
      • paperbackswap.com
      • buy.com
      • overstock.com
    • brick and mortar
      • Barnes & Noble
      • Borders
      • Target
      • Michael's
      • AMC movie theater
  • Games Etc
  • Objects of Beauty
    • My Books Are Friends that Never Fail Me poster (Engelbreit)
    • the internet map posters from xkcd.com
    • Periodic table chart poster from the periodic table table guy (online here only)
    • Mineral specimens
      • blue, titanium-coated quartz crystal
      • Charoite (purple mineral from Russian river)
      • sodalite sphere
      • lump of silicon
      • graphite
      • big pumice rock
      • magnetic lodestone
      • chrysoprase
      • huge piece of mica
      • large chunk(s) of petrified wood (bookends?)
    • art glass paperweight (swirly, blue?)
    • unique hand-turned wooden bowl
    • Flaming June, 1895 by Frederick Leighton (in frame, by art.com ~$130)
    • "Baby Klein Bottle," "Wine Glass of Tantalus," and "Platonic Solids Plus 3"   online here only
    • Amac plastic boxes (from The Container Store or tapplastics.com)
  • Miscellany
    • wine bottle opener with lever
    • Unique Media map of the US, laminated
    • Book Darts (bulk bag of 500, $45 + $3 s/h) online here
    • pachinko balls with different markings (not kidding!)
    • from Engrish.com (if they still have them)
      • Engrish Locks shirt (red or black)
      • Just It Do shirt (black)
      • No Smorking sticker
    • Darwinfish mug
    • This glass is now half empty, from despair.com
    • random world coins
    • Chapsticks
    • Juicy Tube lip gloss by L'oreal
  • Science Toys from Teacher Source
    • large goo tube or “Soother Tube”
    • Geological Flow Demo (sand sculpture thingy)
    • Magic Sand Wand
    • Magic (hydrophobic) Sand
    • 6 metals density cubes
    • steel sphere density kit
    • ironwood and lignum vita wood samples (sink in water)
    • pair of buzzing magnets
    • magnetic connections kit
    • radiometer
    • smashing steel spheres (burn through paper)
    • coin vortx
    • copper optical illusion spinner
    • optical illusion playing cards
  • Someday...
    • a dictionary shelf/stand
    • a freestanding "apothecary" chest of drawers
    • fancy handmade wooden jewelry chest with drawers from Duncan's Woods

Things Aquinas wants:

  • The Panic of 1907: Lessons Learned from the Market's 'Perfect Storm' by Robert F. Bruner, Sean D. Carr
  • Magic the Gathering cards?
  • Book from Paper Tiger
  • Buffy season 8 comics (have 1-10 + 12-16)
  • More cashmere socks
  • Some kind of high quality warm mittens
  • Agatha Christie film adaptations (see this list)
    ALREADY HAVE:
    • Death on the Nile (1978)
    • Evil Under the Sun (1982)
    • The Mirror Crack'd (1980)
    • Murder in Mesopotamia (2001)
  • Babylon 5 Scripts
  • RoboRally expansion boards (out of print)
    ALREADY HAVE: Radioactive board set
  • Custom framing for several items
  • Diploma frame for Master's Degree

 

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