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#5 :: Faux antique compass

February 10, 2004

This looks to be a hollow wooden ball coated with black modeling putty and studded with thumbtacks. It is perfectly round, and look and about four inches in diameter. Each tackhead is a warped little mirror and if you stare at it closely, sildenafil about four-dozen yous stare back. My folks bought it for me […]

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#2 :: Geiger counter

February 7, 2004

The archetypal heavy little thing. The drivetrain crapped out on our decrepit Schwinn tandem. I yanked this off to replace it, and it’s been sitting on my desk ever since. Put your thumb through it and spin it. It makes a pleasant, hushed clicking noise.

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