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Huge Discount On Planet Earth DVD Set

Published in For Anybody and Inexpensive. 1 Comment

Update: The promotional code doesn’t work now, but the store is still selling the DVD for $20, but the Blu-Ray is now at $50. Still half price!

Whoa! This is really a great deal! If you haven’t yet purchased Planet Earth on DVD or Blu-Ray, today is the day to do it!

The deal is only for today, April 21, 2010. You can get them brand new at the Discovery Store today only for twenty bucks, or on Blu-Ray for only $25. That’s $40 off of the DVD price and $50 off of the Blu-Ray price. Nice!

Just click the picture or this link and use the coupon code PE7843.

Grisham Desk Organizers

Published in Corporate, For Anybody and Inexpensive. 2 Comments

Here is a more practical gift idea than what I usually put up here. Perhaps it’s because I’m at my desk, which happens to magically gain clutter over time. It’s crazy how it happens!

Do you know somebody like me? Maybe if I had some of these desk organizers this auto-clutter feature of my desk would turn off. Hmm, maybe I’ll get some for myself because they’re half price right now. Woo!

They are made of faux (yes, fake) leather and come in red, black, or brown. The size is 6″ x 6.25″ x 12″ so there is ample room for paper and big envelopes and what not.

While you’re over at Wrapables, check out their other stuff. There are quite a bit of spiffy things to browse. Clickity click here to help somebody organize their desk.

Transformers Movie 2 Bumblebee Role Play Helmet

Published in Christmas, For Kids and Inexpensive. 3 Comments

Well this is awesome. You can give a lucky kid the chance to be the hero Transformer from the latest movies! I still remember my Optimus Prime transformer I had growing up. I don’t remember Bumblebee, but he’s the favorite today for sure. This helmet is pretty sweet. Here’s some highlights of the mask/helmet:

Awesome helmet remixes your voice just like the BUMBLEBEE voice from the TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN movie and features cool conversion sounds and movie-voice phrases.
Suit up just like the BUMBLEBEE character and prepare to save the universe with your amazing voice-mixer helmet.
Easy-to-adjust straps help you get a comfortable fit.
The helmet also plays realistic conversion sounds of the BUMBLEBEE.
Three different modes and awesome electronic features.

Turn your favorite small person into their favorite Transformer here.

BuckyBalls Magnetic Building Spheres

Published in For Anybody, Inexpensive, Office Toys and Tech Stuff. 2 Comments

Now this is quite possibly the coolest thing I’ve ever posted about here on the good old gift idea blog that this is. Who doesn’t love magnets? I love those things! Here, you get 216 tiny spheres of magnetic fun!

These things look like so much fun. I have yet to get mine (you’d better believe I’m getting some for myself), but I can’t wait for the endless fun they’ll provide. You can magically make all kinds of well structured…structures with these little things. If you don’t believe me, or just want to get super excited about getting some of these for you and all of your friends, check out this little demonstration video:

Get your BuckyBalls here.

Graduation Invitations

Published in For Anybody, General and Inexpensive. 0 Comments

It’s that time of year again. Many young and not as young students are finally to that point where they get to try and figure out what to do next in life. Sweet, sweet graduation.

Whether it be high school graduation, college graduation, or graduation from some crazy thing I haven’t even heard of, TinyPrints has what you’re looking for. I’ve searched many a site for professional looking invitations that are affordable and customizable, and I honestly can find none better than TinyPrints.

In this day and age, when many of us have a nice digital camera, there really isn’t much of a need to go to a professional photographer to get that one shot, or maybe two, that you want to send out to let everybody know about the special moment. So take some shots, head over to TinyPrints, and order those invitations!

Let the world know you’re moving on here!
Check out the full lineup here.

Swedish Fire Steel

Published in For Anybody, For Him and Inexpensive. 1 Comment

Here’s a very practical gift idea. It’s a simple little key chain sized fire starter. When you slide the key looking thing against the little stick, sparks fly out at 3,000°C which is 5432°F. Yeah, that’s pretty hot.

The crazy little thing even works when it’s wet. I’m not sure anything will light when it’s when, but this thing will keep sparking. Get this for your closest friend who wants to go out and be like Bear Grylls!

Come on baby light my fire.

A Slew of Busted T-Shirts

Published in For Anybody, Humorous and Inexpensive. 0 Comments

Today The Gift Idea Blog brings you a nice little group of t-shirts from Busted Tees. These are some of my favorites. Now it’s time for blurbs about each of them!

I tend to sometimes be a bit of an annoying nitpicker when it comes to accuracy. I realize, however, that I’m pretty inconsistent myself. Anyway, if you’re like me, you may have wondered why we commonly make that heart shape we’re all so used to when a real heart looks like the leftover chunk of beef that nobody wanted to eat because it’s all full of gristle and nastiness. Problem solved here! This shirt should make a great gift for your friend who always points out your mistakes.

This shirt is just plain old awesome. I love some good Halloween candy corn; who doesn’t? I know dentists are sure glad they exist! But really, look at the faces on the mutant candy corn and the cob man who seems to fear he may be destined to have the same fate. It’s just pure goodness. So you should buy it for somebody right now.
Yummy.
Candy Corn.

Get it? Yeah? See, BRB means “Be Right Back” and it is commonly used in online conversations to indicate one of the parties will be leaving the computer alone for a few moments. Now, that’s a boomerang there, following the proper arm motion, when the boomerang leaves your hand, it will also be away for a few moments, but then return. So, get it now? Oh, you got it at first glance, ok. Yeah, by now, you’ve probably already left the site, so I’m just rambling on. Two left!

Alright, here we are with the first of two t-shirts with movie references. This one is probably pretty well known, but I’ll jar the old memory for ya. Remember in Billy Madison when Billy’s cursive writing is tested by Miss Veronica Vaughn? Frank Rizzuto morphs into Frank Rirruto. Classic Adam Sandler goodness.
Quit looking at me swan!
I’m pretty sure I would be rewarded no points for this answer, you are now dumber for reading this.

And finally, a more obscure movie reference. Anybody get it? Here are some clues: Dude, Bowling, Donnie, Rug, Creedence, The Jesus, White Russian, Nihilists, Bunny. Well, if that didn’t do it for ya, you probably noticed the word Lebowski on the shirt. It’s all from the Big one of those, as in The Big Lebowski.

Thanks for reading and such!

Discount at Lillian Vernon

Published in Holidays, Inexpensive and St. Patrick's Day. 0 Comments

Today brings us a couple of St. Patrick’s Day gift ideas from Lillian Vernon. First off is this St. Patrick’s Day Hurricane Set. This is pretty much a must have for anybody who loves decorating for holidays. The set is pretty heavy duty, and includes the following:

Mouthblown Glass Hurricane (10″ Wide x 10 1/4″ Tall, 2 3/4 lbs.)
Set of 12 Shamrock Glass Scatters
3″ x 6″ Light Green Pillar Candle

Next on today’s short list is the Lucky Clover Mugs Set. Just two mugs in this one, and they’re pretty inexpensive. Each is made of green glass and can hold up to 20 oz. of your favorite St. Patrick’s Day beverage. Naturally, four leaved clovers are etched in the glass all over each of the mugs.

Now, for those discounts. Here are a couple pretty good coupons from Lillian Vernon:
Save some green this St Patrick’s Day with Free Shipping on orders of $50+ Use code 539830100. Exp March 18th
Add to your luck with 10% off orders of $40+ this St Patrick’s Day! Use code 659830100. Exp March 18th

Titanium Spork

Published in Food Gifts, For Anybody, Humorous and Inexpensive. 0 Comments

I got this (along with a couple other things) for my Father at Christmas. He is quite the spork enthusiast, and really, it doesn’t get any better than a titanium spork. He loved it. I’m not sure if he still uses it, as that was well over a year ago now, but I tell you what, I’m sure it’s still in pristine condition!

Now, why a titanium spork you ask? I say why not! Most sporks are wonderfully convenient, but terribly flimsy. And most often, they still have little plastic seams left on the edges to cut your lip, ouch! This titanium spork is smoothly crafted into a perfectly gentle, but sturdy, large sized spork. Really, the thing is big, see that image there? It’s even bigger in real life! It measures 6 1/4 inches long and 1 1/2 inches wide. Go measure one of your spoons, probably nowhere near that size.

One last thought about a spork, that I took from my Father: Why not call it a foon?

Get a real spork at ThinkGeek.com.

Princess Leia Poster

Published in For Anybody, Inexpensive, Office Toys and Tech Stuff. 0 Comments

The classic Princess Leia poster. For all Star Wars fans, and anybody who appreciates good old beauty…circa 1970′s George Lucas future style…or something.

You really can’t go wrong getting this poster for any guy who is into Star Wars, or movies, or just plain old interested in attractive women! Carrie Fisher was at her best as Princess Leia, and there really isn’t a whole lot more to say about it. If you don’t know who Princess Leia is, I’m sorry, you’ve obviously been in seclusion for a few decades. Welcome to the world, go watch Star Wars.

The poster measures 36″ x 24″ and will put a smile on the face of a cubicle slave every day. I categorized this as “Tech Stuff” because any techie will appreciate Leia watching him do his thing.

Put Leia on some lucky guy’s wall here.