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A Circular, Digital Monpoly

Parker Brothers will be celebrating the 75th anniversary of Monopoly with the release of a special edition: Monopoly Revolution! Not only is the new board circular, the currency is digitized — way to teach kids about credit cards! Gone are the days of hiding colorful Monopoly money under your butt to hide your true wealth from your opponents (please tell me I'm not the only one who's done that). The iconic Monopoly man also seems to have disappeared from this edition. J and I have four — yes, four — Monopoly games between us: the Deluxe Edition; the Nintendo Collector's Edition; the Star Wars Limited Collector's Edition; and Ghettopoly. Monopoly Revolution looks high-tech and geeky enough for us to add to our...

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Zen Humidifier

How GORGEOUS is this humidifier? Made of Japanese Cypress, it uses no electricity; water is naturally drawn through the wood and evaporated into the air. And according to Okada, the Japanese firm that designed this piece of art, this process evaporates water six times faster than if left in glass. Okada calls this device "The Mast" because it resembles a sailboat. I discovered this lovely creation through the blog of one of my favorite writers, Clive Thompson, who calls the Google translation of the product page poetically mutilated: Like a yacht sail (mast) the wind, the natural moisture to dry air liberality, also allows them to subtle and refreshing fragrance of cypress. Its appearance, we thought a yacht floating in the cool...

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12 Days of Christmas

Last week's The Office featured a Secret Santa exchange wherein Andy literally gifts his crush Erin the "12 Days of Christmas." "Is it my fault that the first eight days is basically 30 birds?" Despite the fact that Erin suffers quite a bit from the presents (ie, being attacked by French Hens), I found the thought and effort put behind the gifts absolutely adorable — from Andy's begging Dwight and Jim to get Erin as his Secret Santa, to the orchestration of the "twelve drummers drumming" at the end of the episode. Most people would not go as all-out as Andy in celebration of the 12 Days of Christmas. However, I have found one company that can make the packaging of your twelve...

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