I know, I know. However, I've decided to make it my mission this year to buy or make gifts that will make the recipients laugh / get some use / taste good. For this to work, I'm doing some preliminary scouting. I have come to the following conclusions---
I'm insane, but I plan on making pulled hard candy as a component of my xmas gifts. My mission tomorrow will be to pick up a candy thermometer and some supplies and try it out. The idea is courtesy the new issue of Readymade , which has a non-pulled candy recipe.
ThinkGeek has the COOLEST stuff ever. Not that I would ever use the Phantom Keystroker, Eviltron, or Annoy-a-tron *coughcoughcough* but ooooooh, so tempting. And a pull-apart zombie! I think I'm in love... Of course none of those items meet the "practical" requirement, but maybe while I'm looking at the practical items they sell I can get a zombie...
And so that this post is not completely free of crocheted content, Fluxx on Flickr has made a spiral I can't stop looking at...