A microwave, if you don't have one.
A stepstool. It'll save YOU time and trouble, if you have a short wife.
A quality vacuum cleaner-they last longer.
A LARGE (interior capacity) toaster oven/convection oven.
Coffee maker.
Membership in AAA.
Meat tenderizer-essentially a spring-loaded row of blades with a cover at the sharp ends.
Rechargeable electric screwdriver.
Gift cards from your favorite grocery store.
A good battery powered (or hand-cranked) radio and flashlight.
An answering machine.

And it's great to see Alex Karras has been keeping himself busy since Blazing Saddles.

"Mongo no longer mere pawn in great game of life."

Hey,great mileage.
Not from the pills, from the set of stones on that boy.

Here's the peaceful solution to the Axis of Evil: Have Microsoft,Adobe,and the MPAA sue'em all back to the stone age for piracy.

"The situation is tense in the Persian Gulf as the RIAA today began intercepting oil tankers to collect their fines for 30 million illegal downloads of 'Rock the Casbah'. Sources within the Iranian Government denied the allegations, saying 'They were only in our "shared" folder.'"

"I'm a big fan of Radio Paradise"

A man of good taste :) .
Seriously, I'd also like to point out that while Ubuntu has discontinued PowerPC support for it's newer distros, there are plenty of older ones that will run fine.

If naught else, the world's coolest alarm clock.

Notice how the third little knucklehead carefully walks to the edge of the newspaper before heaving up?

THIS is why I've been owned by so many cats...the sheer entertainment value of them.

misread it...carry on, embarassed :(

Murray Leinster was NOT an Asimov pseudonym http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murray_Leinster

"...and then the cop shot him after asking for his ID, as he reached for his holster wallet...."