Gifts for the McGuyveresque or just the way over-prepared.
1. Safety Escape Hammer
Small enough to fit in your glovebox, this handy tool offers peace of mind if you ever need to escape from a car. A hard-tipped hammer head will break through windows from the inside and a sharp safety blade will cut through seat belts quickly. A must-have for those who drive near deep bodies of water.

2. Survival Kit in a Bottle
Our shatter-resistant, wide-mouthed, 32 oz. water bottle with leakproof seal and loop to keep lid attached, holds a variety of emergency/survival essentials. Buy one for every family member to stash in car, backpack, dorm room—wherever you need backup.
Product Details
• Polycarbonate lidded jar
• Whistle
• Flashlight with AAA batteries
• Emergency blanket
• Rain poncho
• Multi-purpose knife with blade, scissors, nail file, tweezers and toothpick (toothpick?? Where are the damn condoms??)
• Waterproof matches
• Nylon-pouch first-aid kit with bandages
• Sting relief pad, antiseptic towelettes and zip-lock bag
• 3" carabiner

3. For those who can’t afford the kit-in-a-bottle, there is Survival Kit in a Can
Pop open this sardine-like can and you'll find many of the things you'll need to help you face the elements. The can holds duct tape, paper, a mirror, twist ties, a pencil, a bandage, alcohol prep pads, sugar, a whistle, thread, wire, safety pins, a razor blade, matches, a fire starter and more. Don’t you want to know what the “and more” is that could fit in a sardine can? Chocolate and nylons?

(There is also the McGuyver XT Tool itself, but since I’m actually buying that as a gift for a couple of co-workers I can’t very well poke fun at it, now can I?)

Words that aren’t in the game Bookworm, but should be:
1. Perp (every crime show uses this, so it must be a real word, right?)
2. Wank (oh, come on)
3. Moto (Motorola’s ad campaign manager will be devastated)
4. Boink (but fart is ok?)
5. Uzi (Where would drug dealers be without these?)

Movies:
Big Fish – Another movie with tremendous promise that turned out to be enormously tedious. I don’t know how I could not have liked this because the premise and the actors all appeal to me. But I found that I couldn’t stay focused on it and didn’t really care about the story or the characters. Maybe my attention span has been irrevocably shortened by watching too much bad TV.