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Wednesday, May 19, 2004
8:59 AM

The Mile High Shopping Club

Somehow I've ended up doing a lot of traveling over the past few weeks, including the fabulous trip to STL as well as a couple of work-related trips for hearings, meetings and such (Ahhh, it's such a glamorous life I lead - jetting all over the country. Not.) And as a result I've been able to spend a lot of quality time on airplanes. Lucky me. Again, not.

But luckily for me and any other people stuck on a plane for any amount of time, the wonderful people at Skymall make it easy to kill time shopping while on the plane. We've all seen the Skymall catalogs in the seatback in front of us - right behind the map of the exit slides, the airsickness bag, and the airline magazine which invariably features some singer you've never heard of. But lucky for us, Skymall is there.

Now before I mock certain of Skymall's items (you had to know that was coming), I freely admit that there are some items they carry that I have been interested in. Not interested enough to actually buy them, but interested nonetheless. Skymall is clearly not entirely without merit. But there are items that I really have to wonder about. For example:

The Upside Down Tomato Garden

Now why exactly is this a good idea? Why not just plant the tomatoes in the ground or a pot? It wouldn't take any more room than this. Has there been some study about the benefits of growing tomatoes upside down and I missed it? And how does the soil stay in over time? This just seems to be a revival of Gravity Boots (another doozy of an idea), except this time the torture is being inflicting on defenseless tomatoes. Just say no. Grow your tomatoes the good old fashioned way. With those hideous tomato cages that are unavoidable. At least they are marginally better looking that this contraption. And far less silly.

Another favorite is the Hot Dog Cooker

As you all know from prior posts, I am a huge kitchen gadget person. Generally I have never met a kitchen gadget that I didn't like. Until now. A designated hot dog cooker? What's wrong with a good old toaster oven? And does anyone really eat enough hot dogs to justify this "appliance"?? If they do, I don't know that this will really help as it only cooks two at a time.

But perhaps my personal favorite is the Dog Translator Yes, you read that correctly.

Do I even need to comment on this one?

Suffice it to say that my credit cards survived all of the travel unscathed - at least by Skymall.

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