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I think someone should make modern (or even post-modern) cuckoo clocks with a lot of fancy animatronics. It looks easy, right?

It looks like you can get the internal parts on eBay. The first idea suggested the other day was to make one that looked like Nat coming out of a dark office with a glowing computer on the hour and saying, "get back to work!" not that he has a tendency to say things like that ... it's funny, but I can't really think of any Nat catch phrases. Maybe, "That's. Pretty. Awesome!" ? That would be encouraging -- to have someone say that to you every hour, right?

Maybe someone has made Personal Affirmations Cuckoo Clocks? They could say things like, "You're doing a great job!" or, "Keep up the good work!" or "You look fantastic!" or whatever every hour or even half hour, if you were especially insecure.

You can get some cuckoo clocks with other animals. Some modern-looking ones. But I'm not seeing cuckoo clocks with, like, a modern business man running for a bus or whatever cursing as he goes along.

But you know, right now, after all this clicking around, I don't want a postmodern cuckoo clock, I want a good old-fashioned one. Like a 22in Moving Wood Sawyers & Turning Waterwheel German Black Forest Cuckoo Clock 1 Day Musical -- doesn't somebody love me enough to get me a $700 cuckoo clock for Christmas? Or a 22in Moving Cute Girl & Deers, German Black Forest Cuckoo Clock 8 Day Musical Chalet (including hummel-esque figure). Or what about this one, the most beautiful cuckoo clock 2004?

Anyone? Anyone?

I wish I could go buy one in a shop.

Now that I think about it, what about a clock that looked like a slice of log? I'd like one of those, too.

I was thinking about animatronics because Chris Higgins made me watch this episode of the The Secret Life of Machines the other night, and I was intrigued by the discussion of irregular cogs (or whatever it was) used to make machine movements look more life-like. This guy Tim Hunkin seems to be some kind of genious.

No, not that kind of stools -- he means furniture:

"a "kissing stool" or a "love stool" for couples who need to adjust their
respective heights to have a real hollywood romantic kiss."

He asked me to embelish it, and I will do so by saying we also need more pillows designed specically for the various acts of love. I found something called lovepillows but they are not very sexy. Here's the slightly naughtier Japanese love pillow. Here is someone who loves pillows while loving herself. Ah ha! here's what I was talking about. Doctor G Spot has scooped me again.

How's that new couch working out for you, Jordan and Grace?

I had a job interview this morning (it would be a slight change in title for basically the same organizations, so it's not really a big deal) and one of the questions they asked me was: "what job was the most fun for you?" That's actually a really good question -- revealing, but non-confrontational -- unfortunately I had a hard time answering it at the time. Now that I've had some time to think it over, I wish I'd said Seattle Rape Relief, because that actually WAS the job I enjoyed most. It was a really fun group of people doing good work, andmy goofy ideas were tolerated -- wearing an apron (in liu of the not-yet-manufactured office utility belt), saying irreverant things about sexual assault, competing in softball games in a skirt, talking loudly about my sex life on the job, etc. This was true at least for awhile, before everything went to hell and we all quit and the place folded. Did I mention that I led the "Take Back the Night" march one year? That is, I walked at the head of it for awhile with the bullhorn. Until I got tired. We marched really fast!

Anyway, one of the ideas I had while there, which I successfully executed, was an "employee of the moment" mirror. This was a mirror that I taped a little sign to that said EMPLOYEE OF THE MOMENT. I had it up in my little work area so I could see who was coming up from behind me while I was at the computer, and this also meant I was the one most often reflected in it. It was a real morale booster. I think you could sell these as gag gifts at, like, Spencer Gifts or something. Or you could just make your own like I did.