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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...risk of being labeled whiny by my brother Joe, I would like to take this opportunity to whine about the Steak Lovers' Kit he sent for Christmas a few years back. It included a jar of sauce, four serrated knives, a cutting board and a pointy thing I later identified as a fork thermometer--but no steak...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Keep the Receipt | 12/18/2000 | See Source »

...family, this is what we call a classic. I come from a long line of bad-gift givers (no, Mom, I did not like the Dances with Wolves soundtrack), but even I was impressed by how effortlessly the Steak Lovers' Kit trumped all the other terrible, pointless presents of Christmases past. The nostril-hair trimmers and the devices to remove fabric pills from acrylic sweaters couldn't hold a scented candle to the Steak Lovers' Kit and its undeniable lack of steak...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Keep the Receipt | 12/18/2000 | See Source »

...needlepoint kit b) Wintergreen Rolaids c) New, improved barfless Halcion d) Electoral College coloring books...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: News Quiz Dec. 11, 2000 | 12/11/2000 | See Source »

WHEELS ON WATER INVENTOR: SBK ENGINEERING Somewhere there are people who have always wanted to ride their mountain bikes on water. On the theory that no demand shall go unsupplied, Italian company SBK offers the Shuttle-Bike Kit. Ride to the edge of a lake or stream; within 10 minutes, inflate two pontoons with a specially designed air pump and attach the gear with a series of hooks. While you're at it, try to think of something even more ridiculous for the SBK folks to invent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Will They Think Of Next? | 12/4/2000 | See Source »

Grohl's hyperactivity and brashness onstage prove that he has come a long way from his Nirvana days as the shy one behind both the drum kit and Kurt Cobain's immense shadow. Though Grohl hardly revealed his face from behind his shaggy layers during the 80-minute jamfest, there was no question that this was his show. It was his drum kit raised high on a platform above the stage. It was he who dove into the crowd and returned onstage, not with a pretty young groupie, but with a decidedly troll-like looking man of at least...

Author: By Stacy A. Porter, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: EVERYBODY PLAYS THE FOO | 12/1/2000 | See Source »

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