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RTIC Soft Pack 30 Cooler

Miles out in the sticks, your bud turns to you with sweat beading across their brow. They look you in the eye, trembling, as they say the four words that can lay waste to any fishing or camping expedition, "we're out of beer." ๐Ÿ˜ถ Smoother than Sinatra's aftershave, you reach into your hidden RTIC cooler and pull out an icy brew. ๐Ÿป Crisis averted, friendship tempered, satiety your reward.

Through a Different Lens: Stanley Kubrick Photographs

Among the most complex and capable directors of all time, Stanley Kubrick was also a prolific photographer. This immaculate collection of his images, many previously unseen, coincides with a major exhibition at the Museum of the City of New York and The Design Museum in London. For the budding filmmaker or shutterbug, it doesn't much get better than the work of this master.

James Turrell: A Retrospective

Steep your friend in the quasi-spiritual, otherworldly light ๐ŸŒˆ phenomena of master light and space artist James Turrell. Inspire them to find their peace with the universe and run with you to the closest contemporary art museum.

Lodge 10.25" Cast Iron Skillet

Sometimes, the simplest gifts are the greatest, and it doesn't get much simpler, nor effective, than the legendary Lodge Skillet. Good enough for cowboys, chefs, and cartoon characters for over a hundred years. Eat up. ๐Ÿณ

Grรคnsfors Bruks American Felling Axe

Grรคnsfors Bruks are to felling trees as Bugatti is to speed. Their axes are powerful, rakish beasts, and in the right hands: unstoppable. Properly maintained, they can be passed on from father to son, mother to daughter, or bud to bud jr. Brb, ordering one now.

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

Take your bud on a trip back to Rainbow Road ๐ŸŒˆwith new racers, new karts, and the same clutch shell ๐Ÿขplays that catapulted you to 1st place in your Special Cup circuit.

23andMe DNA Test

Your friend's ancestral lineage is no doubt as long and epic as their dating history. Confirm their nobility through a 23andMe DNA test.

Upgrade for an added $100 to also receive a health predisposition report, and give your bud the greatest gift: staying in your life forever. โค๏ธ

Eufy Boost IQ RoboVac 11S

If your friend's home has less of a garbage can and more of a trash-box, a floor composed of equal parts carpeting and Cheeto, or a general aesthetic that would make Mr. Clean weep openly ๐Ÿ˜ญ, may we suggest improving that bud's life drastically with the award-winning, ultra-thin Eufy Robovac. Help them Robovac, you're their only hope.

Very Slow Movie Player

Designer Bryan Boyer wondered if a film could be consumed at the speed of a book. The result of that existential investigation is the Very Slow Movie Player. Using an eInk display, the VSMP plays out one second of a film over an hour or an entire film over a 7,000-hour tableau.