of course that's missing

So a friend mentioned in passing today that she's about to take a trip to L.A., and that one of her destinations is The Museum of Jurassic Technology.  (Which, if you've never been to, you need to visit.  Don't ask questions, just go.)  Since there was connectivity and a browser at hand, the conversation led to a quick visit to the MJT's website.  And that led, naturally, to their online museum shop, which is chock full of great products like The Eye of the Needle View-Master Reel and The Cone of Obliscence Pedestal.  (Ahhh, if only they resold such goods through Amazon, then I could add them to my wishlist.)

Fans of the museum will relish the fact that the "recommended books" section of the gift shop is naturally missing Mr. Wilson's Cabinet Of Wonder (subtitled "Pronged Ants, Horned Humans, Mice on Toast, and Other Marvels of Jurassic Technology," and should be read only after a pilgrimage to Culver City).

Comments

[Matt Haughey]

Did I ever tell you that I lived across the street from the MJT for three years without ever visiting? I would pass it every time I went to the excellent Thai food place right next door to it, snickering at the title and making a note that I should visit it someday.

Then I got to SF and heard everyone rave about it.

[Michael Sippey]

wow, matt -- you never went? it's really something else...

[Byrne Reese]

A truly brilliant museum. Watching the visitors is almost as exciting as the exhibits themselves.

Do they still have one of the planks from Noah's Ark still on exhibit, or has it been moved to the Smithsonian yet?

[John Funk]

Have you just invented the next big social service on the Net? What about a global ecommerce wishlist? Site independent, links to all the products you want at sites around the globe, maintained in one single place for your friends and relatives to see what you want...

Perhaps call it a GWishList...