Gallery: 5 awesome and affordable Father's Day gifts
Summary: For all those grilling, wine-drinking, golfing, travelling, and sexy Dads, Jason Perlow picks a handful of gifts -- starting at $10.
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For all those grilling, wine-drinking, golfing, travelling, and sexy Dads, Jason Perlow picks a handful of gifts -- starting at $10.
Getting accurate readings on meat temperatures is essential because you not only want to make sure your prized meal isn't overcooked, but you also want to make sure your meat is cooked to the proper temperature in order to kill food-borne bacteria such as e.coli and salmonella.
If Dad is griller or smoker, the Maverick PT 100 is the electronic probe, instant read thermometer of the pros. Made out of stainless steel and dust/water resistant, the device is accurate within 1 degree C.
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Is that the "only good for re-gift" list??
What, no Nook?
Galleries suck
No thanks
re: Violet Blue
Keeping the romance alive, perhaps. Good communication, definitely. Having a good relationship overall.
Sex may help, but I've seen relationships where it's impossible, either due to physical issues with the umm - organs, or due to physical separation.
Indeed, I've seen a lot of people actually divorce over strained relationships due to one spouse having sex outside the marriage.
Not to go anti-sex or anything like that, but we could be a lot less shallow in our understanding of marriage and how to keep a marriage stable.
So I would say that I'll skip Violet Blue's so-called "education" and find something that addresses issues such as communication, handling emotions, relationships, and various social issues. Something that has a lot more breadth and depth.
Unless you've read Violet's material
I've read her material in ZDNet columns, not impressed.
I will note that I generally have conservative values: I'm very much pro-life, I very much value the family, I disagree with our society's tendency to turn sex into a form of recreation. I'm not fond of the way marriage has turned into a secular joke rather than a serious religious institution. And oh, yeah - I am religious, and take my religion seriously. I don't bring it up very much as ZDNet usually deals with tech rather than religion, but I guess in this case it comes up.
Frankly, I'm probably on the opposite side of the political spectrum than she is, and since issues such as abortion, gay marriage, living together, etc pop up in politics, chances are I'd probably clash with her on a lot of sexual issues as well.
The only thing I'd likely get out of her books is that I disagree with her on a lot of stuff. Not to mention I have a list of other, far more interesting books to buy both myself and my father, so no.