Is $25 the spending limit? Could you do a $20 donation, and then get him $5 worth of scratch-off lottery tickets? The two minutes of fun may be worth it.

I did EXTENSIVE research in Kindle vs. Nook because I asked my parents for an e-reader for Christmas. It is hard to argue against the new Nook Color, which is what I eventually decided on. Plus, everyone I know has been thrilled with their Nook, and the customer service.

I think if I were the co-worker, I'd appreciate a $25 donation much more than a $20 donation and lottery tickets.

LOL @ dysfunctional office party...only because I'm going to one of those in a couple hours myself!

I finally gave in and decided, but I'm getting the plain Nook, no color. I feel like the color's too tablet-y and not as easy on the eyes as the eInk

Does anybody know much about Dr. Who, other than the white silk scarf and phone booth?

Yes. But the TARDIS is not a phone booth! It's just cleverly disguised as a police telephone box.

Totally different ;)

Ok...7 year old nephew in 1st grade...what are some good educational games to get for either the Nintendo DS or PC?

I'd be careful there. Kids are definitely different, but I know that when our son was that age, if he even had a whiff that a game was "educational," that translated to him as lame and not worth his time.

That said, take a look at Nintendogs/Nintendogs + cats.

How do I wrap a golf club so you can't tell it's a golf club?

Try these sites:

http://shop.hometeamgolf.com/Single-...ap_p_4941.html

http://www.ehow.com/how_2069809_wrap...mas-gifts.html

And...Tiger or Erin may know...hehehe

I'd have fun with this. The easy way: wrap a box elegantly, with a rock placed in it to give it some weight; plus put an envelope inside. The envelope contains a clue (like a riddle) as to where to look for the golf club (e.g. you've put it in the back of the linen closet, with a pretty ribbon on it; it's in the back seat of the car in the garage, or another suitable hiding place).

We used to get really creative about "hiding" and "misleading" presents. I love doing this sort of thing.

AzTheta wins...I was just going to say that would could probably get a long enough packaging tube to put it in lol.

My Dad has become a problem for gifting this year because he won the CD we were planning on getting him in a radio contest... Seriously, who actually wins those things?

I won once and I got tickets to a performance of A Streetcar Named Desire which happened to be the most painful performance of it I've ever seen.

My parents won once and won a trip to Las Vegas. Where they were sold a timeshare (actually, I think they only accepted the trip because they were already interested in buying a timeshare in Vegas - my dad uses it ALL THE TIME to go on trips to other places because of the timeshare exchange things).

Who wins CDs anymore though?

Ok....need another piece of advice...

Portable XM Radios and subscriptions