Chemist's Spice Rack
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- Molecular Mixology Kit - $29.99
- Candy Chemistry - $33.51
- Science Wiz - Chemistry Plus Experiment Kit - $18.17
- Well Water Testing Kit - $10.40
- SenSafe Arsenic Mini Test Kit - $11.99
I'm trying to think of a way to spin the Chemist's Spice Rack into something besides the perfect gift for a complete culinary geek, but...donut hole. Then again, as evidenced by the comments on ThinkGeek's listing of the kitchen set, even that community has blacklisted it due to a labeling discrepancy. Like, Salt is abbreviated Sa on its name tag instead of NaCl. And that's some bullshit.
However, for those nerdy enough to want a Chemist's Spice Rack, but not so nerdy they rip it to shreds for technical inaccuracies, the collection includes: 9 spice test tubes with stoppers for smaller spices; 3 lab flasks pre-selected for salt, pepper, and sugar; 1 large lab flask with a pouring spout for oil; and 1 metal carrying tray. Buyers will have a choice of which spices to add to their test tubes, with 54 periodic table-style (but not accurate) labels thrown in for self-application.
Vaportini Liquor Inhaler
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Le Whaf - Inhale Your Drinks
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Leidenfrost Effect Ring
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Liquid Mercury
I think metal is OK, and I think liquid is OK, but for some reason if you put them together, "OK" turns into SO FUCKING RAD. (Huh. I just realized I feel similarly about vodka and this girl Karin I know). And when it...
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DIY Hot Sauce Challenge
First We Feast's Hot Ones brings me so much joy. Who'd have thought feeding celebrities 10 hot-sauce-slathered chicken wings of increasing spice levels, up to Scoville units that make them swear and sweat and snot all...
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Satan's Blood Hot Sauce
Satan's Blood Hot Sauce comes in a "blood vial shaped bottle with 800,000 Scoville units of pepper extract." Yeah, I can see that. I can also see a cock & balls ready to spew a scorching, blinding, fiery-hot death onto...
Sodium Acetate - Hot Ice
They call it hot ice because sodium acetate is extremely unstable (probably moody and demanding too) and begins hardening immediately as it drops below its melting point of 58.4 to 58 degrees C (about 136.5 to 137 degrees...
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Pokemon Pokeball Herb Grinder
Time to grind me some Pokemon! What, no? That's not how the game works? Then what am I supposed to do with this Pokeball Grinder?...
Blue Light Experiment Kit
The Cool Blue Light Experiment Kit teaches inquisitive minds about chemiluminescence and the rest of us how to make our arms glow without killing and dismembering a firefly. Weee! Using copper sulfate, perborate, and...
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Titanium & Copper Bullion Paperweights
Here's some paperweight stocking stuffers for chem students and teachers, general science geeks, geeks in general, and people who just like to call it like it is. Metallum Gifts makes their periodic paperweights and desktop...
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Radioactive Glass Marbles
These Radioactive Glass Marbles remind me of a New Year's Eve tradition / superstition. Some say if you can eat 12 grapes in as many strokes of midnight when the year changes over, you will have good luck and prosperity...
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The Death Nut Challenge Version 2.0
Anyone who likes spicy foods and a challenge will be delighted to receive this carefully selected 5-pack of Death Nuts under the tree this year. And everyone else will be equally stoked for the post-gift-opening entertainment...