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Sat 08 Aug 2009Have laptop, will travel
MAGAN'S WORLD:SOMEONE YOU love is going away, going out to explore the world. You’re excited for them but also a bit concerned, not to mention hopeful and envious. You want to give them a present, something special that communicates all this and that might also be useful to them.
Before the advent of airport security paranoia I would have recommended a Swiss army knife. Small enough to fit into any pocket, yet expansive enough to cope with myriad eventualities, it was the perfect gift, its corpuscle-red body seeming to pulsate with the love and positive intent of the giver. Yet as I now travel mostly with only carry-on baggage I can no longer bring a knife.
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