Just thought I’d throw up a quick post because I’m not sure if people necessarily think of this as a gift idea as this is the first time I have sent one like this.  A friend of mine was graduating from business school and I wanted to send him something nice to say “congratulations”.  Normally, this is what comes to mind when I think of what people normally give as graduation gifts: some stuffed animal, dressed in a cap and gown (probably because I received at least 2 of these when I finished my undergrad), picture frame, or photo album.  None of those would work because 1) this is for a guy and 2) I wanted something cool.  I’ve been drinking alot of craft beer in the past year and have a co-worker that received one of those beer of the month subscriptions as a gift.  The subscriptions are a little expensive but I figured there had to be something smaller.  I went online and found this 12 pack beer sampler from Gift Specialists.   I got to choose from 3 different types of packages: light beers, dark beers, or a mix.  I chose the mix.  While they’re all craft brews, they’re also all from California, even though I would have preferred if they were a variety from the U.S. but oh well.  The price wasn’t that bad – it was $29.95 for 12 and shipping was about $15.  There is a larger liquor store here right outside of the city that allows you buy single 12 oz. bottles to create your own 6 packs and that’s about the same price I would pay for the same amount of beer.  Plus, bottled beer is pretty heavy so I’m surprised shipping wasn’t higher.  I started drinking craft brew a couple years ago since two of the micro breweries here are pretty great happy hour hangouts (SweetWater and Atlanta Brewing Company) and I’ve found it to be something great for conversations.  My friends are definitely beer drinkers so I think I will be sending more gifts like these.

I thought I would just post a couple sites (some old, some new) that have come up in the last week that I thought I would try to share to a larger audience just in case no one has heard of them before:

http://www.fmylife.com/

And you thought your life was rough…

http://textsfromlastnight.com/

Self-explanatory domain

http://fuckyoupenguin.blogspot.com/

A different take on cute animal pictures.

http://doihaveswineflu.org/

36,000 die of the normal flu (or complications of) in the U.S. each year.

http://isitchristmas.com/

If you seriously need a website to tell you this, you have other issues.