I -Heart- My Head Lamp
Yeah, this is just a cheesy ode-to-a-product post. Get over it. I love my headlamp, that I got for Christmas from my brother-in-law last year. It's similar to this one, though the specific model isn't important. What's important is what it allows me to do with less stress in my life, which is just about everything having to do with darkness (physical darkness, not like fighting the agents of evil or anything). I use my headlamp all the time for coffee roasting, grilling, and reading - the red LED setting is particularly nice to read by when I don't want to keep Emily awake. When the circumstances call for it, I've been known to use it for wiring, plumbing, and task lighting when I'm running my table saw. I even use it to take out the trash at times. I didn't buy it, but if I had it would be the best $20 or less I'd ever spent. Sure, it makes me look like a dork. Whatever. Some things are worth that, and this is one of them. So, Lucas, if you're reading, thanks for the headlamp.

