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This blog was started in honor of my great friend Pat. Don't worry: he's very much alive.

It was started to help me chronicle and catalog my Inductions. you see, ever since I met Pat in medical school, we ran a game of financial and gadgetry oneupsmanship. We'd find ways to make each other buy a neat thing, CD or other object by demonstrating its awesomeness or particular fit to each other's personal situation. One of my most proud Inductions was a Steath Induct. Years ago, when VHS tapes were used to share videos, I lent Pat a tape of something, but within the recording, there was an ad for a cheezoid love song collection. Pat bought it, thus another point pour moi!

Overall, my tally is far greater than Pat's, meaning I've Induced him to buy many, many, many, many more things than he has me. I think the ratio is roughly 1765921:1.

In fact, I have good reason to think Pat needs to work an additional 15 years of his life just to pay for the additional expenditures I've Induced.

He does try, but I'm starting to feel bad for him: recently I granted Pat a Mercy Induct -- I bought the Belkin portable surge supressor (http://www.belkin.com/IWCatProductPage.process?Product_Id=400738) mostly to make him feel better about himself.

Ironically, I turned it into a Reverse Induction since he had lost his, and when I bought mine, it was on sale, thus effectively negating his Induction by making him re-buy the very item he Induced.

Poor sap. Its getting so easy now that I've set up this blog so I can feed the RSS to him, but I figured many others may be willing to follow me/us along. I tend to like the cutting edge of tech, elegant solutions to life's problems, or simply great design.

Enjoy.