Poe to Go
Spend the summer sleuthing with Sherlock Holmes, sailing the
seas searching for Moby Dick or exploring the macabre with The
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Shine and
Rise and
Shine
DO YOU
KNOW POE?
Most people as-
sociate Edgar Allan
Poe with Balti-
more, where he
died. But did
you know that
he spent his
childhood years
in Richmond, Va.,
where there is
a museum in his
honor? Visit the
museum’s Web site
at poemuseum.org
to test your Poe
prowess.
Good news for kids of all ages:
You don’t have to be afraid of
the dark—just of finding yourself caught in it without a cool
gadget—to appreciate Think-Geek’s LED Projection Night-
light ($9.99, thinkgeek.com).
Just imagine the bogeyman’s
eyes when he sees the colors
that spring from the device,
which plugs into standard sock-
ets and sends fantastic hues
shimmering about after you
dim the lights. Soothing images
are displayed in two modes:
a starburst spray of sunshine
rays or a supernova-style explo-
sion. If you’re a fidgety sleeper,
consider this: The soothing
gizmo might even draw oohs
and aahs from a significant
other suddenly awakened by
an elbow to the rib.
