Argh, I really hate online tools that claim to help you shop for gifts. "Pick the perfect present!" "Take the worry out of gift giving." Buy bullshit gifts for people you don't know well enough to shop for.
If you don't know what to get someone, it's probably because they are not in the category of friend, family or social circle that needs a gift. You'd be better off not buying them anything at all.
If you want to amuse yourself, go see what these tools suggest for you. Plug in your own age/status/style, and see what they suggest. I've noted their ridiculous suggestions for me after each.
CNN Holiday Shopping (fluffy slippers or diamond earrings)
Amazon Gift Wizard (martini shaker set)
Yahoo Gift Center (Zagat Restaurant expansion card for Palm Pilot)
Epicurious (martini gift set)
MySimon (Glamourous by Ralph Lauren)
Home Shopping Network Holiday Gift Guide (10 silverplate picture frames)
Style.com Holiday Gift Guide (suspended fireplace)
Sharper Image Guift Guides (corkscrew/foil cutter set)
Neiman Marcus (Burberry novacheck serape)
What the hell is a suspended fireplace? One you were thinking about building but stopped?
Here are some *MUCH BETTER* gift ideas from SpaceStore (http://www.thespacestore.com/ulholspacgif.html). I want the International Space Station Journey (http://www.thespacestore.com/inspacstatjo.html). Know anyone with a spare cool $20 mill?
BTW, what the the MT href tags to hyperlink a word (not a URL)...I tried the usual way but it didn't work.
Why did two different sites recommend a martini set for you? Did you reveal your lust for booze?
There must be something about me and martinis. Betcha didn't know my middle name is "James Bond." Bet those martinis would be good consumed around the suspended fireplace
lil, regular tags do the trick for me in MT entries. Do you mean you want to use an thing? Should work; I dont think there's any restriction on HTML tags within MT entries.
Oooh, actually, any of those gifts sound good to me! And you really should have a Burberry something-or-other, since you live in Japan. Be assimilated!! :)