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Microscope (Compound, Research Grade, 1000x)
Research-grade compound microscope with 40x, 100x, 400x, and 1000x magnification. Oil immersion lens. See bacteria, blood cells, plant cells, crystals. Comes with prepared slides and blank slides for your own specimens.
Drafting Table & Instrument Set (Professional)
Full-size drafting table with parallel rule, plus a complete set of drawing instruments: compasses, dividers, ruling pens, French curves, triangles. The same setup I used to design the Flyer. Everything fits in a leather roll for transport.
Machinist's Tool Set (Watchmaker Grade)
Complete set of precision hand tools: files (Swiss-cut, 6 grades), small lathework tools, calipers, micrometers, taps and dies. The same quality I used to build instruments for Joseph Black's chemistry experiments. Keep them oiled. Return them sharper than you found them.
Rocket Engine Test Stand (Educational)
Tabletop test stand for small solid rocket motors. Measures thrust with a load cell and data logger. See the thrust curve, calculate impulse and burn time. I tested engines hundreds of times at my aunt Effie farm in Auburn. The neighbors complained. Worth it.
Chemistry Tutoring -- Elements, Compounds & Reactions
One-on-one tutoring from the man who organized all of chemistry. I will teach you how elements combine, why some react violently and others are inert, and how the periodic table predicts it all. Bring your textbook questions. I wrote the textbook that started it all.
Jazz Piano Session -- Improvisation and Film Scoring
I've composed scores for many of my own films. Jazz is conversation -- you listen, you respond, you leave space. We work on basic piano improvisation over blues and jazz standards. No sheet music. Tip: The notes you DON'T play are just as important as the ones you do. Same in acting. Same in life.
Tachi & Tanto Sword Set (Edo Period Style)
Long tachi sword (blade-down mounting, cavalry style) and tanto short blade. The tachi predates the katana -- designed for mounted combat with a longer, more curved blade. The tanto is the samurai's constant companion, used for everything from combat to seppuku. Proper handling instruction included.
Deep Focus Cinematography Workshop -- Everything in Focus at Once
Gregg Toland taught me this for Citizen Kane: keep the foreground AND background sharp. It forces the audience to choose where to look -- and that choice IS the story. We study lens selection, lighting for depth, and staging in three dimensions. Tip: When everything is in focus, composition becomes your only guide.
Photography Fundamentals -- Seeing Before Shooting
I was a Look Magazine photographer before I was a filmmaker. Still photography teaches you composition in ways no film school can. One frame. One moment. No second chances. We shoot on the street with 35mm cameras. Tip: The subject is never the subject. The LIGHT on the subject is the subject.
Complete Shakespeare (Riverside Edition, Annotated)
My personal Riverside Shakespeare -- every play, every sonnet. Heavily annotated in pencil. Richard III has three colors of markup from three different productions. Hamlet has coffee stains from 1979. These margins contain forty years of wrestling with the greatest writer in the English language.
August Wilson Complete Plays (Two-Volume Set)
The complete American Century Cycle -- ten plays spanning ten decades of Black American experience. My copies are marked up with director's notes, blocking ideas, and questions I still haven't answered. Wilson wrote this nation's story better than anyone. Start with Fences, end with Radio Golf.
Revolutionary Leadership Intensive -- From Defeat to Victory
How to lead a revolution when the revolution keeps failing. Rebuilding after defeat, maintaining support during exile, coming back stronger. I lost everything multiple times and rebuilt each time. Tip: Your cause must be bigger than your ego. The revolution is not about you. The moment it becomes about you, you have already lost.
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