dini's not here because of that. if you saw his family, by the way -- his children serve.hey are -- they are in harm's way now. [ applause ] >> i watch them talk. we don't have the history but our son has served in iraq. when he came home, it's going to sound strange to you. maybe to anybody but to -- he felt almost a little guilty as he came home whole. because there was so many, so many fun ram funerals i've atte. so many bases i've visited. and, you know, not all losses are equal. not all losses are equal. and what used to drive me crazy, i could be wearing one of those red shirts, not for the military. but when i was a 29-year-old kid i gauss eleot elected to the un states senate out of nowhere on november 7th and i got a phone call like you guys got. someone walking up to me. on december 18th i was down in washington -- i'm the first united states senator i ever knew, i was down in washington hiring my staff and i got a phone call. saying that my family had been in an accident. and just like you guys know, by the tone of the phone call, you just knew, didn't you? you

when we did the episode a few dini on "decoded", we were writing the ending and whether he was killed, whether it was a murder or not, then i went and grabbed my copy of "heros for my son" and read it. it is amazing. as we do the research, we have other topics. the other topics i would like to look at, and never talk about them i'm a because when i do, i say oh, my gosh, everyone there, but i would always love to do jfk. i would always love to do so. i think that would be a perfect episode. one of the stories i love, do something no one has ever heard. doing mount rushmore, showing something they don't know about it. here's a great story i heard about jfk. i have to look into it, but the one i want to start with is when you actually look at the book depository, it was owned by a texas millionaire. before he sold the building, he said pull out the window. i want the window that oswald was shooting out of. go get the window. go get the window on the right. so the guy goes and takes the window out, sells the building to another texas millionaire, and he comes in and means the window on t

these are mar dini mad libs so you can kind of decide how you want your martini.ke different drinks as well if you don't like martini? >> there's a margarita one. >> cool. now good. now i love this idea, the bamboo cutting board, but you can have actually one of your mom's favorite recipes inscribed or engraved. >> absolutely. they're laser engraving so really quick turn around time. they're only $18. they're really inexpensive. i would order now because the shipping will take about three days. so do it fast, act fast. it's from etsy, $18. >> okay, now for the jewelry loving mom over here. we've got some gorgeous style things here, as well. these are the beautiful cups. >> this is another personalized idea. these are cuffs they're hand painted enamel. obviously you can choose your mom's initial, they're $48. >> we like those and you can stack them up a couple different initials in there. this is a fantastic gift. a subscription to birch box of beauty surprises. tell me what you get. >> you know how dads have bacon of the month club, this is beauty of the month clu