Week of 19 August, 2007 - 00:00 to 25 August, 2007 - 23:59

"I just wanted to say how much I am loving my Smart Alec and Vertical Brain Cell. I am a Theatre Stage Manager from Australia currently on tour in Europe. I had had several laptop backpacks and hated them all. Too bulky, too many pockets and not enough room to cart things if I wasn’t carrying my laptop.

I am constantly changing between venues, rehearsal rooms, hotels, etc. I wanted something that would carry my laptop safely in the back of a truck, but also allow me to carry costumes, props, hiking gear in the same bag.

After much research I bought a Smart Alec online, never having seen a Tom Bihn bag in person. I carry it absolutely everywhere with me – sometimes with my laptop nestled in its Brain Cell when I am working and sometimes full of lunch, water bottles and wet weather gear when I am trekking about.

You can see in one of the photos how much I manage to fit in – an iron fits just nicely on top of a load washing!! In fact I talk about my backpack so much that my friends have taken to asking how the “tom bihn” is going! I could not be happier!!" -- B.S.

The Horizontal Freudian Slip (like its fraternal twin the Vertical Freudian Slip) is an insert that gives you 11 extra pockets to provide total organization of your files and accessories. The horizontal format of the Horizontal Freudian Slip allows it to fit inside our Zephyr or Empire Builder briefcases, or ID, Ego, or Super Ego messenger bags. It'll also probably fit inside your current messenger bag or briefcase. $35. In stock.

We've added new pictures of the Snake Charmer to the site -- more will be added next week. the Snake Charmer is now in-stock in colors Black, Steel, Crimson, and Olive.