Yes, the Scott eVest ($279, as shown, direct) people promise they can still get you one delivered in time for Christmas. But, I won't be getting one. Chosen as PC Mag's gift-of-the-day for today, these James Bond-meets-Maxwell Smart garments have up to 52 pockets as well as channels for the wiring to run from pocket to pocket to collar (for earpieces). I've been looking at these jackets for years, vaguely lusting for one, but always knowing that I'm not the sort of self-contained guy these jackets are designed for. Nor am I a Secret Service agent, talking into my lapel or my cuff links.

I am happy to carry a briefcase or an Eagle Creek bag in some parts of my life. I have a 5.11 Tactical vest and a Domke photographer's vest that I use (though not very often). I have a Jansport shoulder bag (discontinued) that was designed for birding and is very handy for carrying binoculars and field guides. There's the Hawke EMT fanny pack and the day-glo green EMT rain jacket and the radio chest harness. I also have an Ex Officio travel jacket that has enough pockets that I manage to lose things that I can still hear rattling around inside the jacket. Just imagine what I could lose if I had Scott's 52 pockets, one of which is large enough to hold a laptop? Isn't that when you go to a backpack--of which I have three, come to think about it.

I was going to say I never asked for a Scott eVest for Christmas because I never considered myself geeky enough to wear one with the appropriate panache. Having just added up all the jackets and bags that I already own, I realize that I have the geeky thing down pretty well. Of course, it's not like I use these all the time and my wife keeps telling me I should just pick one tp use as a purse and be done with it. Of course, any single bag won't hold all my stuff, but maybe if I had 52 pockets? Nah, the jacket would be so heavy I wouldn't be able to stand up. Good I don't want one, huh?