Help my brother Dave!

Hola folks!

I am dedicating today's blog to my brother Dave.....He is my older brother by 2 years, and is currently wrangling with the Harvard graduate program in chemistry.

Now here's the deal: his life is uncomprimising and brutal:

- His advisor, Dr. Holm, is a complete asshole who motivates his students solely through insults, fear, and the threat of being fired. He's yelled at Dave in this manner for about 5 years, and now that my brother is nearly finished with the program, he's trying to suck up to him: not out of forgiveness, but because he knows that he can't intimidate my brother anymore.

- Furthermore, Dr. Holm pennypinches to the point where the equipment in the lab is constantly breaking down (remember, we're talking about Harvard, which has almost as much money as the Vatican, and that's saying something), chemicals don't work as they should, and the glovebox nearly exploded from the pressure of nitrogen gas within it a couple of weeks ago. If it exploded, it would have likely destroyed a significant chunk of the building, and many of its inhabitants. No, I'm not kidding.

- Dave's roommate, Jeff, is simply cold and aloof...Dave's tried everything to make him warm up and be more sociable, but alas, Jeff cannot change his isolated ways.

- Back to lab -- Because of the lab conditions, the odds that Dave actually runs a successful reaction (based on Dr. Holm's outdated research, BTW) is about 1 in 1000. And this is if the reaction is thermodynamically possible to begin with. (in which case, the reaction would be TOTALLY IMPOSSIBLE -- this happens about half the time) ..Dave needs one more paper to work on his thesis, get his pHd, and get out of there.

The other day, things looked up for Dave, finally....He performed a reaction that actually worked! He got tangible results!....He was happy for the first time in a while; he even talked about getting another paper done beyond this one, if time allowed for it.

But last night, I found out that Dave performed this same reaction one last time to verify his results...And it didn't work....Now Dave has been acting in an increasingly distraught and hyper-aggressive manner, and yesterday, in acting out his anger, he strained his neck pretty badly.
I also notice that his behavior is becoming more desperate and extreme, and honestly, I'm getting very worried and concerned for him.

So I have decided to buy him 200 dollars worth of stuff that will serve one purpose, and one purpose only: to make him laugh a little, to make him realize that despite his troubles and pressurized circumstances, life should be enjoyable, not insufferable.

So I need your help: I want to buy stuff that is wacked out, stuff that will make him laugh -- this could be anything:

-Maybe a crazy movie
-Perhaps a blow up plastic doll of Carmen Electra
-How about a picture of his advisor getting his butt slapped by a paddle in a Secret Freemasonry Ritual?

I need ideas, I need your help! Please help my brother be happy, just for a little while...

Thanks!