Heh - I don't need the Beautiful Romantic Star stuff... Might get one assuming that it stays coherent.
When I was in the labs, for big meetings, the laser pointer weighed over a pound, and the presenters were instructed to NEVER EVEN THINK OF POINTING IT TOWARD THE AUDIENCE, and KEEP THE DAMN THING MOVING.
That was a good laser.
My bud Doc assembled a 200 watt CO2 laser a bit before he died. It was water cooled, and was one helluva cigar lighter. Yeah, we were safe. Mostly.