Magically Itemish Stuff

I've been converting magic items recently; a change of pace from working on spells.  A few observations:

• If you see the words "+x circumstance bonus to [skill]", just move on. (Same for spells, actually.) 9 times out of 10 it's not worth it.
• It's not worth cutting and pasting either. If one follows the format of the rule book, most item descriptions are one line. Just rewrite the thing.
• Those one line descriptions are really perfunctory. It makes me a little sad. I might go through and spruce them up. 
• It's a lot harder to find good collections of magic items than good collections of spells. Most magic items collections are themed.
• The thornshield was (I think) one of the few items rejected from my Dragon magazine article (Gnomish magical items, #272) and the only thing (out of 30 or so) accepted by Bastion Press for their Arms & Armor book. Weird. (And that's the sum total of my paid RPG writing profession, folks. In hindsight, Dragon paid pretty darned well.)