Stick of wax for saw blade lubrication?

Nope. It's plastic.

P.S. There is a tornado warning in my area and a supercell right over my head. If I stop posting assume the tornado got me.

Yikes!
Where are you, Nebraska?

Nah, Louisiana. Rare event here. There are a bunch of huge metal things all around this shop waiting to fly around. No good shelter at all.

I think the worst has passed, hopefully.

The item is electronic.

Wow, that is odd to get those in LA. I'm in NC, and we get them now and then, but not typically severe like the monsters they get out west.

Electronic you say?  Hmm...non-contact voltage tester?

Here is a pic my friend snapped today during the storm. That's a twister with a bolt of lightning inside of it at LSU. Strange to think I was just there yesterday.



Nah, not a voltage tester. Sadly I can't take a picture of any other angle as that'd give it away rather quickly.

Holy crap that's a cool photo! 
Too bad it's so dangerous.
Don't let the SyFy network see that, they'll make a "lightning-nado" movie. On second thought... 

I'm kinda out of guesses at the moment, let me think a bit....

Plastic trippy cover thing for a shifter wrench handle?

Oh bugger.. never mind. . Electronic. ..

Stud finder?

Or laser level?

No, it's about the size of a finger.

Is the thing in the photo a case for something else, or the thing itself?

The red thing is the "this" and it is the object itself, in its entirety.

what's it called? maybe then I could tell you what it is. 

Th... hey, wait a minute! I'm on to you.

Hahaha rage, that almost worked! 

Ok, here's what we know so far...
Red
Plastic
Electronic
About the size of a finger
We're looking at the object itself, not just a case

That help anyone? Not me... 

It's so easy. You guys are over thinking it. When it's revealed what it is, you're going to slap your self.

It's "universal" in its application.

A remote!

Nope