The list (Christmas edition), finally

     As it an annual occurrence around these parts, it is time once again to post ye olde Christmas list.  You will note some similarities to previous lists, I do keep a back up after all so all I have to do is edit, copy, paste, thus cutting down on the time actually spent generating a list.   Before I begin however, I want to address something, what has become almost a yearly tradition around this time, almost as much as decorated trees, shopping, snow, etc. and that is the nonsense of Xmas, the idea that by writing that word one is "crossing Christ's name out of Christmas" and the whole war on Christmas idiocy that comes with it.  Fact is, Xmas and Xian and Xianity for that matter very much are part of Christian tradition and it is fucking morons who don't know the history of their own religion that perceive such words as attacks.  I will say something that I have said before on this page, that if you believe that by people celebrating Christmas or Xmas in their own fashion, by exchanging gifts and spending time with their loved ones is somehow an attack on your sacred holiday, feel free to stay home and bake your savior a fucking cake and leave the rest of us the hell alone.  With that said, I believe a list is in order.

Chistmas list 2010
Notebooks
Pens
A massage
Light bulbs 
Garbage bags
Diablo 3 (if Blizzard ever gets around to releasing it)
Washington Post subscription
Money
Groceries
A haircut
A quiet breakfast of an bagel with cream cheese and coffee
DVDs (TV - TV show, M - Movie)
     Any season of The West Wing but the first or last (TV)
     Chuck (TV)
     Momento (M)
     Pi (M)
     Homicide: Life on the Street (TV)
     Star Trek (the new movie) (M)
     X Men Origins: Wolverine (M)
     Band of Brothers (TV)
     A Midnight Clear (M)
     Boondock Saints (M)
     The Dark Night (M)
     The Wrestler (M)
Some motivation
Pogo stuff (membership, albums or gems) 
A Philly Cheesesteak 
Books
     Zeitoun by Dave Eggers
     The Wilderness Warrior: Theodore Rossevelt and the Crusade for America by Douglas Brinkley
     Satchel:  The Life and Times of an American Legend by Larry Tye
     The Ground Truth:  The Untold Story of America Under Attack on 9/11 by John Farmer
     The Good Soldiers by David Finkel
     Under the Dome by Stephen King
     Denialism: How Irrational Thinking Hinders Scientific Progress, Harms the Planet and Threatens Our Lives by Michael Specter
     Sweet Thunder:  The Life and Times of Sugar Ray Robinson by Wil Haygood
     The American Civil War: A Military History by John Keegan
     The Book of Basketball by Bill Simmons
     When You Are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris
     The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins
     Ocho Cinco: What Football and Life Have Thrown My Way by Chad Ochocinco and Jason Col
     Crazy Horse and Custer: The Epic Clash of Two Great Warriors at Little Big Horn by Stephen Ambrose
     LBJ: Architect of American Ambition by Randall B. Woods
     The Johnstown Flood by David McCullough
     The Death of American Virtue: Clinton vs. Starr by Ken Gormley
     The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine by Michael Lewis
     Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War by Karl Malantes
     War by Sebastian Junger
Pants (38X30)
Socks
Shirts (including T shirts, sweatshirts and turtlenecks, preferably XL or larger, I like them droopy)
PAT bus pass
A maid
A pliable female
Gift cards (Barnes & Noble, Target, Walmart, Giant Eagle, Amazon)
Hockey tickets
Boston Creme donuts
Better results for my fantasy hockey team and a playoff spot for my fantasy football team
Postage stamps
Case of Red Stripe
Josh Gibson Homestead Grays jersey
Joe Sakic Quebec Nordiques jersey
Breakfast at DeLuca's
New England Clam Chowder
Leather jacket