Chrismas list 2012 edition

Well, it has been a long time since I added to this page.  That is something I hope to change in the coming year, I want to spend more time on this, it is just a matter of better managing my time.  For now though, I want to continue with one of my own holiday blogging traditions, the unveiling of the Christmas list.


The list is usually just a copy of the previous year's list, with some edits along the way.  After all, some things I have gotten, other things I have outgrown or no longer want or need.  Long time readers will remember that I used to ask for female companionship, that is obviously no longer something that I need to put on my list.  Likewise, things that appeared last year like Diablo 3 are no longer necessary because I went out and got that myself.  But for everything that disappears rest assured there is something to replace it.  It wouldn't be much of a list if it just got smaller and smaller after all.

Anyway, enough prattling from me, the time has come for the unveiling, so I present to you the 2012 Christmas List.



Christmas list 2012
Notebooks
Pens
A massage
Light bulbs
Garbage bags
Washington Post or Pittsburgh Post Gazette subscription
Money
Groceries
A quiet breakfast of an bagel with cream cheese and coffee and the Sunday crossword
DVDs (TV - TV show, M - Movie)
     Any season of The West Wing but the first, second or last (TV)
     Chuck (TV)
     Memento (M)
     Pi (M)
     Homicide: Life on the Street (TV)
     A Midnight Clear (M)
     Boondock Saints (M)
     The Dark Night (M)
     The Avengers (M)
Some motivation
Pogo stuff (membership, albums or gems)
A Philly Cheesesteak
Books
     Zeitoun by Dave Eggers
     The Wilderness Warrior: Theodore Roosevelt 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 Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine by Michael Lewis
     Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War by Karl Malantes
     War by Sebastian Junger
Pants (36X30)
Socks
Shirts (including T shirts, sweatshirts and turtlenecks, preferably XL or larger, I like them droopy)
PAT bus pass
A maid
Gift cards (Barnes & Noble, Target, Walmart, Giant Eagle, Amazon)
Boston Creme donuts
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
Kindle
My grandmother's ham pot pie
Sleep
Bicycle lock
HDTV
Blinds
Birth certificate
Passport
Glassware
Boxer shorts
Screwdrivers
Reese Peanut Butter Cups
Pickled Eggs (or Deviled Eggs)
A homecooked meal