Gift Ideas
19 Jan 09No one ever knows what to get people for Christmas. To help the masses, at least with my small portion of the what-to-get-them pool, here’s a list of the stuff I’m looking at purchasing in the future. Before reading on further let me remind you that cash is really the gift of all gifts. But if you’re not down with that idea, keep reading.
books
Ron Paul’s The Revolution: A Manifesto- The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins
- The Chomsky Reader by Noam Chomsky
- Andrew Bacevich’s The New American Militarism
Douglas Adams’s Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy- Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand’s last and arguably most relevant novel. Wikipedia’s entry.
- Style: Lessons in Clarity and Grace by Joseph Williams
- The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook by Joshua Piven
outdoor and sports gear
- mountain bike
- kayak
- internal frame backpack
- Vibram FiveFingers KSO. Black/black, size 45.
compass- punching bag
- a good set of used golf clubs
- dumbbells and bench
- handheld GPS
automotive kit
- mechanic’s tool set
- floor jack and jackstands
roadside emergency kit- off-road lights
photography
- cable trigger
- 75-300mm zoom lens
- 100mm macro lens
- new flash
- new tripod
- Gorillapod with Ballhead
- battery holder for XTi
stuff for home
quality air mattress- washer and dryer
- shopvac
Tools. You name it, I don’t have it- a quality file cabinet
electronic gear
- a 2TB NAS
portable iPod speakers- quality, simple home theatre system
laptop HDDnew GPS nav device- mustache and beard trimmer
- battery for my laptop
- a used Macbook
guns
- handgun
- Mossberg 500, 18″ barrel, black synthetic stock
- Remington 700 SPS
- gun safe
other
- power suit
- aviation scanner
- movie posters: Snatch, Lock, Stock, Pulp Fiction, The Dark Knight, 300, Dr. Strangelove
- authentic wooden propeller… like from a Sopwith or a Jenny
- The Masque of the Red Death. I don’t really “do” DVDs anymore, but this gem doesn’t seem to be available for download.
- an authentic kilt
- argyle socks
- Samuel Adams beer glasses
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