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My coworkers have given me 3 bottles of wine, a GC for LL Bean, a bottle of Barenfang, some peach salsa.... and best of all, KELLY'S HEROES ON DVD!!!!!!!!!!!

I also got a bottle of single malt.

Was a good year in the Meri/Max household. :D

• 31.5" flat screen TV from Max
• Massage chair pad from my boss/friend
• Several pairs of beautiful earrings from several different friends
• 60 gb iPod Video from my mom (with a bit of added cash from me)

Nothing. 

Still fours days to go....

None so far. My present to myself is my trip; after that I probably won't be able to afford much else!

Tonight's stash of gifts from my father and his girlfriend:

- Unseen Academicals by Terry Pratchett
- 2 clothing store gift cards
- 2 different "interlocking rings" puzzles
- Tin of sushi-themed band-aids (those two live for gag gifts)

Left several more unopened, but this was the only day they were able to come down from Albany, so they wanted to see some opened.

6 months of car insurance paid for from Ide's parents and that's it so far

You people disgust me.

Got some clothing items from my sister. Some vouchers and stuff from the company (as usual). Don't exchange presents with the rest of my family or friends. Hell, I won't even visit Germany (again) for Xmas, because I see no reason why. I'll spend xmas eve with a good friend and her family.

I bought myself a bottle of gin.  Not expecting anything else this year.

Still a few days away.  Also, why are all these atheists getting stuff?

Santa didn't bring me anything last night  :mad:

Quote from: Razgovory on December 22, 2009, 05:11:52 AM
Still a few days away.  Also, why are all these atheists getting stuff?

Because my family are freaking ridiculous?  At least S agreed to cap it to $40-$50 on me, though I found out later her Mom had to pretty much drag her away from the store...

stuff.

I'd rather not exchange gifts except for the kids.  I'd rather give some cash to Toys for Tots and use the rest to pay off bills or piss away on tropical vacations.

The Internet.

Yeah, I'm gonna beat that horse down.

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(This is especially cute if you know that Yankee Candle is the traditional artsy candle store).

Oh dear. I looked that up.

:lol:

There was plenty of licquor left after the christmas party two weeks ago. I snatched an unopened bottle of Ukrainian vodka flavored with honey and chili peppers today. :mmm:

My mom sent me a bookstore gift card and I got 4 books. including John Scalzi's "Old Man's War" which I highly recommend. otherwise nada except a few cards and a small xmas bonus on today's paycheque later.

I hope you blasphemers who opened your presents early burn in a lake of fire for all eternity.

Quote from: Admiral Yi on December 23, 2009, 01:41:51 PM
I hope you blasphemers who opened your presents early burn in a lake of fire for all eternity.

Agreed - unless it's culturally the norm like weird places where you open presents on Christmas Eve.

Quote from: Admiral Yi on December 23, 2009, 01:41:51 PM
I hope you blasphemers who opened your presents early burn in a lake of fire for all eternity.

I had to buy my presents so not much of surprise or reason to wrap them.

I'll open my goddamn presents whenever I feel like it.

We intended to go light on the presents for the kids this year but somehow that didnt turn out so well...

At first we were only going to get the older boy a Nike running chip.  But you need either a special kind of watch or an Ipod product for it to work properly.  We were going to get a Nano but we decided that since the Touches are not that much more expensive we would get that along with the Chip.

While in the store getting the Touch I saw they had a large Monty Python display and since my oldest boy has recently become a big fan I went over and took a look.  I ended up buying the complete TV series and all the movies....

Then I thought I wondered if I should also get a second Touch for our younger boy.  I called my wife and she confirmed that it would probably be a good idea.  While on the phone with her she was in another store getting the boys a combination air hockey - pool table (reversable) with a ping pong table removable cover.

I also picked up a copy of Madden 10 for the younger boy so he can play it online with his friends.


I am a bit of a sucker when it comes to giving presents to the kids. :blush:

Quote from: BuddhaRhubarb on December 23, 2009, 01:46:10 PM
I had to buy my presents so not much of surprise or reason to wrap them.

The gift card was the present, blasphemer.

Quote from: merithyn on December 21, 2009, 07:58:05 PM
Was a good year in the Meri/Max household. :D

• 31.5" flat screen TV from Max
• Massage chair pad from my boss/friend
• Several pairs of beautiful earrings from several different friends
• 60 gb iPod Video from my mom (with a bit of added cash from me)

This is why middle class people can't "afford" health insurance.

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Quote from: merithyn on December 21, 2009, 07:58:05 PM
Was a good year in the Meri/Max household. :D

• 31.5" flat screen TV from Max
• Massage chair pad from my boss/friend
• Several pairs of beautiful earrings from several different friends
• 60 gb iPod Video from my mom (with a bit of added cash from me)

This is why middle class people can't "afford" health insurance.

You're a real douchebag Fate.

I got a bottle of Hoosier wine, one of the finest wines of northern Indiana, from one of our landlords.   :cool:

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Quote from: merithyn on December 21, 2009, 07:58:05 PM
Was a good year in the Meri/Max household. :D

• 31.5" flat screen TV from Max
• Massage chair pad from my boss/friend
• Several pairs of beautiful earrings from several different friends
• 60 gb iPod Video from my mom (with a bit of added cash from me)

This is why middle class people can't "afford" health insurance.

You're a real douchebag Fate.

That he might be, but he is right. Here in Europe we pay for public health care option, but getting all this stuff would be a serious financial strain for me, and my income is about 15-20 times that of average remuneration in Poland.

Quote from: Barrister on December 23, 2009, 01:54:04 PM


You're a real douchebag Fate.

And you bit on the shitburger he left in the middle of the thread. Congrats.

Quote from: Martinus on December 23, 2009, 02:04:49 PM
That he might be, but he is right. Here in Europe we pay for public health care option, but getting all this stuff would be a serious financial strain for me, and my income is about 15-20 times that of average remuneration in Poland.

So Cal makes about 15-20 times more then you.  I dont see your point.

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Quote from: merithyn on December 21, 2009, 07:58:05 PM
Was a good year in the Meri/Max household. :D

• 31.5" flat screen TV from Max
• Massage chair pad from my boss/friend
• Several pairs of beautiful earrings from several different friends
• 60 gb iPod Video from my mom (with a bit of added cash from me)

This is why middle class people can't "afford" health insurance.

You're a real douchebag Fate.

That he might be, but he is right. Here in Europe we pay for public health care option, but getting all this stuff would be a serious financial strain for me, and my income is about 15-20 times that of average remuneration in Poland.

Earrings and a massage chair pad are cheap.  iPod might be $100 or a bit more.  The only expensive thing on there is the flatscreen, and even then it's only a few hundred bucks.

We're spending way more than that, and our income is maybe double the Canadian average.

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Quote from: merithyn on December 21, 2009, 07:58:05 PM
Was a good year in the Meri/Max household. :D

• 31.5" flat screen TV from Max
• Massage chair pad from my boss/friend
• Several pairs of beautiful earrings from several different friends
• 60 gb iPod Video from my mom (with a bit of added cash from me)

This is why middle class people can't "afford" health insurance.

You're a real douchebag Fate.

That he might be, but he is right. Here in Europe we pay for public health care option, but getting all this stuff would be a serious financial strain for me, and my income is about 15-20 times that of average remuneration in Poland.

Earrings and a massage chair pad are cheap.  iPod might be $100 or a bit more.  The only expensive thing on there is the flatscreen, and even then it's only a few hundred bucks.

We're spending way more than that, and our income is maybe double the Canadian average.

Our stuff here is significantly more expensive. A flat screen would be at least $1000 or more (due to VAT and shit). My point was that we pay for health care via other means Yanks don't have.

Quote from: Barrister on December 23, 2009, 02:09:11 PM
Earrings and a massage chair pad are cheap.  iPod might be $100 or a bit more.  The only expensive thing on there is the flatscreen, and even then it's only a few hundred bucks.

We're spending way more than that, and our income is maybe double the Canadian average.

You are forgetting that Marti only earns 15-20 times an average Pole.  So he can afford to have two potatoes in his pot for Xmas dinner instead of splitting one among a whole family.

Quote from: DontSayBanana on December 22, 2009, 08:15:23 AM

Quote from: Razgovory on December 22, 2009, 05:11:52 AM
Still a few days away.  Also, why are all these atheists getting stuff?

Because my family are freaking ridiculous?  At least S agreed to cap it to $40-$50 on me, though I found out later her Mom had to pretty much drag her away from the store...

Stand up for your beliefs.  Don't accept anything and go to work that day.

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Quote from: merithyn on December 21, 2009, 07:58:05 PM
Was a good year in the Meri/Max household. :D

• 31.5" flat screen TV from Max
• Massage chair pad from my boss/friend
• Several pairs of beautiful earrings from several different friends
• 60 gb iPod Video from my mom (with a bit of added cash from me)

This is why middle class people can't "afford" health insurance.

You're a real douchebag Fate.

That he might be, but he is right. Here in Europe we pay for public health care option, but getting all this stuff would be a serious financial strain for me, and my income is about 15-20 times that of average remuneration in Poland.

Earrings and a massage chair pad are cheap.  iPod might be $100 or a bit more.  The only expensive thing on there is the flatscreen, and even then it's only a few hundred bucks.

We're spending way more than that, and our income is maybe double the Canadian average.

Our stuff here is significantly more expensive. A flat screen would be at least $1000 or more (due to VAT and shit). My point was that we pay for health care via other means Yanks don't have.

Talk for yourself, my 32" flat screen TV only costed me like 350 €.  :P

Poland:

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My parents bought me a laptop before I left for Christmas.

New bed mattress and pepper mill.

A Grinder
A Bit extractor
G-Force Dvd
Staedtler Lumocolor Pens
A Beard Trimmer
Wrenchs & Pliers Set

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Stupid Cat.  Jesus died so we could paint and hide eggs.  Jesus was born so we could wrap things in shiny papers.

Jesus died because he couldn't shut up.

Quote from: Grey Fox on December 24, 2009, 12:02:00 PM
Jesus died because he couldn't shut up.

Socrates had the same problem.   :(

So easy today.

So, in my family we stopped buying each other's gifts since it usually turned out to be crap noone needed and buy our own gifts. :P

So, this Christmas I bought for myself:
- "Dexter" season 2 (DVD),
- "The Wire" season 1 (DVD),
- "Entourage" season 1 and 2 (DVD),
- "Mad Men" season 1 (DVD),
- "Best of Elton John" (CD),
- "David Bowie - Greatest Hits" (CD),
- "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" (DVD),
- "Frankie Say Greatest" (CD),
- Mika's "The Boy Who Knew Too Much" (CD),
- "The Joy of Gay Sex" (book),
- "Spell" by Alan Hollinghurst (book),
- "Sid Meier's Colonization" for Mac (game),
- "Caligula" (DVD),
- "Middlesex" by Jeffrey Eugenides (book),
- Philips' Arcitec Men's Shaver

My superboo ( :blurgh: ) also texted me he has a gift for me. :unsure:

How sad Marti. :console:

Quote from: katmai on December 24, 2009, 03:49:35 PM
How sad Marti. :console:

So what did you get? :P

Quote from: Martinus on December 24, 2009, 03:51:40 PM

Quote from: katmai on December 24, 2009, 03:49:35 PM
How sad Marti. :console:

So what did you get? :P

I don't open my presents till X-mas day unlike you selfish impatient bastards!

Quote from: katmai on December 24, 2009, 03:53:05 PM

Quote from: Martinus on December 24, 2009, 03:51:40 PM

Quote from: katmai on December 24, 2009, 03:49:35 PM
How sad Marti. :console:

So what did you get? :P

I don't open my presents till X-mas day unlike you selfish impatient bastards!

Err, in Poland it is traditional to open them on Christmas eve.

Btw, here's a good question for Miss Manners: if both the gifter and the giftee have foot fetish, does a gift of socks still count as a low-profile, unimportant gift, or is this an equivalent of giving someone sexy lingerie? Asking hypothetically.

Quote from: Martinus on December 24, 2009, 03:56:48 PM
Btw, here's a good question for Miss Manners: if both the gifter and the giftee have foot fetish, does a gift of socks still count as a low-profile, unimportant gift, or is this an equivalent of giving someone sexy lingerie? Asking hypothetically.

:lol:

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Quote from: katmai on December 24, 2009, 03:53:05 PM

Quote from: Martinus on December 24, 2009, 03:51:40 PM

Quote from: katmai on December 24, 2009, 03:49:35 PM
How sad Marti. :console:

So what did you get? :P

I don't open my presents till X-mas day unlike you selfish impatient bastards!

Err, in Poland it is traditional to open them on Christmas eve.

Always knew you were backwards savages.

I got what is possibly the best christmas gift I've ever been given, and definitely the best this millennium. My 3 year old niece had wrapped up her favourite doll and gifted it to me. :wub:

Quote from: Slargos on December 24, 2009, 04:39:55 PM
I got what is possibly the best christmas gift I've ever been given, and definitely the best this millennium. My 3 year old niece had wrapped up her favourite doll and gifted it to me. :wub:

Creepy.

Opening some presents tonight because the Cuban tradition is to open presents on Christmas Eve. Expecting mostly cash and gift cards, which I'm happy with.

I never understood the concept of getting/giving cash and/or gift cards, unless there is some financial imbalance (like parents to kids, for example, or richer relatives to poorer ones). Otherwise, why not just set-off the mutual gifts and be done with it? :P

Quote from: Martinus on December 24, 2009, 05:30:24 PM
I never understood the concept of getting/giving cash and/or gift cards, unless there is some financial imbalance (like parents to kids, for example, or richer relatives to poorer ones). Otherwise, why not just set-off the mutual gifts and be done with it? :P

My aunts and uncles (the closest lives about 1500miles away) send me gift cards for stores online vendors instead of wasting time trying to get gifts :P

Quote from: katmai on December 24, 2009, 06:22:28 PM

Quote from: Martinus on December 24, 2009, 05:30:24 PM
I never understood the concept of getting/giving cash and/or gift cards, unless there is some financial imbalance (like parents to kids, for example, or richer relatives to poorer ones). Otherwise, why not just set-off the mutual gifts and be done with it? :P

My aunts and uncles (the closest lives about 1500miles away) send me gift cards for stores online vendors instead of wasting time trying to get gifts :P

I suppose it's also easier to buy you gift certificates instead of attempting to send stuff across the border which will inevitably get searched and "lost" by toll officers.

You must be making good money for them to be able to buy you gifts for the money you're sending to them.

Also I've got lots of aunties and uncles who like to indicate that they care but haven't seen or spoken to me in about 10 years.  So sending a gift voucher makes sense.

Marti, on your Christmas list.  What other Hollinghurst have you read?  I think 'The Spell' is probably his weakest but let me know what you think because I know you enjoyed 'The Line of Beauty' :)

Quote from: Martinus on December 24, 2009, 03:56:48 PM
Btw, here's a good question for Miss Manners: if both the gifter and the giftee have foot fetish, does a gift of socks still count as a low-profile, unimportant gift, or is this an equivalent of giving someone sexy lingerie? Asking hypothetically.

Creepy.

Quote from: Martinus on December 24, 2009, 05:30:24 PM
unless there is some financial imbalance (like parents to kids, for example, or richer relatives to poorer ones).

That would be me. My current income = 0. I was better off when I was an undergrad, at least I could work a shit job.  :D

Quote from: katmai on December 24, 2009, 03:49:35 PM
How sad Marti. :console:

Yeah. I mean Colonization? What a bomb.

Hey I got Inglorious Basterds. Also a new table to go next to my new chair.

Quote from: Sheilbh on December 24, 2009, 11:11:45 PM
Also I've got lots of aunties and uncles who like to indicate that they care but haven't seen or spoken to me in about 10 years.  So sending a gift voucher makes sense.

Marti, on your Christmas list.  What other Hollinghurst have you read?  I think 'The Spell' is probably his weakest but let me know what you think because I know you enjoyed 'The Line of Beauty' :)

I haven't actually read "The Line of Beauty" - I just saw the movie. I read "The Swimming Pool Library" and "Folding Star", though. :)

Quote from: Martinus on December 24, 2009, 03:47:35 PM
So, in my family we stopped buying each other's gifts since it usually turned out to be crap noone needed and buy our own gifts. :P

- "The Wire" season 1 (DVD),
- "Mad Men" season 1 (DVD),
- "David Bowie - Greatest Hits" (CD),
- "Middlesex" by Jeffrey Eugenides (book),


My superboo ( :blurgh: ) also texted me he has a gift for me. :unsure:

You better be careful or people will stop making fun of your tastes.   :P

The Wire: Season 4
Blackadder: Complete Series
Twin Peaks: Complete Series
Let the Right One In
The New World
Army of Shadows

Quote from: Martinus on December 25, 2009, 02:52:11 AM
I haven't actually read "The Line of Beauty" - I just saw the movie.

:bleeding:  Sub-par 1980s costume drama :bleeding:

Ann Peebles on Hi Records - Vol 1
In the Loop
State of Play
A Luis Bunuel collection (his French stuff)
The Cheese and The Worms: The Cosmos of a Sixteenth-Century Miller

Good haul :w00t:

Quote from: Queequeg on December 25, 2009, 03:00:05 AM
You better be careful or people will stop making fun of your tastes.   :P

:unsure:

Haven't you received a fair amount of hazing on that score as well?

Not so much which is somewhat sad but also good. I've been trying to get my parents to spend less on me for years- my sister justifies demanding the world with the argument that I still get presents despite being 3 years older than her.
A few books, Star Trek and the new Dylan Moran DVD, Thundercats t-shirt, lots of ket, etc...
One disappointing thing is my mam bought me a bunch of mangas believing I didn't already have them but I do, just in another cover. Kinda crap that she would waste this money. Checking amazon though it seems they have a decent returns policy so it should work out.

Quote from: Admiral Yi on December 23, 2009, 01:41:51 PM
I hope you blasphemers who opened your presents early burn in a lake of fire for all eternity.

The kids go north to their dad's so we had to open presents before they left. ^_^

Quote from: Fate on December 23, 2009, 01:49:50 PM

Quote from: merithyn on December 21, 2009, 07:58:05 PM
Was a good year in the Meri/Max household. :D

• 31.5" flat screen TV from Max
• Massage chair pad from my boss/friend
• Several pairs of beautiful earrings from several different friends
• 60 gb iPod Video from my mom (with a bit of added cash from me)

This is why middle class people can't "afford" health insurance.

Um... gifts? As in "from other people"? Only thing that came out of our budget was the TV, which was on sale.

Of course, that $500/month health insurance package could really have been paid for if we hadn't gotten it. You're absolutely right. :)

Quote from: Slargos on December 24, 2009, 04:39:55 PM
I got what is possibly the best christmas gift I've ever been given, and definitely the best this millennium. My 3 year old niece had wrapped up her favourite doll and gifted it to me. :wub:

That is adorable, Slargos. :)

The big girl among other things got pois for christmas. We'll all be heavily bruised by tomorrow.  :lol:
For those who have no idea what pois are, a video of two guys performing with fire pois: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Sfih3u6p-Y

Okay since it is actually Christmas day I can post in this thread.

New Camera bag for work
$100 gift card from Cabelas
$100 gift card to Best Buy
assorted  Camera Assistant gear
gift card package to local movie theater
and $500 bucks in cheap, cheap american dollars :(

I got a rock

Quote from: Ed Anger on December 25, 2009, 02:10:00 PM
I got a rock

You were a naughty boy this year eh?

Since I like all good scandinavians opened my gifts last night at a great party with the externded family, I can in good conscience give the load:

A sweater, a shirt, a shotgun game forWii, with shotgun :p, a CD, a six pence, socks, a GPS for the car, hand weight ands elastics for flexibility excersises, a scarf :S and a few more minor items I cant recall :)

V

Quote from: katmai on December 25, 2009, 02:17:21 PM

Quote from: Ed Anger on December 25, 2009, 02:10:00 PM
I got a rock

You were a naughty boy this year eh?

Always.

$100 khols card
$50 gamestop card
$40 walmart card
$25 dollar card
$100 bill
ipod shuffle 3rd generation
new pots & pans set
hot cocoa/smores gift set
gamecocks cooler
trubie twist and various little doo dads

Quote from: Korea on December 25, 2009, 03:07:49 PM

gamecocks cooler

cock

I got a pre-scratched lottery ticket.

Quote from: Razgovory on December 25, 2009, 03:31:20 PM
I got a pre-scratched lottery ticket.

:lol: Aww bless. :hug:

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Quote from: Queequeg on December 25, 2009, 03:00:05 AM
You better be careful or people will stop making fun of your tastes.   :P

:unsure:

Haven't you received a fair amount of hazing on that score as well?

More for being pretentious than anything else.  I get knocks for interests more than taste.

Quote from: Queequeg on December 25, 2009, 03:46:59 PM

Quote from: Peter Wiggin on December 25, 2009, 05:47:33 AM

Quote from: Queequeg on December 25, 2009, 03:00:05 AM
You better be careful or people will stop making fun of your tastes.   :P

:unsure:

Haven't you received a fair amount of hazing on that score as well?

More for being pretentious than anything else.  I get knocks for interests more than taste.

You get knocked for fixating on a subject, then raping it and leaving it in a dumpster.

Let's see... (with slight focus on the :nerd: gifts)

New winter coat (needed this)
Italian cookbook
new kitchen knife
frying pan
Rockband: Beatles
new Star Trek movie
new pajamas and a housecoat (wearing them right now - at 1:15 pm :cool:)
framed print of Rialto Bridge in Venice
books: new HHGTG, book on an arctic explorer, Flashman #3
new Sirius satellite radio receiver (current one is fading fast, and is 5 years old)

plus more stuff I'm not thinking of...

Quote from: Barrister on December 25, 2009, 04:16:23 PM
Italian cookbook
new kitchen knife
frying pan

I see your wife has mastered the fine art of "Get him what I need" gift giving. :P

Quote from: Martinus on December 25, 2009, 04:20:38 PM
I see your wife has mastered the fine art of "Get him what I need" gift giving. :P

I thought that was part of the ancient secrets of men? How did they find out :o

Quote from: Martinus on December 25, 2009, 04:20:38 PM

Quote from: Barrister on December 25, 2009, 04:16:23 PM
Italian cookbook
new kitchen knife
frying pan

I see your wife has mastered the fine art of "Get him what I need" gift giving. :P

I rather enjoy cooking, and she knows it.  :)

 Relatively sparse Christmas, like most in recent memory have been.

My best friend bought me Wings of War, and I bought him Conflict of Heroes, and between the two of us we now have some fun boardgames to play. 

I did not really want anything except egg nog this holiday season- my material wants are mostly provided for, and my desires are only a matter of loneliness, which will be ameliorated next year .

Quote from: Valdemar on December 25, 2009, 03:01:12 PM
a six pence

Does this mean something other than what I think it means? :huh:

:shutup: :yucky: :hmm:

Quote from: Barrister on December 25, 2009, 04:29:58 PM

I rather enjoy cooking, and she knows it.  :)

What book?

I won a free Paradox game off of Gamersgate on an EUOT trivia. I chose the Heir to the Throne expansion.

Quote from: Admiral Yi on December 25, 2009, 06:57:56 PM

Quote from: Valdemar on December 25, 2009, 03:01:12 PM
a six pence

Does this mean something other than what I think it means? :huh:

:shutup: :yucky: :hmm:

Its a hat, what did you think it was?

V

Quote from: Valdemar on December 26, 2009, 06:21:06 AM
Its a hat, what did you think it was?

A British coin.

Quote from: Barrister on December 25, 2009, 04:29:58 PM
I rather enjoy cooking, and she knows it.  :)

:cool: I got a gift card specifically to be used for getting a stainless steel skillet I've been wanting.

Oh my Brother gave me 15 dollars.  A little paltry since he still owes me about 1,000.

Quote from: Martinus on December 25, 2009, 04:20:38 PM

Quote from: Barrister on December 25, 2009, 04:16:23 PM
Italian cookbook
new kitchen knife
frying pan

I see your wife has mastered the fine art of "Get him what I need" gift giving. :P

Sexist pig.   :mad:

Men cook, too, you know. :contract:








:P

Quote from: Sheilbh on December 25, 2009, 11:32:00 PM

Quote from: Barrister on December 25, 2009, 04:29:58 PM

I rather enjoy cooking, and she knows it.  :)

What book?

Classic Italian, by Carla Bardi, published 2008.

It seems like a decent book.  I like that it gives down to very simple recipes, like spaghetti with tomato sauce, to more complicated ones.  I like more 'complete' cooking books like that.

My GF is really caring  :) she gave me a new lamp with a magnifying glass on  :) she's seen how cramped up my back gets after 5 hours of painting tinmen 15mm big. A girl that supports your nerdy hobbys is awesome!  :)

Quote from: Barrister on December 26, 2009, 01:39:04 PM
Classic Italian, by Carla Bardi, published 2008.

It seems like a decent book.  I like that it gives down to very simple recipes, like spaghetti with tomato sauce, to more complicated ones.  I like more 'complete' cooking books like that.

Agreed.  I'll look into it.

I got this book last year (silly title, I know):
http://www.amazon.ca/100-Ways-Be-Pasta-Gangivecchio/dp/140004104X/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1261888346&sr=8-2
And it's terrific for pasta-y stuff :)

The title is unimportant as long as the food is good.   :bowler:

Of all things, I want to try some of the risotto recipes, or gnochi.  Good wholesome country food - but that I've never made.   :Embarrass:

Quote from: Barrister on December 27, 2009, 12:17:47 AM
Of all things, I want to try some of the risotto recipes, or gnochi.  Good wholesome country food - but that I've never made.   :Embarrass:

I had a delicious English springtime risotto recipe from somewhere.  It was an asparagus, mint and pea shoot risotto :mmm:

For Italian cooking I really want the recent translation of The Silver Spoon:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Silver-Spoon-Various-Contributors/dp/0714844675

Another book I really want for that sort of simple country food you're talking about is the River Cafe collection:
http://www.amazon.ca/River-Cafe-Cookbook-Rose-Gray/dp/0091812550/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1261891348&sr=8-8

I also want to eat there :mmm:

Wireless headphones
Ipod Shuffle
Call of Duty MWII
A letterbox
The new book by Dan Brown
A book about Denmark's relationship with Napoleon
Pants
A doorbell

In addition to earlier, couple more books, couple of sweaters (but not Christmas sweaters, thank Hod)... and the Mel Brooks Collection box set. :wub:

The Criterion box set of Fassbinder's Berlin Alexanderplatz in all its 15-hour glory.  :mmm:

Season 4 of Xena :wub:

I like Xena. :)

liked part of my first present, John Scalzi's "Old man's war" so much that I used my second present to buy the next 3 John Scalzi books "Ghost Brigades" "The Last Colony", and "Zoe's Tale"... all set in the same universe, which I really dug. First time I've been excited about a series of books in ages.

also got the novel of "Let The right One in", which i didn't know was a novel first. I read the first page in the store though and was hooked. Also got China Mieville's Perdido Street Station. I read Scar last year, and liked it.

My parents gave me a copy of Hell Hawks!: The Untold Story of the American Fliers Who Savaged Hitler's Wehrmacht (http://www.amazon.com/Hell-Hawks-American-Savaged-Wehrmacht/dp/0760329184%5B/url), about P-47 pilots during the war, inscribed by one of the authors. 

Quote from: garbon on December 27, 2009, 04:00:38 PM
Season 4 of Xena :wub:

Ok you are not allowed to criticize my movie tastes ever again.

Quote from: Martinus on December 28, 2009, 06:49:00 AM

Quote from: garbon on December 27, 2009, 04:00:38 PM
Season 4 of Xena :wub:

Ok you are not allowed to criticize my movie tastes ever again.

No shit. Xena? Whiskey Tango Motherfucking Foxtrot.

Quote from: Martinus on December 28, 2009, 06:49:00 AM
Ok you are not allowed to criticize my movie tastes ever again.

QFT.  I only watched Xena because I was a horny teenager with the hots for Gabriela (insert jokes about bound and gagged fantasies here).  Looking back, that show was awful.

Quote from: Martinus on December 28, 2009, 06:49:00 AM
Ok you are not allowed to criticize my movie tastes ever again.

Oh yes I am. Xena isn't good, it is amazing! In college, we had a drinking game that revolved around taking shots every time there was a not so subtle lesbian reference. You're hammered by mid-episode. :wub:

Not sure how I can top Xena, but I got one of those Krups Heineken Beertenders that takes the little 5L kegs, a leather jacket that makes me look like a criminal, and the Nero Liquid TV bundle that includes the USB TV tuner, Tivo PC software & Tivo remote control. 

Also got an HBO-authorized copy of this year's season of Hard Knocks, Band of Brothers on blu-ray, and some clothes.

Had the Beertender cranking fairly early Christmas Day :wub:

Quote from: DontSayBanana on December 28, 2009, 09:12:46 AM

Quote from: Martinus on December 28, 2009, 06:49:00 AM
Ok you are not allowed to criticize my movie tastes ever again.

QFT.  I only watched Xena because I was a horny teenager with the hots for Gabriela (insert jokes about bound and gagged fantasies here).  Looking back, that show was awful.

Google "Xena Warrior Princess Gabrielle bondage".  Go ahead.  Do it.

Quote from: DontSayBanana on December 28, 2009, 09:12:46 AM
QFT.  I only watched Xena because I was a horny teenager with the hots for Gabriela (insert jokes about bound and gagged fantasies here).  Looking back, that show was awful.

Xena >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Gabrielle.

Xena was rather good back in the day.
Certainly the best fantasy TV series out there.
Yes.
There is no competition bar Hercules but still.

Gabrielle was the more attractive of the two.  A Bitter Suite wasn't bad, for all its homoerotic overtones.

Quote from: Caliga on December 29, 2009, 01:13:09 PM
Xena >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Gabrielle.

Yes, she was certainly the larger of the two.

Manlier, too.

I like my women Amazonian.  I am the opposite of a pedophile. -_-

Amazonian...with one breast chopped off?

Herodotus just made that up.  :rolleyes:

Do you also believe that Sinhalese have dog heads? :P

My mother got me teeth-whitening strips as a gift as well.   :lol:  Nothing like a subtle hint.

Coffee stained teeth probably show up rather distinctly against a powdered face.

Lest it be forgotten in the discussion: Xena :wub:

Quote from: Peter Wiggin on January 01, 2010, 05:25:18 AM
Coffee stained teeth probably show up rather distinctly against a powdered face.

Coffee and nicotine-stained, IIRC. :contract:

Well, it was a merry Christmas after all.  I ended up getting a whole bunch of useless shit from my students, which was kind of touching in its way.

I got a slinky! and three big bottles of unusual beer.

From GF:

Complete Blackadder Box Set
Book of General Ignorance by the QI guys
Grey Shirt
Bottle of "Rudolph's Revenge" winter ale

From Mom/Dad/Sister/Bro-in-Law:

History of the OSS - published 1972 by a former CIA analyst - good stuff
Monty Python Desk Calendar
2x shirts
Fancy nautical-esque inlaid box
pirate coffee mug
Tillamook Cheese coat!!!!! w00t w00t.

Grey Fox really likes you!

Ouh! First time I see it the other way.

from the wife, a Kindle  :hug:
and an amazing motorized globe that shows rotation, orbit, axial tilt and day/night cycles: really cool  :cool:

from parents/sisters:
a PS3 and a 5.1 speaker system: the PS3 is *obviously* only for blu-ray movies  :goodboy:
a scarf
a book that may be called "understanding comics", written as a comic itself

L.