WHAD'YA GIT?

[LMNO]

This thread is to brag about all the cool shit your family got you, or complain about the lame shit they bought you.

I got six books:
Maryland Soups
The history of Meat
A collection of essays edited by David Foster Wallace
Willie Nelson's "Musings from the Road"
Neil Young's "Waging Peace"
Pete Townshend's "Who I Am"

Also got some snazzy clothes, a new non-stick pan, electric knife sharpener, and scotch (21 year).

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Laptop
Books
More books.
Some books.
A pile of books.

[Eater of Clowns]

This thread is to brag about all the cool shit your family got you, or complain about the lame shit they bought you.

I got six books:
Maryland Soups
The history of Meat
A collection of essays edited by David Foster Wallace
Willie Nelson's "Musings from the Road"
Neil Young's "Waging Peace"
Pete Townshend's "Who I Am"

Also got some snazzy clothes, a new non-stick pan, electric knife sharpener, and scotch (21 year).

I haven't been able to return to that book in a week.  Ever since he used "OMG" in a sentence.

[LMNO]

All my books are in dead tree format, so now my briefcase will be heavier for a few months.

[AFK]

Resentment, passive aggressiveness, contempt.


Oh, and I also got Cosmos from my brother which is cool because I've never been able to watch the whole series.


My Mom got me some cool new shoes.


My daughter, Eris love her, got me a car freshener that smells like cologne my Grandfather would have worn back in the day.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

I got myself a baguette so I could have meatball sandwiches while the stores were closed. Unfortunately, that plan went awry when the baguette disappeared. I am bitter.

[LMNO]

Bitter Baguettes for Balls made of Beast.

[Anna Mae Bollocks]

A lady mailed me some Mendocino caramels but I never got them.
Don't know if they were lost/delayed or confiscated. 

[Nephew Twiddleton]

Mom and nick got me: 6 pairs of black socks 4 black t shirts with a breast pocket $100 cash.

Aunt di got me a rather nice scarf

aunt marie got me a box of questions to ask to spark conversation as well as a $25 american express gift card.

Nana also got me a $25 amex. I doubt she was much involved with any of it other than writing the card though. I imagine that was aunt kathys doing.

Villager got me a dalek projection alarm clock and pyrex.

Pat and meaghan got me a shit ton of very spicy sauces

pete villager and i a dinner and movie combo gift card

anne marie got me an x files encyclopedia

b (villagers roommate) got me a lava lamp.

Anne maries sister and i have yet to complete the gift exchange process.

[Cain]

Books.

An electronic gadget to replace an old one.

Books.

Coffee.

Books.

[MMIX]

Nothing. Atheists don't celebrate Xmas.

[Nephew Twiddleton]

What about giftmas?

[Sano]

Up until now, books, RAM, pokemon emerald and a skinny jeans.

[MMIX]

What about giftmas?

If that comment was for me, well hmm what about giftmas? Giftmas is one of the less endearing things about the quaint old Xtianity habit. Rampant consumerism in the guise of buying people things as a kind of sympathetic magic offering to a kid who, if he existed, has been dead for 2000 years. Right.

To be absolutely honest though my son did ask me yesterday what I want for Xmas. I just emailed him a "letter to Santa" requesting he buy me a pet for my WoW characters. [Chatting on skype while we play WoW - or mostly NOT chatting on skype while we play WoW is the heart of our relationship, now he is old enough to understand the concept of companionable silence)  I think a virtual pet to share in a virtual world seems perfectly appropriate; especially since if he buys it before New Years Eve the whole purchase price will be donated to the American Red Cross for Hurricane Sandy relief

[Faust]

Nothing. Atheists don't celebrate Xmas.

  Jews like money. Mexicans are lazy.