What do you want for Christmas?

[Diomedes]

Thanksgiving is our family deadline for Christmas wish lists.  Here's mine.

Music - Don't bother to look for any of this at the local store.  Go online.
The Original Sinners -- The Original Sinners
The Knitters -- Poor Little Critter on the Road
The Knitters -- The Modern Sounds of the Knitters
McLusky -- Mclusky Do Dallas
McLusky -- My Pain and Sadness Is More Sad and Painful Than Yours
McLusky -- The Difference Between Me and You Is That I'm Not on Fire
Tom Vek -- We Have Sound
The Black Keys -- Thickfreakness
Ted Leo & The Pharmacists -- The Tyranny of Distance
Ted Leo & The Pharmacists -- Shake the Streets
Morris On -- S/T
Sons and Daughters -- The Repulsion Box
Joseph Arthur -- Our Shadows Will Remain
Nada Surf -- The Weight is a Gift
The Brakes -- Give Blood
Cloud Cult -- Advice from the Happy Hippopotamus
Death in Vegas -- The Contini Sessions
Wire -- Pink Flag
Wire --Chairs Missing
Wire -- 154
Wire -- A Bell is a Cup...Until it is Struck
Silkworm -- Libertine, In The West, Firewater
Devotchka -- supermelodrama
Devotchka -- how it ends
Jawbox -- For your own special sweetheart
Gomez -- Split the Difference
Agent Orange -- Living in Darkness
Peter La Farge -- As Long as the Grass Shall Grow
Devandra Barnhart -- Cripple Crow
Devandra Barnhart -- Nino Roja

Digital voice recorder.  Doesn't have to be fancy.  I need to record voices for transcription.  I will archive the audio files, might make them available from my website some day.  So the device should be decent/above baseline, but not super duper.

Black Ramones T-Shirt (Ramones seal)  Size L
Black Misfits T-Shirt (ghost face) Size L
Black T-Shirt with big white letters on back:  See You In Hell .  Front should be blank, or maybe have a skull.  Size L

A build-it-yourself working model of an engine.  These are still made and sold.  Plastic and metal models that hook up to a battery and show all the pieces moving as they would in a real engine.  I'd most like to build a Wankel (rotary) or Motorcyle engine (they make a Honda 4 cylinder model).

Pair of Dickies work pants, with double knee if possible.  Waist 36, lenght 32.

All cotton, heavy count, zip-up hoodie.  Size XL.  Black.

Piece of Veteran's field turf.  Collectible sport shops might have this, or eBay.  Watch for frauds. Usually on a wood frame.  I can help if you want to look into this idea.

Scarf

2 basic Neck Ties. don't get cute. This is my work uniform.

multi-meter/voltage meter, such as those found here: http://www.multimeterwarehouse.com/digitalmultimeter.htm
not necessary to get an expensive one.

Tools - Craftsmen, Matco, or Snap On.
Breaker bar.
Ratchet Wrenches (metric).  These are box end (closed) wrenches that have a ratcheting mechanism, so you can use the wrench like a socket wrench.
Lock neck T-handle socket or allen wrenches (metric).
Awl. example here: http://buy1.snapon.com/catalog/item.asp?P65=&tool=all&item_ID=9255&group_ID=1068&store=snapon-store&dir=catalog

The T-Shirt found at the following link (size L):  http://www.cafepress.com/concretefiel.15287101

Tie rack, for hanging ties in my closet.

Books - used if you can find them, hardcover preferred
Bob Dylan - Chronicles Vol. 1
Graham Greene - Brighton Rock
Somerset Maugham - Of Human Bondage
George Orwell - Down and Out in Paris and London
Joseph Conrad - Victory

A knife sharpening contraption like G has

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Asia wants a new stuffed animal and a bone.

[MDS]

you left hannukah and kwanzah out of the title. jerk.

[Sgt PSN]

Pair of meatcicleies work pants, with double knee if possible. Waist 36, lenght 32.

Never will you find a funnier filtration of a word. 

My X-mas list is pretty simple this year.  Not too much that I really want or need.  I know it sounds sappy but this is my year to have my kids so I really don't need anything else.  But just to keep from being entirely dull I wouldn't mind getting an ipod, a new laptop, a dvd burner and a couple of season tickets for the Eagles. 

[Diomedes]

I farging love Christmas.  For a month I get to plot what kind of cool things I'll give people.  I dig it.

[MDS]

im taking myself to miami for a week over new years. thats my christmas present. bless jesus.

[Father Demon]

Wow, Dio.  I haven't made a list that long in about 25 years   

My Christmas list is very simple this year.  Sorry it's sappy.  All I want this year is a daughter, and she's waiting for Mrs. Demon and I to go pick her up in Ukraine.  We've been waiting for about 18 months now, and we leave for there in 22 days.

[SD_Eagle5]

My list:

Ticket home to Philly
Sirius satellite radio
Prince of Persia 3 Two Thrones
Dark Lord The Rise Of Darth Vader - by James Lucerno
Man Without a Country - Kurt Vonnegut

[JTrotter Fan]

Wow, Dio.  I haven't made a list that long in about 25 years   

My Christmas list is very simple this year.  Sorry it's sappy.  All I want this year is a daughter, and she's waiting for Mrs. Demon and I to go pick her up in Ukraine.  We've been waiting for about 18 months now, and we leave for there in 22 days.

That is great DoT!  I know you have to be excited.  After the long and drawn out process, the wait is almost over. 

[Father Demon]

Wow, Dio.  I haven't made a list that long in about 25 years   

My Christmas list is very simple this year.  Sorry it's sappy.  All I want this year is a daughter, and she's waiting for Mrs. Demon and I to go pick her up in Ukraine.  We've been waiting for about 18 months now, and we leave for there in 22 days.

That is great DoT!  I know you have to be excited.  After the long and drawn out process, the wait is almost over. 

You bet we are, Waco!!  It sucks having to be over there for Christmas, New Years, my son's birthday, and the NFL playoffs (OK -- that one doesn't suck as much as I thought it was going to about 10 weeks ago  ), but I know it'll all be worth it.  I also have 2 boys, and they are all kinds of excited about this.   I can't wait to get there, and I can't wait to be back...

[MDS]

Just dont play Risk with your friend over there and start truthfully talking about the country

[JTrotter Fan]

Wow, Dio.  I haven't made a list that long in about 25 years   

My Christmas list is very simple this year.  Sorry it's sappy.  All I want this year is a daughter, and she's waiting for Mrs. Demon and I to go pick her up in Ukraine.  We've been waiting for about 18 months now, and we leave for there in 22 days.

That is great DoT!  I know you have to be excited.  After the long and drawn out process, the wait is almost over. 

You bet we are, Waco!!  It sucks having to be over there for Christmas, New Years, my son's birthday, and the NFL playoffs (OK -- that one doesn't suck as much as I thought it was going to about 10 weeks ago  ), but I know it'll all be worth it.  I also have 2 boys, and they are all kinds of excited about this.   I can't wait to get there, and I can't wait to be back...

So do you have to leave your boys over in the States while you go over?  How long do you have to be over there?

[Father Demon]

Yeah, the boys will be with my parents while we are gone.  That part sucks royally.  We shold be over there between 3 and 7 weeks, depending on how smoothly things go.

[Diomedes]

Wow, Dio. I haven't made a list that long in about 25 years

In my family, everyone makes a big list.  No one gets near everything they want, of course.  The point is to give people ideas.

Good luck with your adoption.  It's a noble thing to do, adopt a crack head baby.

[PhillyGirl]

Demon, I'm just curious, so please don't get upset (I am thrilled for your good fortune)....did you try to adopt a baby from the US?

[Father Demon]

I'm not upset at all, PG.

We didn't consider a US adoption for a couple reasons:

1) The laws in the US favor the birth parents pretty much until the child is 18.  If a birth parent -- including the father who may or may not have been involved with the child -- wants to claim parental rights, the judge sometimes (not always) will grant it.  My wife's brother is trying to adopt his cousin's child, and has been unable for the last two years because the boy's father (who is in jail) won't allow it, saying hw wants custody when he is released.  In Ukraine (and Russia) the adoption records are sealed, and the birth family is not permitted to get any information about who we are or where we live.  We didn't want to end up in a TV Movie of the Week....

2) It's easier to adopt an older child in the US than it is a younger child, and we want a younger child.  Allowing us and her the chance to bond and attach before too much time passes.

These are our opinions only, but they were important enough for us to travel out of the US for this.