Holiday Loot Thread!

[Wiregeek]

I'm going to spend more text on what I _gave_ vs. what I got, and that's fine!

http://www.maverickarms.com/pages/88security.htm

showed up under the tree for me, I'm VERY pleased.

I gave a Craftsman 3-piece toolbox (rolly bit, intermediate box, top bit), 200 rds. of .380 acp, various gift cards ($500@lowes, 2ea @$100 @ Game Stop, 2ea @
$75 @ best buy), a 7.1 channel surround processor (bastard got me a PS3. I'll show him!)

But the happiest thing I'm on the giving end of is..

http://www.amazon.com/Eco...IG-2-BLADE/dp/B0012MD796

_awesome_.

So what did you folks give and get?
"No can brain today. Want cheezeburger."
From NGE: Nobody Dies, by Gregg Landsman
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5579457/1/NGE_Nobody_Dies

[Bluemage]

I didn't get many things this Christmas, but what I got was good.

http://www.amazon.com/Vie...id=1261781846&sr=1-5

This, for starters.

I also got a PS2 controller (you know yours is busted when the bits rattling about inside prevent you from hitting buttons), and some games.

http://www.amazon.com/hac...id=1261781942&sr=8-3

http://www.amazon.com/hac...id=1261781942&sr=8-2

http://www.amazon.com/Sta...id=1261781999&sr=1-1

The last bits were the obligatory candy (chocolate bars/oranges/M&Ms), a B&N giftcard, and $140.

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My Unitarian Jihad Name is: Brother Atom Bomb of Courteous Debate. Get yours.

I've been writing a bit.

[ECSNorway]

I got a Doctor Who DVD set, a Babylon 5 DVD set, a couple of very nice books on the Battle of the Atlantic, one on Rochesterian soldiers in the US Civil War, a
couple of sweaters (incl. one very nice cashmere), and a new PDA (HP iPaq 211).
--
Sucrose Octanitrate.
Proof positive that with sufficient motivation, you can make anything explode.

[robkelk]

I got some cash, a specimen set of the 1999 commerative "Millennium" quarters released by the Canadian Mint, a couple of jazz collections (one each of music by Harry James and Herb Alpert), the two Borribles books I didn't already own, and ... a 32"x24" print of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_ ... f_Kanagawa]The Great Wave off Kanagawa!

(Oh, and a copy of Hyperion. Now I get to find out why Nagato-san thinks it's "unique".)

A rather eclectic collection of loot, but that's normal for my family.
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

[Evil Midnight Lurker]

A little remote-control robot, a $100 Sears gift card, and this most utterly
awesome T-shirt.

--Sam

"The streets will run RED with Santa!"

[Valles]

Classic Battletech: Total Warfare

Weber and Flint's Torch of Freedom

Flint and Drake's third Belisarius omnibus

Lee and Miller's Fledgeling

3 Loreena McKennit CDs (The Mask and Mirror, The Book of Secrets, The Visit)

1 Enter the Haggis CD (Gutter Anthems)

2 Cookie sheets

A Watch

A tortilla steamer

BlazBlue

Brutal Legend

A crapload of candy

and

A month's rent

I'm all giddy. ^_^
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"V, did you do something foolish?"
"Yes, and it was glorious."

[HoagieOfDoom]

I scored a new vinyl player, receiver and speaker set as well as mint pressings of Genesis' albums from 1970 to 1975 (Trespass, Nursery
Cryme, Foxtrot, Selling England by the Pound, and The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway) on 180-gram vinyl. SO awesome.

[ECSNorway]

Nice, V. Got some solidly good reading, good music, a great game, and some cool food in your future...
--
Sucrose Octanitrate.
Proof positive that with sufficient motivation, you can make anything explode.

[CrimsonKMR]

Complete DVD collection of Monty Python's Flying Circus

A wok

$20 to Gamestop (Gonna buy Dynasty Warriors Gundam 2 with it)

$50 Shaws card (local grocery store)

$50 Visa gift card

some random sweets
There is no coincidence, only necessity....
- Clow Reed

[Bob Schroeck]

Let's see...

Several recent Mercedes Lackey books/anthologies

The Herb and Spice Companion, a very nice book about seasonings for the creative cook

Munchkin Booty

Spree, a Cheapass Game
Cathedral, a wooden puzzle game.

A set of a dozen solar-powered landscape lights

A cookbook of recipes dedicated and tailored (by Kat, Joe and Scott) to their friends, along with the key ingredients to "Rice Peggy"

A gift assortment from Omaha Steaks

A Waring Pro Belgian Waffle maker

And a certificate entitling me to a (small) shopping spree paid for by Peggy.
ETA:  And a copy of the Acme Catalog, which just arrived in the mail today, from a SkyKnight who will remain anonymous.
ETA after visiting my family:  Assorted candy, several more books (including a reprint of L. Frank Baum's Santa Claus story), two big glass jugs for bottling homebrew, and assorted things shared with Peggy.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

[Shepherd]

DVDs:

Buffy: the Vampire Slayer Season 5 box set

Grenadier box set

Genshiken box set

Kujibiki Unbalance box set

The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

Clerks II

Comics:

Fables volume 12

Peter is the Wolf volume 1

Alan Moore's Writing for Comics

RPGs:

Arcane Power (D&D 4E supplement)

Primal Power (D&D 4E supplement)

Books:

Suicide Kings (George R.R. Martin's Wild Cards series)

Under a Velvet Cloak (Piers Anthony's Incarnations of Immortality series)

Hulk (movie novelization by Peter David)

America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction (from the writers of The Daily Show)

Deception Point (by the author of the Da Vinci Code)

Money:

$15 Regal Cinemas

$25 Visa

$25 check

Clothes:

2 T-Shirts
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"Anyone can be a winner if their definition of victory is flexible enough." - The DM of the Rings XXXV

[robkelk]

ETA:  And a copy of the Acme Catalog, which just arrived in the mail today, from a SkyKnight who will remain anonymous.

First reaction: "You're just getting that now?"

Second reaction: "Must remember to drop SkyKnight a line... Wonder what he'd be like writing in Fenspace?"

Ah, yes: I spent some of my Xmas cash today on a short stack of CDs, including Listen to the Banned: 20 Risqué Songs of the 20s & 30s. I don't expect to hear any "power" songs for Doug on that one, but one never knows...
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

[OpMegs]

Partial list, as I won't see the family till at least the 5th of the New Year when I fly in (the first time I could get off in the holiday season), but the
count thus far:

Included as said Christmas Bonus made these possible, even if I bought them myself:

- 19" CTL LCD Monitor

- Geforce 9500 GT 1 GB video card

- Revenge of the Fallen Leader-class Optimus Prime

Actual gifts:

- Star Trek

- Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, 2 disc edition

- PS2 Shadow of the Collossus

- Yukikaze DVD boxset

- 1/144 HG Garazzo (Bring Stabity Type)

- Figma Saber
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"Oh, silver blade, forged in the depths of the beyond. Heed my summons and purge those who stand in my way. Lay
waste."

[NifT]

Gifts from family:

- Two shirts for work (my mother is a big fan of practical gifts)

- Two tshirts for casual wear (same)

- Equilibirium on DVD

- Pink Floyd's The Division Bell

- Border's gift cards totalling $65 (which is pretty close to what I actually spend on any given trip to Borders)

[Wiregeek]

Equilibrium and Division Bell are both wonderful pieces of media I would love to own!
"No can brain today. Want cheezeburger."
From NGE: Nobody Dies, by Gregg Landsman
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5579457/1/NGE_Nobody_Dies

[Baseload]

Hmmm, let's see:

Several work shirts and pants

New sweats (so I can get my arse back to the gym)

Star Trek Soundtrack

Sting CD (Forgot the title, but I think it's his latest one)

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, 2 disc edition

Handmade ricebowl w/ chopsticks (From a craft fair. very nice looking)

Walmart Giftcard

Qin: Legends RPG Book and Qin GM Screen

[Wiregeek]

Several work shirts and pants

I think it's a mark of maturity that the 'needed clothing' gifts are _appreciated_ and _desired_ in my peer group.

(I have never seen someone as overjoyed to see a plethora of socks as I did this holiday season)
"No can brain today. Want cheezeburger."
From NGE: Nobody Dies, by Gregg Landsman
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5579457/1/NGE_Nobody_Dies

[NifT]

Never said the clothes weren't appreciated. ^_^

Birthday and Christmas presents from my parents are, in fact, my primary sources of new clothes.