The Holiday Present Thread!

[Bob Schroeck]

Okay, last present exchange was yesterday. I received, either solely or jointly with Peggy, the following:

A calendar of Art Nouveau/Art Deco food posters
A collectible reproduction of a tin-toy robot
A copy of Evil Genius by Catherine Jinks
A gift card for a local specialty pie bakery, with a pie server
Homemade candies
Homemade soaps and lotions
Various cocoas, teas and other beverage mixes
A couple varieties of Hickory Farms summer sausages
and the biggie...
A Char-Broil gas grill.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

[Wiregeek]

booyah! there's nothing like a steak-burner to improve the quality of life.

Now you need an apron that says 'Immanentize the Eschaton of the Cook'
"No can brain today. Want cheezeburger."
From NGE: Nobody Dies, by Gregg Landsman
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5579457/1/NGE_Nobody_Dies

[Bob Schroeck]

Not "Kiss me, I'm Methauman"?
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

[robkelk]

A couple varieties of Hickory Farms summer sausages
and the biggie...
A Char-Broil gas grill.

Mmmmmmmm... grilled sausage...
--
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

[Wiregeek]

oh, even better!
"No can brain today. Want cheezeburger."
From NGE: Nobody Dies, by Gregg Landsman
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5579457/1/NGE_Nobody_Dies

[Sofaspud]

Epic loot drops:

Star Wars: The Old Republic (I got it early because my friends, all of whom hang out here, are awesome jerks made of awesome)
Patlabor 1 and 2 DVDs
A lap blanket for cold nights in front of the monitor
Monsters vs Aliens DVD
A DVD set of The Three Stooges and W.C. Fields
Robotech DVD box set
A Lego set, which I built then and there before opening the rest of the stuff
Homemade root beer kit

I also got a case of frostbite, a blood-sugar rollercoaster which is only just now starting to behave again, a gut-wrenching episode of frantic searching for a missing family pet, some unexpected bills, and a sore spine.  None of those are related.  It's been an interesting couple of weeks.

--sofaspud
--"Listening to your kid is the audio equivalent of a Salvador Dali painting, Spud." --OpMegs

[Wiregeek]

Heh, along those lines, Spud, I got a new water heater, a $900 bill on a truck that I don't drive that belongs to a girl I don't want to have sex with, a $100 bill to get a certified copy of my mom's death certificate, and lost five pounds to 'acute gastroinstestinal distress'.

Hey hey christmas, glad to see you gone, can I have some boring now please?
"No can brain today. Want cheezeburger."
From NGE: Nobody Dies, by Gregg Landsman
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5579457/1/NGE_Nobody_Dies

[Ebony]

Bob Schroeck wrote:

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Not "Kiss me, I'm Methauman"?

You need this. While I do not agree with all of Ellis' statement, the general gist and voice of it is awesome. Plus, Warren Ells.
EDIT: Also, my girlfriend got me a Playstation 3. She's keen.
Ebony the Black Dragon
http://ebony14.livejournal.com

"Good night, and may the Good Lord take a Viking to you."

[Wiregeek]

the PS3 is the best blu-ray player and media player I have ever owned. Plays video games, too.

(I Kid - I just got a Logitech G27 wheel and a copy of Need for Speed: The Run, which is sitting next to Gran Turismo 5. Yum)
"No can brain today. Want cheezeburger."
From NGE: Nobody Dies, by Gregg Landsman
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5579457/1/NGE_Nobody_Dies