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This is mostly for my own thoughts (it’s getting to that time where people start askign “what do you want for Christmas”), not a narcisistic “give me gifts!” post…

Electronics / Electrical:
An iPod
Hand held GPS receiver (preferably one that can connect by USB to a laptop)
An electric beard/mustache trimmer.
A USB keychain drive (just big enough to hold PuTTY, ssh keys, pgp/gpg keys, Firefox and Thunderbird profiles, a copy of my resumé, etc.)
An immersion / “stick” blender.
An LCD computer monitor. Or get my 21″ Viewsonic monitor fixed.

Music / DVDs:
The soundtrack to The Man of La Mancha (the 1972 movie version with Peter Otoole and Sophia Loren, or the 1965 broadway version, not the 2000 TV version with John Lithgow and Vanessa Williams, which I already have and was deffinitly not what I thought it was when I bought it.)
While we’re at it, a DVD of the 1972 movie.
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner
A Raisen in the Sun (Preferably the 1961 movie with Sidney Poitier, though I’ve never actually seen the 1989 TV version with Danny Glover…)
To Kill a Mockingbird (the 1962 movie version.)
LOTR: The Two Towers and Return of the King
Firefly
Babylon 5: Season 2
Any Fish CDs (except: Internal Exile, Vigil in a Wilderness of Mirrors, Pigpen’s Birthday, Kettle of Fish and Sunsets on Empire.
Any Marillion CDs.
Any Rush CDs except Roll the Bones or Test for Echo.
Wynton Marsalis, Standard Time, Vol. 2 .
The Matrix: Revolutions and Reloaded DVDs.

Misc:
A good tripod and head for a 35mm camera (Bogen / Manfroto?)

Books:
A copy of The Grapes of Wrath (paperback).

Games:
A replacement copy of the Civilization: Call To Power for Linux CD.
Doom III and/or Half-Life 2.
Magic cards (yeah, I know, I know. I haven’t actually played that game in years, but I recently found a group who plays regularly.)
And while we’re at it, Illuminati cards.

And any one reading this who might have a reasonable expectation of receiving a gift from me for the holidays (you know who you are), it would be helpful to know what YOU want as well.