Random books seem like good gifts to me. It's something I'd get for myself.
I'm going to see to Wesley, see if he's still whimpering.
Giles ,'Chosen'
Natter 76: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Foaminess
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
-t - Dec 10, 2018 5:45:31 am PST #2891 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Jesse - Dec 10, 2018 5:46:30 am PST #2892 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
My mother was like, "I'm not sure [relative] reads that much?" At this point, I don't care! All gifts are equally crappy! Or great! Who knows???
Calli - Dec 10, 2018 6:08:46 am PST #2893 of 30019
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
My niece and nephews and their spouses have taken up camping. This year I got them gift certificates to their state park systems. If they go over well, that may be their gifts for the foreseeable future. I just don't live close enough to them to have a sense of what would be helpful, otherwise, and my sister seems to be over the whole collecting ideas and sending them to me thing. Which is fair—she's not my Christmas concierge.
Amy - Dec 10, 2018 6:12:02 am PST #2894 of 30019
Because books.
My mother was like, "I'm not sure [relative] reads that much?" At this point, I don't care! All gifts are equally crappy! Or great! Who knows???
Right? And a book is always a non-offensive gift, unless it's about, like, Hitler or something. They don't take up too much room, they don't go bad, they're relatively inexpensive, i.e. the perfect gift to give.
Jesse - Dec 10, 2018 7:05:30 am PST #2895 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
And a book is always a non-offensive gift, unless it's about, like, Hitler or something. They don't take up too much room, they don't go bad, they're relatively inexpensive, i.e. the perfect gift to give.
Pretty sure I got my uncle a book about Hitler! Well, no, a book about WWII spies, so still non-offensive, and possibly a compulsory gift for a 70ish white man?
-t - Dec 10, 2018 9:15:10 am PST #2896 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
That's brilliant, Calli!
Toddson - Dec 10, 2018 11:52:14 am PST #2897 of 30019
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I didn't see a link to the SNL Momoa Christmas Carol skit. he he he
Sheryl - Dec 10, 2018 12:52:13 pm PST #2898 of 30019
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
Less than a week until our trip. Looking forward to the warmth.
Dana - Dec 10, 2018 1:23:31 pm PST #2899 of 30019
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Lost the LDB game, but since it was at the Bryant Park Christmas Market in New York, I can't complain.
Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 10, 2018 2:46:41 pm PST #2900 of 30019
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Oooo, nice! Wave hi to the Bryant Park Hotel/American Radiator Building for me!