Wish list

Mandy was getting on my case because I didn't deliver with the Christmas list. Here it is:

For the kitchen:
-NPR Mug
-Wait, Wait Mug
-Large casserole
-1 good knife (unbelievable how difficult life is without this!)
-Salad bowl

For the growing pile of games:
-SET (cannot find in Santa Fe...argh!)
-Settlers of Cataan or similar
-Trivial Pursuit
-Boggle
(Ben and I already have Risk, Scrabble, and Apples to Apples-and despite its popularity, I think Apples to Apples is pretty lame)

For the bookshelf:
-Heart and Hands, by Elizabeth Davis
-Nickel and Dimed, by Barbara Ehrenreich
-American Gospel, by Jon Meacham
-American Theocracy, by Kevin Phillips
-Static, by Amy Goodman (Yay!!! Amy Goodman! You're awesome!)
-Birthing from Within, by Pam England
-The One Percent Doctrine, by Ron Suskind (Cheney is bad!)

For the superficial:
Comfortable:
-Shoes (size 9.5 or 10)
-Shirts (size S or M)
-Pants (size 4-long)
-Skirts (size 4)
-Earrings (I actually sort of need earrings because I've lost one from each pair that people have given me in the past and I don't like buying them for myself. The drawback of earrings as a gift is that I will inevitably-though sometimes it takes years-lose one...but I always keep the un-lost one in my jewelry box!)

For the imagination:
-A meal with Larry David
-A meal with Carl Kassel
-A four-wheel drive vehicle
-A complete senior essay

I just want to say that watching Curb Your Enthusiasm keeps me from feeling homesick, and that Carl brings great joy to my house chores...some day I hope to have your voice on my answering machine, Carl. This post feels like homage to NPR. Hmm...maybe it should be. Shout outs to Chicago Public Radio, Piano Puzzler, Car Talk, and the Sunday Puzzle as well!