Richard's Christmas List

Richard's Christmas List 2003

In no particular order whatsoever...

Last modified: Tue Nov 25 19:57:05 EST 2003

House stuff:

Japanese tableware (bowls, etc.)
Teflon wok
Little home-office shredder
Pint glasses
small (5 cup, not 24 cup) rice cooker
10-cup coffee maker
Single-serving (3-cup) French coffee press (aka "Bodum" or "plunger pot")
Interesting kitchen gadgets (I'm almost out of counter space though)
Alessi kitchen stuff
Drill

Gamecube stuff:

PC games:

The Sims (main game, not expansion packs or "online")
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2002 (but my computer can't handle 2004)

Toys:

Logitech Pocket Digital tiny camera
CD or hard disk based portable MP3 player (I want this for the car, so the little 256MB flash-based ones won't work very well)
USB pen drive
Board games! Othello, Monopoly, Backgammon, Checkers, Trivial Pursuit, Go, Mancala, abstract strategy games

Books:

Compact Oxford English Dictionary, first or second edition (it's one with the slipcase and magnifying glass -- all 20 volumes printed *really* tiny, nine original pages to one page), or New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary or The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 3rd Edition
Cassell Dictionary of Slang
Oxford Dictionary of Etymology
National Geographic Atlas of the World or The (London) Times Atlas of the World or Oxford Atlas of the World
Oxford Atlas of World History
Oxford Companion to the English Language
Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage
A Dictionary of Canadianisms on Historical Principles
How The Irish Speak English

A good single malt or small-batch or single-barrel bourbon; Aberlour A'Bunadh and Oban and Macallan are all high on the "must-try" list right now

Gift certificates: Books (Chapters), music (Music World and HMV), Ikea