Wish List 09

Holiday season rolls around again! Last year's wish list did so well, I figured I'd give it another go. So, here are a few gift ideas to consider:

Music

• Tori Amos, Midwinter Graces
  
• Amanda Palmer, Who Killed Amanda Palmer?
  
• Coldplay, Viva la Vida
  
• Stevie Wonder, Talking Book
  
• The Tiger Lillies with Kronos Quartet, The Gorey End
  
• Counting Crows, August and Everything After [thanks to the kids!]
  
• Anything from Red Hot Chili Peppers
  

Books

• Look at the Birdie by Kurt Vonnegut
  
• Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood
  
• Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson (yes, I've already read it, but I want to read it again)
• The Lexicographer's Dilemma: The Evolution of 'Proper' English from Shakespeare to South Park by Jack Lynch
  

Other Stuff

• An application to turn PowerPoint presentations into videos
  
• An end to debt
  
• A microSD card for my phone — the bigger the better [thanks, dad]
  
• The new Star Trek movie [didn't get it for Christmas; couldn't wait so I bought it myself]
  
• Spiderman 3
  
• A house
• A 32GB iPod Touch
  
• Something I can use as a medicine cabinet [thanks dad, er, indirectly]
  
• Bath towels — navy blue or a dark olive
  
• Spore Heroes for the Wii
  
• Nine ladies dancing
  
• Whole-bean coffee
  
• A fun calendar or two
  
• A comfy office chair
  
• A nice dinner
• Pretty much anything from the ThinkGeek catalogue