And a happy winter solstice to me

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posted on 27 Dec 2004 under category Meta

Everyone else’s material contributions to my own self-gratification:

MUSIC:

  • Black Sabbath The Black Box

MOVIES:

  • Black Sabbath Never Say Die (live Hammersmith 1978)
  • Shooting War (documentary on combat photographers in WWII)

BOOKS:

  • Isaac Asimov - Azazel (!!!!)
  • Smoke on the Water - The Deep Purple Story
  • Don Burgett - Currahee
  • David Kenyon Webster - Parachute Infantry
  • Dirty Little Secrets of WWII

Some odds’n’ends stocking stuffers A shitload of money that will eventually go towards a new guitar

Also, a new tradition in x-mas meals has begun this year. My wife just changed jobs a few months ago, so this is her first xmas at the new job - and on the last day before the holiday, at the company lunch, the bosses handed out their usual xmas gift to every one of the employees. Now, I’ve heard of employers giving away hamhocks or turkeys before - but these classy people gave away entire beef tenderloins! So, instead of the traditional ham-n-turkey crap, the entire family had hand-trimmed tenderloin steak - and there’s still like half a dozen steaks left over. And, apparently, they do this EVERY year. Yummy.

(Some things change, some things don’t, but fortunately one of the things that hasn’t is the Christmas steaks. The guitar referred to here was my Red Strat, but at the time it was still quite a few months away.)