Dear Santa
Dear Santa
Recently the Kid started doubting your existence, thanks to that wonderful font of knowledge known as his “peers”. I assured him that you exist because your spirit of giving and caring exists. I think he got the gist of my philosophical argument, and just to be safe agreed with me.
Now I recently wrote an article about the things I didn’t want for Christmas and why. Since Christmas is only three days away, I thought I would do a follow up on that article with the things I do want.
Note: these are things - not wishes like “world peace” or a conscience for Michael Moore and a hellfire missile up the butt of Osama Bin Laden. So here’s my list. Rest assured that if I don’t find any of these things under the Christmas tree, I will continue believing in you (if only to annoy the ACLU).
1. A Platinum Husband and Wife Membership at Targetmaster - Both the Wife (may Her name be praised!) and I have been talking about one of these for months now. She hasn’t shot since the Navy and would like to get some practice. The Platinum membership offers unlimited firearm range use, members lounge, reserved range time, free light gunsmith service, free guest privileges and free gun rentals – Including Full Auto. Now does that sound like fun or what after a long day at the office/treating GSWs?
2. Nvidia GForce 6600 AGP – While not quite as powerful as the 6800, the 6600 provides the best graphics bang for the buck in my opinion. Given how popular FarCry and Doom are in the house, it would be nice to find one of these under the tree so that I could chuck the old MX440-piece o’ crap from one PC, move the 9550 into it and replace the 9550 with the 6600. That way The Kid and I could frag monsters (and he could frag me) to his heart’s content.
3. 1962 Topps Lou Brock Rookie Card (Graded PSA 8 or better) – Lou Brock was my favorite baseball player as a kid. He was wicked fast and the all-time stolen base champ. I have several of his autographs, received at a time before autographs became a business. While this particular card isn’t the prettiest, it is his first and would be a nice momento to hand down to future generations.
4. 19” flat-screen monitor – This would allow me to eBay a laptop, dump an ancient 15” monitor, and move the Kid’s PC into the kitchen so that Wife (may Her name be praised!) can surf the Internet without having to stumble through the mess in the home-office.
5. A 6 Amp corded drill. I have a cordless drill and honestly, it seems to crap out just when I need it the most. I want something big and powerful that will drill through the hardest wood.
That’s all! No cars, jewelery or expensive clothes – all of which would be completely lost on me. The rest I can manage on my own (books, trains, etc). Thanks for everything that you have brought me in the past, and while some may scoff at your existence, rest assured that I don’t.
Sincerely,
Scott
