Kim likes to get a very early start, so here is version 1.0 of my Christmas list. Kim tells me she has already purchased one of these items for me, so you may wish to discuss any potential purchases with her.

* Michael Lewis’ Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game.
* David Foster Wallace's Everything and More: A Compact History of Infinity.
* Either of the two out-of-print "Tom the Dancing Bug" collections.
* All the "Calvin and Hobbes" collections, as I have none.
* A subscription to Timothy McSweeney's Quarterly Concern or The Believer.
* The Wind Will Carry Us, Leila, After Life, Memento, In the Mood for Love, Hell House, or Punch-Drunk Love on new or used DVD.
* Mike Leigh's Grown-Ups, Hard Labour, or Who's Who on new or used VHS, or the book Mike Leigh: Interviews.
* The Beckett on Film collection.
* The complete first season of "The West Wing".
* Any or all of the 17-episode run of Errol Morris' "First Person" television series, which is not available on VHS or DVD anywhere as far as I know.
* Either of the two Bjork box sets.
* Johnny Cash's American Recordings or American IV: The Man Comes Around.
* Gavin Bryars' Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet.
* A better Scott Joplin CD than the one that I bought for $4 at Wal-Mart, which has approximately the same sound quality the piano soundtrack to Eileen. (By the way, how can this be The Complete Works of Scott Joplin when it does not include "The Entertainer"? Huh?)
* The Complete Early Recordings of Skip James.
* Michael W. Smith's and Bruce Cockburn's Christmas albums on CD. (I have them only on cassette.)
* Underwear, preferably boxer-briefs in dark variations of primary and secondary colors.
* Lemon-Lime All Sport.
* A ___________ DVD writer for my computer. (Edward: Please fill in the blank as to the type [DVD-R+, or whatever] that I would like.)
* A disc golf basket.
* A cure for materialism.