... with soccer things
- jerseys from my new hometown teams, the Philadelphia
Union and Independence
season tickets to the Philadelphia Union -- to which i, as a founding member, have a deposit entitling me to two tickets -- and Philadelphia Independence
- home jersey of FC Barcelona c.2006-07, showing UNICEF sponsorship
- jersey of Ebbsfleet United soccer team (after the MyFootballClub decision)
- jersey of Havant and Waterlooville (2008 FA Cup Fourth Round tie with Liverpool, showing "Probably" sponsorship, viz. http://soccernet-akamai.espn.go.com/design05/DJ/20080126/pacq_bcoo.jpg)
- jersey of Tibet's national soccer team (any year or competition)
- home jersey of Brazil, c.1994
- home jersey of Rwanda, c.2004
- home jersey of Holland, c.1970
- 2001 UEFA Cup competition jersey of Alaves -- the bright pink one embroidered with the names of all its 13,500 season ticket holders
- random FC St. Pauli treats, such as the rubber ducky, skull-and-crossbones retro shirt, long-sleeve t-shirt, etc.
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... with other things
- a nice (i.e., not Jacquin's) bottle of peach-flavored brandy with which to prepare fish house punch
- a 32"-46" flat panel HDTV (LED or energy-efficient plasma, 120 Hz or faster)
- wall-mounting arm for said monitor
Tassajara cookbooks- a slim wallet made out of woven stainless steel
- a handsome automatic wristwatch, such as Rolex's Cellini in white gold and silver or Jaeger Le Coultre's Master Control Automatic
- a handsome pink button-down shirt
- bow ties, particularly fun ones from Lee Allison in navy, or silver, or purple, or magenta, or ... banana
- ... or handsome regular ties, such as the Duke of Ales, Satin Silver, and Tiny Luxury Squares
rock climbing shoesa black leather belt, with simple silver or nickel hardware, for formal wear- a wall-mounting metal flagpole
a Flickr "pro" account -- the longer, the better
a bumbakpak
an electric egg beater
aquele redesinho com pesos que cobre vasos de água
beautiful, sturdy umbrella
a mail box -- crazy or plain vanilla, just not gold-tone -- to mount to the outside of my house
USPS "Black History Month" postcards of Marian Anderson
Under Armour cold gear mock turtleneck (color black, size medium) or lo-cut socks (white with gray or black accents)
Under Armour knee-length socks for soccer
- 3' x 5' outdoor flags -- of the United States of America, of Brazil, of France, of Taiwan, of Tibet
- Tibetan prayer flags or banners
- mix CD of what you move to (à la "M+N Mix 2002")
an Opinel folding knife, preferably with a four- to five-inch long pearwood handle
- a taste of what you savor
Pele: The Master & His Method DVD
The Complete Monty Python's Flying Circus Megaset DVD
- a string of solar-powered lights
- a flat, double burner griddle (grill)
- a telescoping ladder at least ten feet tall
a telephone headset that really amplifies well
a battery-free light for my bike
- a self-charging smoke alarm
- candles: skinny beeswax ones, stout ones
a Polaroid camera
- brush guards to mount to my bike's handlebars to break the winter wind before it chills my hands
- dark chocolate
a music stand
- a meditation cushion or seat
- a headboard for my queen-sized bed, or even a full-blown frame with roll-away storage compartments hung underneath
- tickets to a performance -- a Pittsburgh Steelers football game, a Pig Iron Theatre performance, a Pittsburgh Penguins hockey game, dance at the Annenberg Center, soccer anywhere
Miles Davis' Bitches' Brew
- Aerosmith's Greatest Hits I
- Aerosmith's Greatest Hits II
- Van Halen's Van Halen (debut)
- Mosaic Sextet's Today, this Moment
- Blue Note Records' The Blue Box
- soundtrack to Triplets of Belleville
- any Oscar Peterson albums
- any Genesis or Phil Collins albums
- anything featuring DJ Muggs, e.g., 7A3 or Cypress Hill or House of Pain
- John C. Ryan's Stuff: The Secret Lives of Everyday Things. (ISBN 1886093040)
- Chet Bowers' The Culture of Denial: Why the Environmental Movement Needs a Strategy for Reforming Universities and Public Schools (ISBN 0791434648)
- Chet Bowers' Educating for an Ecologically Sustainable Culture
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