Adam's Christmas Gift Wish List 2010

I am pleased to announce that Christena Brown has once again agreed to perform her function as Adam Thomas Gift Giving Coordinator. Ms. Brown comes to us with an extensive resume and very impressive credentials in various organizational fields.

Some of her past accomplishments include:

1. Planning my entire life for the past 4+ years minute by minute.
2. An attention to detail that is both mind-numbingly mundane and remarkably exhaustive in its application.

It occurs to me that many of you may not be familiar with the function(s) or standard operating procedure of the Adam Thomas Gift Coordination Department. Allow me a second to explain. As my friends and followers are distributed throughout the globe, there was a high level of concern, among the givers, that many of their gifts may be inadvertently duplicated. I heard your complaints, and developed a procedure to avoid any unnecessary duplicity. Please rest assured that The Gift Coordination Department was created, not to add an unnecessary level of bureaucracy, but to enhance and expedite your gift-giving experience. This program has been in place since 2008 for both Christmas and Birthdays and all kinks in the system have been worked out.

Instructions to the Giver:

1. Extensively review the Adam Thomas Christmas List.
2. Once you have determined which gift(s) you would like to purchase, submit your request(s) to Ms. Brown.
3. Await notification from Ms. Brown.

After receiving all of your submissions, Ms. Brown will catalog and categorize the entries, and inform you of your gifting responsibilities.

• You are encouraged to submit your top three gift requests in the order of your preference. In the event that multiple givers wish to provide the same gift, Ms. Brown will assign the gift based on her sole discretion.
• Some of the factors Ms. Brown will consider when making her determination may include (but are not limited to): packaging and presentation, the inclusion of a card with the gift, and the spirit of the giver. With this in mind, it is important that when submitting your request, you include the details of your packaging plans (wrapping paper, gift bag, etc.) and why you feel you should be awarded one of your first two choices. In some instances, Ms. Brown reserves the right to request more information or clarification on specific details of your presentation.

All gift submissions should be provided to Ms. Brown no later than 4:00 p.m. CST on Wednesday, December, 1st 2010. Assuming that no gift-specific conflicts arise, you will be notified of your gift assignment on or before Tuesday, December 7th, 2010, providing you with 18 shopping/shipping days to acquire your gift.

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Adam Thomas' Christmas List 2010 Version 1.0

• The Age of Deleveraging by Gary Shilling. In the good old days all Kindle books were $9.99. Not any more. Time for a Slicer to step up and subsidize my reading habit.
• Subscription to Stratfor. Stratfor is like a private CIA. Their work is required reading for those wishing to keep a finger on the pulse of the world's geopolitics.
• Gift Card from Charles Tyrwhitt. The British make the best suits and shirts. There is not a close 2nd.
• XBOX 360 - The new CoD looks too awesome to miss.
• Ticket to the BCS Championship Game. With two tough matchups left, there is always the possibility that the Auburn Tigers won't be competing in this event. You'll be forgiven for waiting until 12/5 to make this gifting decision.
• Courses from The Teaching Company: Books That Have Made History: Books That Can Change Your Life, Foundations of Western Civilization, Art of Critical Decision Making, or Conservative Tradition.
• Rubber Mulch Tree Ring - Due to volume pricing on trees and poor decision making by me, I need about 200 of these things.
• Ed Hardy Hoodie - The required wardrobe for all pretentious hipsters...
• Sharpie Liquid Pencil - The folks over at Sharpie have apparently decided that something like the pencil–an invention that has existed as a graphite/lead-based writing implement for time immemorial–needed reinventing. The liquid pen(cil’s) tip is a super-fine 0.5 mm, giving it the same precision of a mechanical pencil.
• OFFSIDE coat hook - This thing looks pretty cool.
• IPad - I was writing my novel with a pencil. Not finishing it till someone gets me one of these.

I would like all of my gifts wrapped in this paper.

Finally, unbeknowst to you, when you visit the Razor, your IP address is recorded. I've kept an extensive log of my Slicers personal information. If Ms. Brown does not receive your submission by 12/01/10, a gift will be assigned to you. Thanks for your cooperation.