Posts Tagged ‘gift idea’
My 2013 Christmas haul
Another Christmas and another outstanding haul of gifts from my amazing wife, who understands me so well. Some people wish for cashmere sweaters, brand new video game systems, stylish watches and jewelry. My hope is often for the least pretentious, most unexpected, quirkiest little gift possible, and she never fails to deliver. For the past…
Read MoreSeven years of marriage today!
Yesterday was our seventh wedding anniversary. I couldn’t imagine a better day. Best of all, we ended the day in the negative. My anniversary officially kicked off the night before when I arrived home around 11:00 PM from a wedding and discovered that my lawn had been mowed while I was working at a wedding.…
Read MoreBased upon this year’s birthday gifts, I’m much more mature than I was two years ago.
My wife gave me tickets to American Idiot, the theatrical adaptation of Green Day’s rock opera of the same name, for my birthday. Coincidentally, a friend who shares the same birthday as me (along with a laundry list of other bizarre coincidences) also received tickets to American Idiot. Great minds think alike. Though I recently…
Read MoreA holiday gift idea that is unusual, renewable, charitable and might gleefully annoy the materialistic moron in your life.
My classroom operates a microloan account through Kiva that has been funded over the years by students through the sale of poetry. We have a total of $250 that we loan to small business owners and entrepreneurs around the world, focusing primarily on third world nations where our money can do the most good. Whenever…
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