Well, one of my busiest Christmases ever has drawn to a close. Over the past few days I've attended five Christmas dinners and six gift exchanges and I now need a holiday from the holidays. :)

My thanks to all of you I have dined with the past week, and my thanks to all of you for all the great gifts! Including...

• Superman II on DVD, both the original cut and the new Richard Donner cut
  
• Barnes & Noble gift card
  
• Dial-an-Excuse
  
• Karaoke Party Revolution for the PS2
  
• Kansas City, Then And Now 2
  
• iMotion (portable desktop sound system for my iPod)
  
• A plaque for my office
  
• A decision-wheel desk toy
  
• An iFish
  
• An assortment of candies (while I'll take to work since they're bad for me :) )
  
• 2 shirts
  
• 3 pairs of jeans
  
• A shower cleaning system (I guess it makes me old that I'm excited about this)
  
• The latest book in the Bathroom Reader series
  
• A coffee grinder
  
• A tic-tac-toe drinking game
  
• A cigar encyclopedia
  
• A framed Three Stooges lithograph
  
• An original It Came from Outer Space movie poster
  
• Three vintage Kansas City postcards (postmarked 1912-1913)
  
• Two vintage sci-fi magazines, one from 1939 and one from 1935
  

I understand that Ken's kids have something for me too so I offer them pre-thanks as well. :)

Now to try to get some rest before New Year's Eve!