Presents!

My family and friends were much too generous to me this holiday season. Among the gifts I received:

• A new leather jacket to replace my battered and tattered leather jacket that I’ve owned since college. The new one is black, so I guess I’ll have to start riding a motorcycle and smoking cigarettes.
• Books! Like, real books with actual paper and covers and stuff. I almost forgot that they still made them like that. 
• Several sweaters and shirts that will make me look very respectable at the office. I think I’m going to need a new dresser just to hold my vast sweater collection.
• The 25th anniversary Blu-Ray edition of The Goonies. I can report that while this bit of 80s cheese still has its charms, it’s not quite as awesome as it was upon my first viewing at age 12.