Gifts

Remarkably, sometimes people are inspired to give me gifts.  I feel fortunate that my needs are met and my unrealized desires are few.  Outside of my immediate nuclear family, gifts are never expected nor necessary, but are always welcome!  Sometimes I do nice things for people, people who find money a crass way to thank someone for doing a kindness.

Things I always appreciate:

  • Good Scotch whisky.  Don't know your whiskies?  Laphroiag and Lagavulin are all you need to know.  Did you know I have ancestors from Islay?  Aunt Jacqui tells me it is true.
  • Experiences.  Tickets to a play, gift certificates to good steak houses or seafood restaurants.

Unrealized Desires:

  • A Raspberry Pi.
  • A 14.5 gallon stainless conical fermenter.  We can dream, right?
  • I am slowly learning Python.  A book might accelerate the learning process.  Tech is one area where I find physical books preferable to the Kindle.  It is still too hard to flip back and forth quickly in a reference book on the Kindle.  I hear good things about The Quick Python Book