JOHN’S CHRISTMAS LIST – 2009 

EXPERIENCES (PREFERRED):

The most special gift for me would be some shared experience with the giver. Dinner out somewhere, go to a movie, museum, theme park (you all know which one), skiing, whatever. But this form of giving remains at the top of my list.

EXTRA SPECIAL:

 ·        A recording by Veronica and Ron Ota of their version of All You Need Is Love by the Beatles.

 DONATIONS:

Causes that are most dear to me include:

• Anything supporting the healing of our planet from the effects of human existence, sustainable living initiatives, etc.
• Salvation Army
• Red Cross
• Habitat for Humanity

And other stuff:

          Funky T-Shirts (XL)

          Toaster

          Harry and David Pears

          iPhone 3GS

          New Ipod Classic - Black

Remote speakers for living room (to work with ipods or “wi-fi” based speakers:

• Bowers & Wilkins Zeppelin

• Bose

• Harmon Kardon

Apple’s new magic mouse

          DVDs:         

Madagascar 2

The Penguins of Madagascar cartoons

Ken Burns National Parks

Ken Burns Civil War

CHRISTMAS WISHES

• That the Dow Jones Index recovers to 10,000 by the end of 2009, 12,000 by 2010, 14,000 by 2011 (remember, these are wishes, not forecasts)
• That Barack Obama is as good as we all hope he is
• That the human use of our planet’s resources becomes more sustainable
• That we agree that health care is a right and make it relevant and available to all