Best Things of 2020

I write these up for my Christmas cards, but I will start my draft list now.

1. The Leatherman Style CS multitool on a keychain, with cissors, blade, spike, bottle opener, and tweezers.

2. Chinese TV series's The Story of Yanxi Palace (emperor Qianlong's harem, 1700's) and The Story of Hao Lan (the Warring States, 200 BC)

3. DBPOWER 800A 18000mAh Portable Car Jump Starter

4. Robert Klitgaard, Tropical Gangsters

5. Pokeweed.

6. Ultimate Ears portable speakers. Badly designed, but nice sound.

7. CGI coding.

8. Reading Plato out loud with people.

9. Daily gardening. To see how things develop.

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11. Blue Bloods. TV show.

12. Anthony Burgess's literary criticism.

13. Sydney Powell legal briefs

14. My new revolver.

15. The Weir Trail between Lake Griffy and the golf course.

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17. Pump action air rifles.

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19. Picaridin, the newer kind of insect repellant that doesn't smell bad like deet.

20. Diogenese Laertius.

21. CourtListener.com An archive of court data including opinions, oral arguments, judges, and federal filings.

22. The four-outlet car cigarette lighter USB splitter.

23. That book on the history of Latin.

24. CP Snow's The Light and the Dark is a book about male friendship and depression that is very good while failing to touch either topic very well. It's virtue is in describing the relationship between civility and enmity.

25. Salted Psathyrella snacks.

26. Sycamore Land Trust and Lake Monroe hiking areas.

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28. Phone Handset, though maybe with cord is better.

29. The Sabatini brand of truffle salt.

30. Afghan tribal rugs.

31. Gunhild Carling, Swedish musician (jazz, trumpet, bagpipes, impresario).

32. Tolstoy's Anna Karenina.

33. Fishing at Lake Monroe.

34. Minnows as pets.

35. That southern cook-- Collard Valley.

36. The new BBQ place downtown on the Courthouse square.

37. TACKLIFE ACP1B Digital Tire Inflator Portable Air Compressor 150PSI, 12V Auto Tire Pump with Overheat Protection, LCD Display, Emergency Light, 3 Nozzles and Extra Fuse

38. Monk TV series.

39. Law and Liberty, the Liberty Fund magazine.