A Deliberately Idiosyncratic Gift Guide

Because I hated all the generic ones I used to have to write.

For a brief moment on Thanksgiving evening I toyed with the idea of staying up and making a Black Friday newsletter. Call it instinct — for years I’d battle turkey-induced food coma in order to be awake at 2 A.M., ensuring the Amazon posts were ready-to-go. Common sense got the better of me (thankfully!) and I instead laid on the couch and watched telev…