Well, I ordered my Christmas presents today. Eat what you want and die like a man and Born Fighting : How the Scots-Irish Shaped America .

Of course it'll be next week before I actually get this stuff, but at least I finally got around to ordering it.

I tried to buy a mounted pattern Union greatcoat on ebay (made by Omar the tentmaker, so it would actually fit me) but some jackass wanted it more than I did, so alas, no greatcoat for me this cold winter season. I never should have sold my old one. Which was one of the many things I sold when I was in college, since I was too stubborn (and foolish) to get a student loan until my final year.