Reindeer Games

Rudolph-The-Red-Nose-Reindeer is my hero! Embrace Your Oddities!! They will define you later in life.

Think Austin can identify?

What would we ever do with out those ears?

While there are tall tales about Jake's Christmas shopping, he does have to do some real shopping. So what do you get from a special guy as Austin?

For the guy who love desert boots and quirk, how could you not go wrong with Blue Suede ones from Ben Sherman. We kid that Austin's fashion sense is out there, but you know it's seems like others are playing catch up to him. And with shoes goes socks and with Austin he's the stripes to Jake's solids.

Now that he has brought back the high five, how about a hoodie with its own beer pocket, so there's no delay in getting the super high high five (atta boy). Also convenient for other times when your hands are full of other things. ; )

And with a guy who's name is named after bourbon and birds, you have to go with the Buck Shot glasses. This maybe the only time Buck shot and Wild Turkey work.

For books, no doubt he's got Freedom already since you know it's Oprah's choice. (Thanks Julian!) But how about A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan. It's about a cynical rock -n-roll producer and the people who intersect his world over 40 years and told through 13 different characters, each with their own story and voice. Sounds gimmicky but it isn't and has a "Proustian feel for loss, regret and the ravages of love." And there's My Best Friend Is a Wookiee: A Memoir, One Boy's Journey to Find His Place in the Galaxy by Tony Pacitti Certified Star Wars geek Tony Pacitti charts his life in relation to the trilogy from pathetic childhood and adolescence to Luke Skywalker-like coming of age.

Still going literary - why not put it on the walls, with maybe a poster of the story. We know Austin is a big fan of Tink and the boys but there are others to pick from like The Great Gatsby, Moby Dick, Ulysses, and The War of the Worlds.

Or wear it, and after seeing his hat for Clothes off Our Back, this one might be fitting, and guess what Paragon Sports sells it. (Hmmm maybe that's what Jake was looking for in the Men's Dept)

Now of course Austin wants to look good and he's got a lot that is already looking might fine. But who can't use another Man Can. Spicy Rummy and little salty.


There are always movies to get for a cinephile like Austin, and he has been tweeting movies all year, but there are some still he hasn't gotten. While sure he may already have picked up Inception, Avatar and Back to the Future 25th edition, but what about The Magnificent Seven on Blu-Ray, The Humphrey Bogart Box set that has 'The Petrified Forest,' 'High Sierra,' 'Maltese Falcon,' 'All Through the Night,' 'The Big Sleep,' 'Casablanca,' 'Key Largo' and 'Treasure of the Sierra Madre.' or have some fun with the 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show: 35th Anniversary Edition' on Blu-ray, with Karaoke. Damn it Janet! Who would be Dr. Frank-N-Furter?

Austin journals his movie watching, but now leading the way in ecoconciousness, why not do it in something upcycled. Like a former lp turned into a journal. It uses both the album and the cover.

Or these amp Voltaic solar bag that can charge up his blackberry.

So many good songs, so little time, but maybe a couple; Phosphorescent's “Here’s to Taking It Easy", Caribou's “Swim’, no doubt that he already has the Black Keys' "Brothers" downloaded on something.

And when he's in the mood? Mood Mustaches of course. (Check out Sassy!) Who could say no to that? How to say so much without saying a word.

And for accessories? He's done LOL the movie, so yeah he could do with that . But come on, one with OMG he'd be cracking up.


And one more for the little Dutch boy? Just say Gouda!