Introduction

This is my wish list as of October 30, 2008. I do not expect to get everything on it, nor do I intend to make anyone feel guilty for not getting me everything, or anything, on it. (I guess that's rather obvious now that this list has surpassed one hundred items...) It is simply a list of things I would like to have.

The items on this list have generally been prioritized. I would rather have the items closer to the
top of each subsection, as opposed to the ones on the bottom. However, I would rather have the ones on the bottom as opposed to none at all.

I have been asked why I have such a large wish list in a "Aren't you being greedy?" sort of way. My answer to this is that if I put a huge selection down, then someone has a good chance of running across something I'd like. Plus, this way, I have a very wide price range; everything from a simple quarter to several hundred thousand dollars worth of real estate.

You can find the most recent version of this Wish List online at www.cwholemaniii.com/wishlist

Table of Contents

General Items {TOP}


  • Books - See below.
  • Firearms - See below.
  • Money/Gift Certificates.*
  • A Gorillapod Origanal [www.Joby.com]
  • An Advantage Arms L.E. 17-22 conversion kit
  • A Canon NB-5L camera battery.(Yes, this is a duplicate from the Gadgets section.)
  • Sketch books (full size)
  • Drawing pens. (Ready flow of ink; not ball point? Very fine tip. Black and maybe even other colors.) 
  • A water proof case for my camera. (A Powershot Digital Elph.)
  • A pair of high quality, compact binoculars.
  • A wooden bow. Recurve, 40-45 lb. draw, natural colors.
  • Real "battle ready" swords/daggers.
  • Any other Medieval style weapon. (Poll arms, battle axes, shields, etc)
  • A full sized tripod.
  • Chocolate candy.

(*NOTE: The location of this in my list depends on how much of it there is...)

Books {TOP}

Technical/How-to/Misc.

  • "Techniques of Medieval Armour Reproduction: The 14th Century" (By Brian R. Price)
  • "The Book of the Crossbow" (By Sir Ralph Payne-Gallwey)
  • "The Complete Tightwad Gazette" (By 'The Frugal Zealot' A.K.A. Amy Dacyczyn)
  • "Boston's Gun Bible" (By Boston T. Party)
  • "The Encyclopedia of Country Living" (By Carla Emery)
  • "Building With Stone" (By Charles McRaven)
  • "The Complete Metalsmith" (By Tim McCreight.)
  • "Metal Casting" (By C.W. Ammen)

Political

  • "The Art of War" (BySun Tzu)
  • "Mein Kompf" Unabridged, and translated. (By Adolf Hitler)
  • "The Theory and Practice of Hell" (By Eugene Kogan)
  • "The Looming Tower" (By Lawrence Wright)
  • "Democracy in America" (By Alexis de Tocqueville)
  • "The Federalist" Unabridged. (By Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison)
  • "More Guns Less Crime: Understanding Crime and Gun-control Laws" (By John R. Lott Jr.)

Stand Alone Fiction

  • "Robinson Crusoe" Unabridged. (By Daniel Defoe)
  • "1984" (By George Orwell)
  • "Animal Farm" (By George Orwell)
  • "The Silmarillion" (By J.R.R Tolkien)
  • "My Side of the Mountain" (By Jean Craighead George)
  • "On the Far Side of the Mountain" (By Jean Craighead George)
  • "Cascade Point and Other Stories" (By Timothy Zahn)
  • "The Green and the Gray" (By Timothy Zahn)
  • "The Icarus Hunt" (By Timothy Zahn)

Fiction Series

  • A nice* set of "The Chronicles of Narnia" (By C.S.Lewis) Singly or as a set:
    1. "The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe"
    2. "Prince Caspian"
    3. "Voyage of the Dawn Treader"
    4. "The Silver Chair"
    5. "The Horse and his Boy"
    6. "The Magician's Nephew"
    7. "The Last Battle"
  • "The Conquerors Trilogy" (By Timothy Zahn)
    1. "Conquerors' Pride"
    2. "Conquerors' Heritage"
    3. "Conquerors' Legacy"
  • "The Dragonback Series" (By Timothy Zahn)
    1. "Dragon and Thief"
    2. "Dragon and Soldier"
    3. "Dragon and Slave"
    4. "Dragon and Herdsmen"
    5. "Dragon and Judge"
    6. "Dragon and Liberator"
  • The "Anne of Green Gables" Series (By Lucy Maud Montgomery)
    1. "Anne of Green Gables"
    2. "Anne of Avonlea"
    3. "Anne of the Island"
    4. "Anne of Windy Poplars"
    5. "Anne of Windy Willows"
    6. "Anne's House of Dreams"
    7. "Anne of Ingleside"
    8. "Rainbow Valley"
    9. "Rilla of Ingleside"
  • The "Little House" Series (By Laura Ingalls Wilder)
    1. "Little House in the Big Woods"
    2. "Little House on the Prairie"
    3. "Farmer Boy"
    4. "On the Banks Of Plum Creek"
    5. "By The Shores Of Silver Lake"
    6. "The Long Winter"
    7. "Little Town on the Prairie"
    8. "These Happy Golden Years"
    9. "The First Four Years"
  • The "Inheritance Cycle" Formerly Trilogy (By Christopher Paolini)
    1. Book III: "Brisingr"
    2. Book IV "?" ["Empire," perhaps?]
  • "The History of Middle-earth" Series. Volumes 1-12 (Compiled and edited by Christopher Tolkien.)
  • Anything on this page. (Tolkien and Middle-earth) [www.elvish.org/resources.html]

Authors

Genres

  • Blacksmithing
  • Metal Working
  • Casting
  • Science Fiction
  • Fantasy
  • Medieval
  • Castles

(* NOTE: Nice means leather bound with gold leaf, etc. Click here for example.)

Firearms{TOP}

  • An AR-15 with a 20 inch chrome lined barrel.
  • .22 semi-auto pistol. 
  • A Mosin Nagant.
  • AA-12 
  • A NAA "Black Widow" in .22 LR or Magnum.
  • AK-47
  • "Metal Storm" device. (any model)
  • A Remington 700 in .308.
  • A .30-06 rifle. (preferably semi-auto)
  • A .30-30 rifle. (preferably semi-auto)
  • A 7.62x54R rifle. (preferably semi-auto)
  • A 7.62x39 rifle. (preferably semi-auto) 
  • Anything else.

Gadgets {TOP}

  • A TV Guardian. [TVGuardian.com]
  • A Canon NB-5L camera battery. (Yes, this is a duplicate from the General section.)
  • A 2GB Eye-Fi SD card [www.eye.fi] 
  • A Nice set of headphones. (The Sony MDR-V150 is a good example.)
  • A high speed 8 GB Micro SD card.
  • Other electronic "toys" (iPhones with pre-paid subscriptions, etc.)

Gear {TOP}

Magazine Subscriptions {TOP}

  • National Defence Magazine
  • Guns and Ammo
  • Astronomy
  • The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction
  • Renaissance
  • Analog Science Fiction and Fact
  • Popular Mechanics

Tools {TOP}

Power Tools

  • Table Saw.
  • Trip hammer.
  • Metal cutting chop saw.
  • Hand held grinder.
  • Hand held power cutter. 
  • Other grinders.
  • Anything else useful.

Non-powered Tools

  • Large, slightly mobile forge.
  • Cross Pien Hammers.
  • Crucibles. (Made of graphite, ceramic or steel.)
  • Furnace (Capable of withstanding temperatures of 3500° F.)
  • Gas forge.
  • Big anvil. (250 lb. or more)
  • Anything else useful.

Software {TOP}

  • "Adobe Photoshop CS3" (For Mac OS X - Tiger) [It costs $650, so it's fairly low on my list. I'd rather have other stuff than this, but if you happen to have an extra copy laying around...]
  • "MacSpeech Dictate"
  • "OS X Leopard" (Yep, the whole Operating System)

Music {TOP}

  • Cara Dillon

    • "Cara Dillon"
    • "After the Morning"

  • Miscellaneous Artists

    • "Celtic Spirit" # 1-4 by miscellaneous
    • "Rhythms" from the "Celtic Music Collection" - Boann's Clann
    • "Scheherazade Capriccio Espagnol" - Rimsky Korsakov

  • GiveWay

    • "Inspired - Give Way"
    • "Full Steam Ahead"

  • Brobdingnagian Bards

    • "A Celtic Renaissance Wedding"
    • "Memories of Middle Earth"
    • "Brobdingnagian Fairy Tales"
    • "A Faire To Remember"

  • Sound Tracks

    • "The Two Towers"
    • "The Return of the King"
    • "The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe
    • "Prince Caspian"
    • "Harry Potter" (Any of them.)

Artists

Genres

  • Celtic
  • Olde English
  • Classical
  • Gregorian Chant
  • Pier Gynt

Commemorative Quarters {TOP}

2008
  • Oklahoma
  • New Mexico
  • Arizona
  • Alaska
  • Hawaii

Consumables {TOP}

  • Coke/Coal
  • Scrap metal
  • Money
  • Ammo

Movies {TOP}

Please note; I do much prefer DVDs over VHS tapes. The reasons for this, are that VHS tapes are obsolete, and that DVDs almost always have many more features.

  • "Serenity" (2005)
  • "Firefly" The only season. (2002)
  • "Corner Gas" All four seasons.
  • "I, Robot" (2004)
  • "UHF" (1989)
  • "The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe"(2005)
  • "Prince Caspian" (2008)
  • "Stargate" (1994)
  • "Stargate SG1" Complete Series - All 10 seasons. (1997-2007)
  • "Stargate Atlantis" Four seasons so far. (2003-2008)
  • "The Incredibles" (2004)

Big Ticket Items {TOP}

  • A plot of land. (The bigger the better, but just about any size will do.)
  • A Venture Q100 [www.FlyTheRoad.com] (This is a car/motorcycle/vehicle/thing)
  • An MD4-200 microdrone (A "camera holder" ;-) ) with GPS and a Pdcvc470 [www.microdrones.com]
  • A "Desktop Factory 3D Printer" (125ci) [www.DesktopFactory.com] (Under $5,000!)
  • Precious Materials (please note that when these are purchased in small quantities, they can actually be quite affordable.):
    • Silver
    • Gold
    • Platinum
    • Rhodium
    • Diamonds
    • Rubies
    • Gems
    • Pearls
    • Etc, etc, etc.