Hopes and dreams. Things I’d like as gifts. Things I strive to save up for.

Donations

• Jewish Family Services Kansas City, who has provided me food.
• Snikket, who makes my daily electronic conversations possible.
• Trisquel GNU/Linux, who makes my computer work every day.
• Software Freedom Conservancy, who defends computer user rights.
• Electronic Frontier Foundation, who defends computer user rights.
• Free Software Foundation, who defends computer user rights.
• PETA, who makes the pinto beans at Chipotle vegan, and the non-dairy creamer at Starbucks no cost.

Misc

• $6.95: Vanness White Lightning Ink Additive
• $10.20: Every Man Jack beard oil.
• $18: Jinhao Swan fountain pens.
• $25: Cannabis gummies.
• $150. Bidet toilet seat attachment. Thanks, Mom!

Beverages

• $16: Yorkshire Gold teabags.
• $20: Shiner Bock/Guinness beer.
• $25: Tangerine blossom red tea from Shang Tea.

Books

I don’t like to own many physical books. I use the local library to get hard copies of books, when I want to sit down and read. As a consequence, most of the books I want are Jewish books that are needed on holidays, when ebooks shouldn’t be used.

• $37.99: Shemos in Yiddish.
• $37.99: Vayikra in Yiddish.
• $37.99: Bamidbar in Yiddish.
• $37.99: Devarim in Yiddish.

Tech

• $64: 1 TB external hard drive.
• $139.99: Kobo Clara BW ereader.
• $150: Unicomp New Model M keyboard, Dvorak, “Super” key.

Clothing

My style is inspired by the Gentleman’s Gazette, Plain dress, and Orthodox Jewish school dress codes. It brings elegant simplicity to my life.

• $81: tallit katan, tekhelet.
• $265: Stetson Whippet Fedora, black. (Much cheaper than a Borsalino!)
• $425: Allen Edmonds Park Avenue Cap-toe Oxford dress shoes, black.
• $1,800: Custom 3-piece suit from Houndstooth KC, navy, suspender buttons, no shatnez.