Mission almost accomplished
I held off on picking a Christmas gift for the daughter, which is good because she got back to me with a request I'd have never come up with (the first season of Oz). I got my digital camera though (Canon Digital Rebel), and started reindulging my superhero fixation.
And I have started "Economics Explained". First three chapters, which lets you know how clear it is. It's definitely a popularization, the economics equivalent of The Elegant Universe (and it's hard to say which book I flatter more by this).
