Megan McArdle suggests going back and looking at your first Amazon order. Here's mine, from June 7, 1996:
Mrs. Mike, Spot Goes Splash, The Bootstrap Entrepreneur: Everything You Really Need To Know About Starting Your Own Business, A Crown of Swords.
Two young kids, my wife was starting a practice and I love trashy genre fiction.
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2001. The Magic School Bus - Makes a Rainbow [VHS]
Well, that was a surprise.
First order, 1999: Guilty: 30 Years of Randy Newman.
Then nothing for 2 years, then "Cause Celeb" by Helen Fielding.
Then a Palm Zire (bad choice). Then an "Honor System Payment" about which Amazon will not reveal anything and which is a complete mystery to me.
The Honor system lets you donate money to blogs who have that button.
12 July 2000:
Managing My Life by Alex Ferguson.
Ghosted autobio of Manchester United's manager which is what my sister wanted as a birthday present. I think.
14 July 2000:
One Up On Wall Street by Peter Lynch.
Reads like a comedy book now.
Made In America by Bill Bryson
Stalingrad by Antony Beevor.
I preferred Russia's War by Richard Overy but this was still a good read.
My first Amazon order, March 9 2005: Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Special Edition DVD.
Then nothing until getting a Kindle five months ago, when I got: Farewell My Lovely (Raymond Chandler), A Conflict of Visions (Thomas Sowell), Intellectuals (Paul Johnson), and The Biq Questions (Steven Landsburg).
None of which I can either loan or sell.
Despite owning them.
The longer I own the Kindle, the less I like Amazon.
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