D Magazine December 1986

Armchair shopping with your TV

Still a great gift for your Uncle Harry

In October, Gene Street and Phil Cobb discovered that Black-eyed Peas are worth their weight in gold. And the rest is gravy.

Who’ll cook your goose on the 25th?

At year’s end, we honor a visionary from another era – and contemplate a future fraught with change.

Finding the right gift may mean giving yourself away.

Tasteful gifts to make them eat their hearts out

Chidren of alcoholics inherit a legacy of anger, confusion, and denial.

The holidays are upon you. And once again you ’re wondering what to take to the company Christmas party. Or even worse, it’s Wednesday and you have no idea what to serve Saturday night when 75 of your closest friends descend on your doorstep. Take heart. We’ve collected a variety of entertaining recipes sure to sate the sweetest tooth and humble the heartiest of appetites. Enjoy.

It’s more fun to play at home than anyplace else. That’s what about half of America has col-lectively decided over the past few years. We spent $181 billion last year on leisure products. A good fourth of our hard-earned fun money went to buy VCR’s, big screen TV’s and stereo com-ponents – more than we spent on old standbys like fishing poles, racquet balls and sailing gear.

Everybody has a Herb Green story. Have you heard the one about…

Bookies 58, Bettors 3: Confessions of a Perennial Underdog

AIM, a controversial new ministry, counsels gays who want to change their sexual orientation.

Eleventh-hour elves to lighten your load

FIVE GUYS. WHAT THEY WEAR. AND WHY.

Ever wonder why Jerks rule the highways? You can’t beat ’em, so
here’s how to join ’em.

You thought we had reached the limits of excess. Ha! You obviously haven’t met the latest generation of Dallas’s jewelers to the rich.

Handmade materials to make you crafty

Putting the reins on Christmas excess

Branching out in search of the perfect Christmas tree

New bedtime stories for a holiday countdown

’TIS THE SEASON TO CELEBRATE GOOD WILL TOWARD MEN. HERE ARE SEVEN WHO DO UNTO OTHERS ALL YEAR LONG.