Preparing for today's belated Xmas get-together

Ginger cookies --Grandma's fork-slating is nice, but I really should make them all tablespoon-sized half-scoops from now on -- and a gift paperback. I was too excited by the find to actually read any of it except the "Beer Books" stamp on the book's top; my hopes were later dashed that the book was a collection of games one can hold at birthday parties for drunks.