All I want for Christmas

A time-machine. Somehow I missed most of the past summer. I'd like to go back and enjoy it, and if you could arrange it so the weather was seasonal instead of cold & rainy that would be a plus.

Robert Downey Jr as Sherlock Holmes, preferably chained to my bed. jpsorrow has promised to deliver, but I fear that he means a ticket to see the movie rather than the actual character.

Book contracts. For myself and all my friends. For those who already have contracts to keep them busy for the next few years, movie deals (with casting approval and action figures) would be lovely stocking stuffers.

And would it be too much to ask that I win the lottery? New York, Mega or PowerBall, I'm not picky. I just want enough cash that I can quit my dayjob, rent a large house somewhere on the Atlantic shore (I'm partial to the Outer Banks) and invite all my writing friends to come join me for a retreat. We'll put suricattus in charge of stocking the wine cellar, ask mizkit to supply fudge, and jpsorrow would be in charge of hiring a houseboy who would pick up after us and look decorative while doing so. Make the jackpot big enough and we'll make the retreat an annual tradition.

So what's on your list?