Last night, my friends Rick and Jen hosted their annual White Elephant Gift Exchange. This party has grown from a small affair when they were still in the apartment above at-that-time Longhorn football player Limas Sweed to last night, where they had more than thirty people in their house.

The party was a wonderful opportunity to get rid of the hideous tea set I got stuck with last year (Sorry about sticking you with that, Brian and Teresa).

For a …