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Congrats to diannakay, who won Nice and Snow (With a Kick #1.1) by Clare London!

Congrats to Calila, who won A Pint of Beer, a Bag of Chips, and Thou by JL Merrow! A Pint of Beer, a Bag of Chips, and Thou will be released by JMS Books on December 14.

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Contest(s)

• Becky Black’s giving away some of her titles in ebook and paperback – check out the list and comment before 6 pm UK time on December 14.

Bookity

• New releases: Fiction Vixen (romance) and Dear Author (romance)
• Book and publishing news from Dear Author.
• “Stories and stigma: The importance of anxiety and other disorders in fiction“.
• Bookish flasks.
• Bookish wrapping paper.
• “A bookish version of ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas’“.
• Kitty helping you read.
• On coloring books for adults. 14 pop culture coloring books for adults.
• “DIY $5, Five minute dinosaur bookends“.

‘Tis the Season of Gift Guides

• For movie lovers.
• For runners.
• For gamers.
• For geeks. For chic geeks.
• For someone who needs inexpensive kitchen luxuries.
• 10 gifts you can make yourself.

Think, Do, Make, Learn

• All the museums!
• You’ll finally be able to sing “Happy Birthday” without violating a copyright.
• Penguin huddles are complex.
• Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood on violence.
• Timelapse of Mount Etna erupting.
• 10 tidbits about basenjis. (I was fascinated by them when I was a kid.)
• On John Lennon’s cats.
• “15 things I learnt about Islam and British values being a gay boy living opposite a mosque“. (via slavetopassion)

Cookity

• White bean and roasted vegetable salad.
• Colorful lentil salad with walnuts and herbs.
• Spaghetti squash pomodoro.
• Almond-fig breakfast quick bread.
• Medieval gingerbread.
• Nutella skillet s’mores.
• No-bake Nutella cheesecake.
• Cider-chai syrup.

Gluten Free

• No-bake cheesecake-stuffed strawberries.
• Slow-cooker eggnog.
• Easy snowman sugar cookies.
• Soft anisette cookies.
• 20 gf holiday treats.

Artsy Crafty

• Crochet a stegosaurus. (via emmaseasall)
• “Make a candy-pooping reindeer from a Pringles can“. (via MAKE)
• Knitting linkity from kmkat.

Cool

• LEGO analytical engine.
• Cross-stitched planets.
• Minneapolis Central Library at night. (via neighborhoodr-minneapolis)
• The ice rink at the Depot in Minneapolis.
• Apollo is a short film that animates photos in homage to the space missions.
• Animated astronaut’s dream.
• Tiny nature films.
• Linkity from kmkat.

Cool or Wha…?

• Chocolate slices. (Yes, like Kraft Singles.)
• Miniature working paper V-8 engine.
• That’s a lot of teddy bears.
• Bandage that turns glowing green when you get an infection.

Wha…?

• “You can now major in Pizza Hut at a British University“.
• Ready to ice skate in the middle of the Thames?
• Candy fail.

LOL

• Fandom veteran gothic.
• For shame, Barbie! (Read the chain of comments below the photo.)
• Sounds like my house…
• xkcd on colds. (Hover cursor/long-press for additional text.)
• Lazy lions.
• Naughty black kitty.

Teh Cute

• Black kitties! Baby tiger! Baby okapi! Baby cheetah! Baby flamingos!

Reading Update
Journal Bliss: Creative Prompts to Unleash Your Inner Eccentric by Violette. Ok art journaling how-to book. A bit light on content and a bit too new agey for me.
101 Mixed Media Techniques: Master the Fundamental Concepts of Mixed Media Art by Walter Foster Creative Team. Good overview of a wide variety of mixed media art techniques. Unfortunately, the techniques are all presented quite briefly and you’d probably need to find more detailed instructions elsewhere.

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“No one understands how I suffer.” -Chaos