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First off: thanks (?) to author Robin McKinley, I have been pointed at yet another webcomic: Wondermark. You can find links to many of Robin's favorite Wondermark strips in this post and this other post, but two of her favorites resonate so much with me and my friends that I will share them directly...

For my bookaholic friends, which is to say, almost all of them: In which Beth keeps her Books.

And for those who like tea, here's one I have already shared with

liadan_m and

draftwitch and

zephyrofgod and several others, and I hope one day they will forgive me: The Masters of Tea. Beware the amazingly snarky punchline, and as Robin herself said, "Do not drink your tea as you hit that link. I’m warning you."

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By almost any metric, the "Christmas" season is now upon us, when I consider it kosher for malls and towns and houses to get decorated, and I can generally handle hearing holiday music. I don't consider the season to start until, at the very earliest, the first Sunday of Advent, which is always *after* Black Friday (and sometimes more than a week after!). But for general stuff, 1 December is my usual date for when it is permissible. Although I won't usually light my house until between St. Nicholas (6 December) and Santa Lucia (13 December), and the season lasts until Epiphany (6 January in Western churches). Of course, all this is dependent on the date of Christmas. And thanks to

wulfsdottir I present you with: How December 25 Became Christmas.

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At Saturday night's (well, way early Sunday morning's) filk circle I kinda broke

gorgeousgary with

ebenbrooks's "It's the End of the 'Verse As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)". He and

starmalachite asked me for a link to the lyrics -- so here it is: click on the song title, everyone. And here is his link to his first live performance of the song.

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SCAdians will appreciate this one that just came over the Merry Rose: a gift for your local Laurel who needs yet more Laurel bling.