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Congrats to Susan W, who won Telltale by Clare London!

Congrats to Is, who won Celebrate (Avian Shifters #1.5) and Magpie (2nd ed) (Avian Shifters #2) (and optionally Duck (Avian Shifters #1) (2nd ed)) by Kim Dare!

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No linkity next Friday, November 27! 🙂

Contest(s)

• To encourage people to knit or craft in some way, Mary Lou is giving away three skeins of pumpkin-colored merino and silk laceweight yarn. Leave a comment to enter. Closes midnight CST, November 26 (aka US Thanksgiving).

Bookity

• New releases: Fiction Vixen (romance) and Dear Author (romance)
• Book and publishing news from Dear Author.
• Writerly linkity from Becky Black.
• “15 basic words that are etymological mysteries“.
• Poster of fictional space.
• Dick – a card game based on Moby Dick … (via agentpantybunches)
• Kitten Harry Potter.
• Audiobook whoops.

Do, Learn, Think, Make

• How to take better cat pictures.
• Bernie Sanders on what his campaign is about.
• “Why gratitude makes you a happier person“.
• I wonder if pumpkins are grateful?
• Why cats are pickier eaters than dogs.
• On biology. (Hover cursor/long-press for additional text.)
• The history of the Easy-Bake Oven.
• A math film called Symmetry.
• Documentary on making artisanal chocolates.
• Atypical autism traits.
• Gilajames is holding a virtual food drive – you can win a cool geeky bag by participating before the end of November.

Cookity

• 32 Thanksgiving recipes.
• Stovetop Brussels sprouts hash with crispy sage and walnuts.
• 20 recipes for sweet potatoes.
• Stuffing waffles. (via Lifehackers)
• Chocolate pumpkin loaf.
• Maple pumpkin pie with streusel topping.
• Sweet potato pie.
• Creme brulee pie.
• Pumpkin fudge brownie pancakes with chocolate sauce. (via olo-gist)

Gluten Free

• GF pasta taste test.
• Butternut brown butter stuffing.
• Creamed corn.
• Apple-cinnamon cheesecake.

Artsy Craftsy

• Art journal finger painting.
• Reknitting sweater cuffs.
• Knitting linkity from kmkat.

Cool

• Find out if you have what it takes to be a Night Vale Community Radio intern.
• Amazing origami cranes. (via puckling)
• Photos from the ISS. (via emmaseasall)
• Private Moon. (via anabolic4summer)
• Five minutes of happy goalies.
• An interview with Sir Ian McKellen.
• Geeky nesting dolls.
• Heat sensitive mugs.
• 100 years of cats in movies.
• “How to go to space (with XKCD)!“
• “Sweded” version of the Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer.
• Le Petit Chef – Bouillabaisse video.
• Animation of famous scientists as superheroes.
• Watch the earth “breathe”.
• Virtual reality tour of the play The Lion King.

Cool or Wha…?

• Wee lampshade to turn your phone into a night light.
• Cuddly Guts.
• Cat ear headphones. (via The Mary Sue)
• Glow-in-the-dark bed star canopy.
• Supercut of speeches from sports movies.
• Condom water balloon art installation.

Wha…?

• Is there a Windows 3.1 technician in the house?
• Cat in a cone of shame holiday ornament.
• Santaur holiday ornament.

LOL

• Thanksgiving autocorrects.
• LEGO made special slippers to dull that “omg, I’ve stepped on a LEGO and I might die” pain.
• Neil deGrasse Tyson reads and responds to mean tweets.
• Pretty much.

Teh Cute

• Baby pandas! Kittens! Baby penguin! Kitten! Baby plover! Baby Sengis!

Reading Update
Art Before Breakfast: A Zillion Ways To Be More Creative No Matter How Busy You Are by Danny Gregory. That I started this in early July and just finished it last week should tell you something – comfortable writing style, fun drawings, and yet I just wasn’t drawn in.
Journal Fodder 365: Daily Doses of Inspiration for the Art Addict by Eric M Scott and David R Modler. There’s a lot of information in this book; I think it might be best for someone just starting to art journal who is trying to figure out their own style and habits. What I liked about this book were some of the ideas for how to integrate an art journal into your life and not just work on it during “studio time” (which I have a tendency to do).

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“…zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz…” -Chaos and Mayhem

(Maybe kitties do hibernate for the winter…)