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► Because I'm a softie, and this reminds me of how my mother has informed me that our neighbours haven't been letting their cat go inside overnight despite the increasing cold and lack of shelter: How To Assemble a Cold-Weather Cat Shelter. (Which reminds me, I need to ask her if she ever made him a warm place to sleep like she was planning to.)

► Why didn't I know about this mug existing earlier? One of my favorite lines from the Lizzie Bennet Diaries and tea? Definitely a major do want. I only wish I didn't own so many tea mugs, because it makes it difficult to justify buying this. Sigh.

► Speaking of things I want to buy... a DVD set of CrashCourse World History? Um, yes please? And not only is it CrashCourse, which I loved, but the aesthetics of the actual boxset are absolutely lovely!

► I'm generally pretty indifferent to Benedict Cumberbatch— I really don't understand either the love or the hate— but this video of him reciting John Keat's "Ode to a Nightingale" makes my heart go doki-doki. Seriously. I listened to it 24 times in a row when I first ran across this.

► I haven't gotten around to checking this out more fully yet, but Thomas Jefferson's Cut-&-Paste Bible sounds quite intriguing.

► How Legalising Prostitution Has Failed was the opposite of cheerful, but still an interesting read.

I'll stop here, because I need to head for class soon, and figuring out how to tag this is going to take a bit of time.