An Animated Christmas Card

“Marriage can contain everything. Marriage can contain everything.”

The Week of December 12–16

Friday Open Thread: Wintry Mix

Making Sharpless 2–106es in the Snow

Some Broad Abroad

Christmas Music Corner

The Magic 8 Bar Ball

Christopher Hitchens, 1949–2011

“Excuse my rough language.” “Mine too! Merry Christmas, we love you.”

Online Dating Dissonance

The Beauty Gift/Curse

The Downton Abbey Fashion Whistle

The Magnificent and Horrifying World of Nail Art

Olivia Thirlby on Tattoos and Pie Charts: Brooklyn Magazine

The League of Ordinary Tote Bags

Miss Lego 2012

The 69% Perfect Man

The Girl Vodka

Nail Polish and Champagne