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"It doesn’t matter how scared you are; everyone is scared. Work. Work is the only thing that takes the curse of fear away."

-- Jerry Saltz: How to Be an Artist (which while it is focused more on visual arts really applies to any creative field.)

• This isn’t wrong. Related: I am so glad I’m old enough to not have to have dealt with the Elf on a Shelf nonsense. If you enjoy it, great! But, man, some of this holiday stuff is soooooo much work.
• Road trip! Also: Road trip!
• It really is a versatile fiber.
• Shop wisely.
• A college friend had a dog like this (may he rest in peace). Super smart. Such an asshole.
• Unnerving fun with photoshop.

•  News you can use.
• One of the more dangerous things a woman can do.
• Just in case.
• Things we'd like to know.

A small shameless promo: my review of NPR's Peter Sagal's Incomplete Book of Running is over at Another Mother Runner. TL:DR verison -- it's pretty good.

Let me tell you about my weird run last weekend, over at Another Mother Runner....

• We have to be the helpers, not just look for them.
• Maybe lie down?
• Sometimes you just have to revisit Dogs in Elk.
• On vapor ware and coffins. 
• Can you imagine?
• SERIOUSLY?
• A niche market, so to speak. (NSFW-ish)
• George Saunders explains it all for you.
• I NEED ALL OF THESE.
• There’s no reason why a woman can’t win it.

"I could have offered a warm, gentle answer but these are not warm, gentle times. Given everything that has transpired since President Trump took office, I have no patience for disillusionment. I have no patience for the audacious luxury of choosing not to vote because of that disillusionment, as if not voting is the best choice a person could make. Not voting is, in fact, the worst choice a person could make."

-- "You're Disillusioned. That's Fine. Vote Anyway" by the great Roxane Gay at the New York Times.