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@Thomas Schlegel haha my Christmas/Birthday card was much appreciated! 😃

Happy new year everyone! 🎉

My parents are notorious for terrible Christmas giving. A couple of years ago they gave me a TV guide crossword puzzle book from 1985, and my grandmother had already done half of the crosswords. Not half as in she'd finished half of them, but half as in she'd put in half the answers on every crossword. One year I did get…

Here are the categories for 2019: * An epistolary novel or collection of letters * An alternate history novel * A book by a woman and/or AOC (Author of Color) that won a literary award in 2018 * A humor book * A book by a journalist or about journalism * A book by an AOC set in or about space * An #ownvoices book set in…

Trying to get a jump on the Tournament of Books this year! One of my favorite books of the year made the finals, the other didn't: they are My Year of Rest and Relaxation and My Sister the Serial Killer. Currently reading and mostly enjoying The Italian Teacher. I started Call Me Zebra but did not enjoy so set it aside. I…

"A Little Life" is compulsively readable while also being the most depressing thing ever. This essay from the Atlantic really unlocked the novel for me!

@Mary Ramirez!! It's your turn this week and it's morning in Sydney. Post away and maybe @Thomas Schlegel will feature you in his advent calendar :) 

@LarryBrock okay I'm thinking Craftsteak based on an amazing meal a few years ago, but I haven't done research on the current best steak in Vegas. Also I like my steak medium so I will have to find other ways to make it high risk. Maybe a flambe dessert?

I love all of these threads coming back to life. All your cute pets made my morning! Gold star for this Advent Calendar, @Thomas Schlegel: ⭐️

@Scott Theus and @LarryBrock let's try this at Summit. "I'm going to order this steak..... RARE." 

@LarryBrock for a second there I was very interested in trying out one of your high-risk steak dinners.

@Joachim Weichert, welcome to the community! We're definitely here to help. :) 

@[deleted] hi Tasha!! She's gorgeous and I love birds! I am still trying to convince my husband I need another parakeet. 

@[deleted], you seem to be impersonating a Trello employee here and even implying you are the CEO of Trello. That is against our terms of use. Please clarify what company you work for (many users will put the name of the company in brackets in their username). I would also ask you to remove the signature line from your…

@Andy - PTC Redundant our work here is done. 🤣

@Jodi LeBlanc congratulations, looks like such a great event!!!

@Carol Jones wine country is wonderful! Also take a look at Sonoma, Calistoga, and the Russian River Valley. When you come here I will have a good list of recommendations for you. :) 

Here I am right now, wearing our Pride shirt from this year, with @Claire Cook's 80s neckline treatment:

@Tinker Fadoua has been posting more "spot the differences" puzzles in the NOVA group! Here's one!

@Meg Holbrook to the dulcet sounds of yacht rock, of course.... I appreciate you so much! And this whole post! And my whole team! And all of the Champions! And this whole Community! 🌈

Oh @carolyn french my "treat yo self" day would be morning coffee and a good book or crossword, then a birdwatching hike by the water, then a movie by myself with a tub of buttered popcorn, followed by a meal at In n' Out or my favorite local sushi spot, followed by a game night with wine and friends. 

@Davin Studer liking anything counts! @Andy - PTC Redundant omg that Santa gif....

@Jack Brickey I think #2 is the lie. (Since you are now an undead skeleton, you clearly only survived two of them.) 

@Andy - PTC Redundant haha yeah it's appropriate to so many weeks. And when I saw this notification pop up I thought there was a new Sunday Silliness! :) 

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@Carol Jones unfortunately it's just the lifetime count. We do have a badge series for receiving likes (you have between 10 and 50) and I could look them up manually for you if you want. :) 

We have a detective over here!

I was waiting for @[deleted] and pondering how I would punctuate it. Hahaha guess she's heard it before. My punctuation plan was: "Walking. JK, rolling!" 

I'm going to guess 1 is the lie because it was really an all-night diner. (Also my grandfather was a carpenter and was missing about a finger and a half himself.) 

It's no New England, but I love that our little street has fall colors! This is the sidewalk in front of my house, because I'm working from home today.