Commonroom Recap 11-17 to 11-23

Buckle in, this is a long recap because we talked a *lot*!

There are way more ways to lace shoes than you realized. 

A healthier (and still tasty-looking) recipe for green bean casserole, in advance of Thanksgiving!

PorcupineSunggles got the job! 

I know I tend to fixate on how hard Cat's life is, but here's another update. 

The Traditional Food of One's People. 

Quantitative measures of qualitative data, aka, GG is AWESOME in her LOTR analysis. 

The New Ravenclaw Traditional Anniversary Gift List 

A discussion of Advent Calendars on this and preceding pages, including highlighting the NightFamily advent calendar. 

Here and continuing, a discussion of what House one's family members belong in.

An important question, and, tooting my own horn, the best possible answer. 

Reviews of Dallas Buyers Club and Blue is the warmest color.

All the names of days in every language, living or dead, you could ever possibly need to know 

The strict fast, for Orthodox Christians and then a bit of the history of Orthodoxy in the US. There and following is a lovely and interesting comparative discussion of Christian denominations in the US.

Here's a puppy in a mailbox

Some gratuitous pictures of Tom Hiddleston.

Can you tell real paper titles from nonsense? I can't 

Stuffing waffles!

A Doctor Who companion quiz 

We had a batch of NQFYs passing through and asking questions, starting here (and on the next page, a discussion of impersonating invertebrates)

Squidpocalypse 

A lovely scarf inspired by but not exactly Doctor Who

The prettiest sea slugs.

A podcast recommendation coming from someone other than me 

Starting roughly here and continuing, a discussion of Doctor Who 

Owl socks! 

What happens to make bread rise, and good places for that to happen.

A true Ravenclaw project. 

Unsurprisingly, many cat/kitten pictures show up in replies to this post.

Startinghereish, a discussion on test-taking 

You've heard of photographic memories, here's a metaphorical memory.

The best/worst test ever 

Chickens! At an author talk! 

Here and following, an example of an afterthought heel while the sock is still in progress (and in words)

A beautiful shawl and suggestions for blocking, following. 

A question on titles (ma'am, particularly) starting here and really picking up after here. 

Hooray for SineMairi! 

Hooray for Locks of Love, and hooray a beautiful haircut! 

How to turn kids into engineers (girls, specifically, but children generally)

Here and following, a referendum on sizing for clothes that go on females 

A beautiful phoenix. Congrats, Jess!