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It’s cold out there — wear something warm!

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Feel free to link to this on Twitter with the #WeAreWinter hashtag.

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Meanwhile, in Ireland…

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…there’s some very serious flooding.

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A great question about one of animation’s visual tropes

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Ah, Phineas and Ferb, one of the smarter animated series for kids.

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Dungeons and Dragons gets the “Canadian Club” ad treatment

Remember those “Damn Right Your Dad Drank It” ads for Canadian Club?

Someone’s turned them into an ad Dungeons and Dragons!

your dad was a level 22 necromancer

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Meanwhile, in Canada…

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Shaenon Garrity’s “Perils of the Lady Gamer” comic

Shaenon Garrity, who made the quite entertaining webcomic Narbonic, which ran from 2000 through 2006, has posted a new comic titled Perils of the Lady Gamer. It takes a look at the situation for women who attend game conventions — and yes, it takes a well-earned jab at the Penny Arcade guys, PAX, and the “dickwolves” mess as well as the completely-made-up “fake geek girl” syndrome — through a turn-of-the-previous-century lens. Here’s a sample:

perils of the lady gamer

Click the comic to see it in its entirety on its original page.

And surprise, surprise, it also happens in the programming world.

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Chocolate Shawarma. I repeat, CHOCOLATE SHAWARMA!

chocolate shawarma

CHOCOLATE. SHAWARMA. Do I even have to say anything else?

The “pita” is a thicker crepe cooked in a waffle iron, and the “hummus” or “tahini” is maple syrup or dulce de leche, and the shaved rotating meat cylinder is replaced with a stack of white and dark chocolate. Topping include Adashim (described as the Israeli version of M & M’s), granola, whipped cream, and chocolate sprinkles.

Here’s a video from Israel showing the making of a chocolate shawarma. It doesn’t matter if you don’t understand a single word of Hebrew — chocolate is the universal language:

According to Tablet, the chocolate shawarma is actually an Italian invention that’s catching on the Middle East. Apparently, it’s part and parcel of Israelis’ newfound love for chocolate and the recent appearance of local high-end chocolatiers.

If you speak Italian, here’s a video featuring a representative of Techfood — the company who makes the “Choco Kebab” system for making chocolate shawarma — explaining how it works:

Here are some product images from Techfood:

choco kebab 1

choco kebab 2

Un altro video per voi, amici miei!

Okay, who’s going to bring one of these to Toronto?

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