1 . The Letter People – Another sacred PBS-morning-lineup memory of mine. I can see the opening animation with my eyes closed.

 

2.  arizona – I’m happy to say that the art and layouts for arizona are completed, and the file will be sent for proof printing this week! The next stage involves a lot of proofing and revising and re-proofing, and that takes time, but this is a big step! Hoping the book will be ready sometime in January.

 

3.  Yama watch 2011 – only a few shopping days left until Christmas! This Yama siphon looks like a Klingon weapon:

 

4.  Candy Claws – these guys are a band from Colorado that I stumbled across years ago. They’ve got a really unique sound, and are one of those bands who I can never bring myself to take their albums off of my iPod to make space. They just released their 2011 holiday song, check it out:

 

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happy holidays!

-ds