My surprise visit back to Michigan was a good one.

- Got to hang with Leigh a bunch.
- Hung with the parents a bunch.
- Saw dad do the “Santa Thing” for downtown Traverse City’s Holiday Season kickoff. Lots of wide-eyed, frozen younglings in a holi-daze.
- Caught up on month’s worth of much-needed sleep.

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Nakamoto undercovers the best Flickr set we’ve seen in some time: Scary Ass Defense Book Covers.

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Field Notes have found their way onto a couple “gifit idea” sites for the upcoming holiday insanity. Here’s one called, Supermarket. All kinds of awesome stuff.

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Billy Fowks from Brooklyn send in some wild Russian space imagery. Thanks, Billy.