Curious George: Xmas cookie recipes Any tried-and-true Xmas cookie and candy recipe recommendations to share? I fill Xmas tins for gifts every year and I'm always on the lookout for new ideas. I'd like some personally-tested and Monkey-approved recipes - what cookies do your family traditionally make/associate with Xmas? more inside

With Subtle Reminders, Stereotypes Can Become Self-Fulfilling - "A number of experiments show that subtle cues can alter academic preferences -- and test performance -- without anyone being aware of it." more inside

33 names of things you never knew had names. I would assume word-loving Monkeys can probably add to this list and give us some more strange words.

BlackBerry Orphans - "The growing use of email gadgets is spawning a generation of resentful children. A look at furtive thumb-typers, the signs of compulsive use and how kids are fighting back." more inside

Comics I Don't Understand - a site trying to figure out the funny. Look here for responses to strips people didn't "get".

Visual Recipes - recipes with step-by-step photos, contributed by the site members. (They take requests for specific recipes in their forum, too.)

Games 4 Girls - "...show the boys what the girls can do!" (via girl_gamers)

A transcript from Frontline on the De Beers diamond cartel. This aired over ten years ago, but it's still relevant, I think. I found it fascinating. I've read about the diamond cartel before, but this had more history and info than I'd seen before. (Warning: pretty long.) more inside

Housetrucks and housebuses - homebuilt RVs/rolling homes. Rustic, cute, cozy. (via CoolTools)

Kids say 'Yuck!' to healthy school lunch - "In schools up and down Britain, a new term has meant a new menu. The nation was shocked last year when a television campaign by Jamie Oliver, perhaps the country's best-known celebrity chef (and there are lots of them), exposed the poverty of school lunches here..." more inside

Dirty Car Art

Things are good. (crossposted to MeFi)

Overheard at the beach.

Cityscape. (Flash) Build a city with 18 available components. The order in which you employ those components determines how they'll interact and how far the city will develop. There's one correct order that will score the full amount of points. Similar to the Grow games (also Flash). (via dalryaug) (crossposted to MeFi)

The SimpsonMaker!

Does my ass look fat in these pants?

"The hardest riddle available on the internet."

The ultimate guy movie. No, really. From the NY Post - you might need to use bugmenot. (via Salon Broadsheet - requires a DayPass)

available domain name of the week - seven years of names (via this comment by matildaben on AskMeFi)

Texas bans marriage? In trying to ban gay marriage, did Texas just ban straight marriage? Here's the full text of the amendment voted in last night. (Boston Globe article - Dallas Voice article - some discussion on the wording)