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A La Carte (December 11)

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It has been a slow week for Kindle deals. The best of them came on Monday with a few more on Tuesday. I’ll keep looking for new ones. In the meantime, here are some interesting links:

The University’s Rape System – “The longer we ignore this, the more women will be brutalized by the rape system that now dominates Greek life at many large colleges.”

Give Handmade – Here are some tips on giving handmade gifts this Christmas.

The Gospel According to Peanuts – “What people don’t know is that the [Charlie Brown] Christmas special almost didn’t happen, because some not-so-smart television executives almost didn’t let it air.”

Loving an Imperfect Husband – Aileen has a fair bit of experience with this…

Faithful Gardening – Travis Allen, writing in Tabletalk, points out several concerns with pragmatism.

19 Secrets of UPS Drivers – Here are 19 secrets of UPS drivers. Note: a couple of them are on the PG side.

Spurgeon

The Christian is the most contented man in the world, but he is the least contented with the world.

—C.H. Spurgeon

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