The horse was lean and lank, misfortune seemed his lot. We ran into a drifted bank and there we got upsot. “Upsot”? Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the weekend.

The best films of the year?

How rubber bands are made (thanks, T):

David Bowie’s top 10 tips:

And Prince’s:

And Tarantino’s:

And David Lynch’s:

And Maya Angelou’s”

Christmas reputation management (thanks, R).