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The clerk says, "why the long reading list?" Oh, hey, cupcakeninja has made a post for lists of "classic novels that bring the laughs."

Braeburn is looking for quirky, unique, not gendered gift guides, preferably UK based, while egeanin is seeking gifts that teach the constellations, and nouvelle-personne wants to give the gift of Beeps and Boops for two siblings, 3 and 5, who LOVE interactive educational toys that talk or play music.. ❄️✨

Detail of Michelangelo's grocery list for an illiterate servant

List fiends and ephemera fans will want to make a note of chavenet's post on the excellent One Thing After Another: A Reading List for Lovers & Makers of Lists by Kanya Kanchana, and add Mefi's own gnimmel of "Listing to Port," and bkeaggy of Milk, Eggs, Vodka and grocerylists.org. (thank you kristi and limeonaire!) to your loving list of delightful listers.

Inspired by Escher - Photo by See1,Do1,Teach1 on Flickr

In case you missed it, zamboni served up a great list of WTIIF (What The Internet Is For) links in chasles' Metatalk post looking for an Ask Metafilter question about "websites that are amazingly specific, usually maintained by a cranky crank." (it was this one)

Ritesh Babu's choice for best of the year:

chavenet posted Comics were real good last year, a short list of lists for best comics of 2023

image via vanityfair.com

Mefites are discussing Vanity Fair's list of 31 feel-good movies to boost your mood.

In Ask Metafilter, artisthatithaca asks How Do You Keep Track of Your Life? "I need a system! I need ... something! I've got my work and life calendar under control, but I need a place to keep all the little tidbits I notice, ideas, writing, things from books, lists of books I've read and want to read, thoughts on life, etc..."

Burning Books by RRP-NYC (cc by-nc)

For the record, three of my books have been banned in TX, one has been banned in OK, and none of them got a sales boost: headspace speaking first-hand on the damage of book bans and how they are hurting kids.

packing... by hans s (cc by-nd)

I find myself fascinated with packing lists. I scour the Peace Corps country-specific packing lists, despite not joining the Peace Corps. I found myself fascinated with the lists of items taking on the Oregon Trail (taken, abandoned, packed, included in the game, included in the Frontier Trails Museum ...

In Ask Metafilter, Ms Vegetable asks for directions to Weirdly Specific Packing and Possession Lists

I grew up without cable, and am pretty much ignorant of everything but the "classic" music videos from the 80's; please let me know what I'm missing.

An awesomely generated list of 80s videos from Ask MetaFilter. Now with playlists!

Part 1 | Part 2

Built-Rite Wild Animal Map Puzzle by MeFite Marxchivist (cc by)

What are the best films which have been made about your state or city?