Greetings from your faithful correspondent, trapped in New Mexico by the icy hand of Winter.

Three cartoons about penguins, by ML Philpott.

Too many damn wizards, is why.

A series of vignettes set in an alternate television universe in which the characters of "Nashville" had access to competent mental health professionals.

Joelle Renstrom, a professor at Boston University, on her attempts to find out the pop culture background of her students.

JH Palmer, an American raised abroad, on her visit to the JFK assassination museum in Dallas.

Toast Points: a selection of popular and notable posts from the last week.

The Toast's advice column takes on a racist, homophobic sister, and dipping your toe into the queer dating pool.

Nicole and Mallory share an interview they did with Claire Zulkey, revealing still more blog sausage.

The latest installment of The Toast's Gal Science series.

Assorted bits of advice and wisdom from Robert Benchley, who may be dead but we should not hold that against him.

A selection of delightful information presented in the form of a link roundup.

A look into the inner goings-on of Femslash Fridays.

The Toast's weekly Friday open thread, hosted by The Bartender.

Sleepy Hollow features a lot of scenes from the biblical Book of Revelation. Here are a few more we can look forward to.