SOME NEW THINGS
It’s the 27th edition of the link posts at How About This. 27 is 3 to the power of 3 so have a fun math moment contemplating this. But don’t linger, you’ve got more newsletter to read!
ANOTHER NOTEBOOK GIVEAWAY: I am giving away a MOO notebook at the end of December 2022 to the winner of a draw. It’s a A5 sized hardcovered notebook with dotted pages. Each H.A.T. subscriber automatically gets one entry into this draw if you are a subscriber as of the end of December 31, 2022.
However… you can get more entries towards the notebook draw by doing any (or all) of the following:
Each December 2022 post on which you leave a comment will earn you an extra two chances at the draw. For example, if there are 12 posts in December and you leave a comment on each post then you can get 24 extra entries into the draw. PLEASE note: it needs to be a real, substantial comment, not just a couple of words, OK?
If you recruit a new email subscriber to How About This during the month of December then you can get 10 extra draw entries per subscriber. In order to get the extra 10 entries, the new subscriber will have to E-mail me at markdykeman@gmail.com and they will have to tell me the email address of the person who recruited them. This email address must be the email address used to subscribe to How About This.
SUBSTACK RECOMMENDATIONS: If you publish your own Substack newsletter and you are enjoying How About This, please consider creating a Substack Recommendation for this newsletter as 45 other newsletter publishers have done. I would love to hit 50 Recommendations by the end of this month - 5 more to go!
OVER THERE (found elsewhere)
Bryan Padrick writes about advent gifts and shares a few recommended newsletters as a gift to his readers and I recommend that you check out his newsletter in turn (disclosure: Bryan links back to How About This with a very generous recommendation - he answered a few questions for us earlier this year.)
Jillian Hess’s post describing Jim Henson’s notebook and drawings is delightful.
Rebecca Holden and Terry Freedman are exchanging Substack Letters: this, too, is delightful.
Bryn Robinson supplies a thoughtful post about the concept of Christmas spirit
And finally, concerning AI (Artificial Intelligence), as everyone is writing madly about these days: I have absolutely nothing to say about it at this time.
Soaring Twenties Social Club:
Omnibus #45 - the usual weekly round up, a great diversity of writers and creators working here.
BACK HERE (the past week’s posts)
Monday featured the interview with Nancy Quinn, owner of Seaside Bookshop, Summerside, PEI.
Tuesday featured the interview with Soaring Twenties Social Club member and writer Terry Freedman
Wednesday featured my essay about transformation through curiosity
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RELEASE
Time to release the H.A.T. Scouts for another week! And remember, it’s always better to be a H.A.T.T.E.R. than a hater.
AI is one of those things where just because we can, doesn’t mean we should, IMO.
Another great round-up, Mark! Thanks so much for the shout-out to the Terry & Rebecca show...!!!