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What are your plans for this weekend? We will be watching the Super Bowl with our neighbors, and the boys are going to have a hot chocolate stand to raise money for Minnesota organizers<\/a>. Thank you to all the brave people in the Twin Cities; we are so grateful for your example. Take gentle care of yourselves, and here are a few links from around the web\u2026<\/p>\n Catherine O\u2019Hara was everyone\u2019s mom<\/a>. \u201cHer characters were a monument to the endlessly radical idea that mothers are people, too.\u201d (NYMag)<\/p>\n Life lessons<\/a> from four winters in Sweden.<\/p>\n The perfect date night shoes<\/a>, plus they\u2019re 20% off with code CUPOFJO20, exclusively until 2\/11. (These sneakers<\/a> are cute, too.)<\/p>\n Painted rocks<\/a> are an optical illusion.<\/p>\n Catbird has always been my favorite jewelry destination (I mean, how gorgeous is this ring<\/a>?!). If you order anytime before February 11th, their ready-to-ship<\/a> will arrive in time for Valentine\u2019s Day.<\/p>\n A sliding apology<\/a>, my heart.<\/p>\n Can\u2019t wait for Sharon Horgan\u2019s new show<\/a>.<\/p>\n A beautiful essay on quitting cigarettes<\/a>. \u201cEvery smoker keeps in the front of their mind a worse-off, more seriously addicted, probably sooner-dying smoker who they use to legitimate their own habit. For everyone I knew, I was that smoker.\u201d (via Maybe Baby<\/a>)<\/p>\n The evolutionary brilliance<\/a> of the baby giggle. The videos! (NYTimes gift link)<\/p>\n This cool poster<\/a> comes in French, English and Italian.<\/p>\n \u201cHumanity is, always, enough,\u201d writes Roxane Gay<\/a>. \u201cWe have a right to protest, legally carry a firearm, drive while Black, walk in a neighborhood at night, play in a park, sleep in a bed or do anything else whether we are wonderful people and beloved or not.\u201d<\/p>\n Finally, I had a dating realization that changed everything<\/a>. (Big Salad, which is 20% off this week<\/a>. Thank you so much for your support.)<\/p>\n Plus, three reader comments:<\/p>\n Says Erin on my birthday weekend<\/a>: \u201cRegarding avoiding \u2018soul-sucking reasonableness\u2019: When my parents\u2019 friend Art turned 40, my mom made 40 cupcakes. We put them around the perimeter of the dining room table, lit each one, and made Art run around the table blowing out all the candles. It was hilarious.\u201d<\/p>\n Says E. Louise on 8 lovely looks<\/a>: \u201cY\u2019all I splurged on this S\u00e9zane dress<\/a> that I\u2019ve wanted for months because, well, fuck it, I love it and also I think I may be proposed to. I also feel like this group has been part of this relationship journey, in that I remember, in my darkest hours, reading that no matter what I think there is someone truly wonderful out there, and you guys were right.\u201d<\/p>\n