Tina had been a warrior of disco, but what is she to do now that the music is gone? A rare piece of fiction by Rebecca.

Join me for my interview with the band Featherscale! Four talented artists bombarding me with their wit in a text interview. What on earth was I thinking?

Greg Bullard and NewSouth Books show how people with differing points of view should behave, with intelligence, passion, and respect. Who would have thought that was still possible? Friend of The Buffet Greg Bullard shares his thoughts on the new editions of “Tom Sawyer” and “Huckleberry Finn” being published without the “n word” or the “i word”.

JB Sanders is back with more links to everything geek from December 2010! Enjoy “A Very Zombie Holiday”, 2000 year-old soup, Lovecraft, aliens, Doctor Who, and more!

Another opportunity for Magical Buffet readers to participate in interfaith communities thanks to The Pluralism Project at Harvard University bringing it to my attention!

Yes, you read the title correctly. There will be talk of Hooters, both restaurant chain and part of female anatomy, and Goddess worship. Are you really not going to check this one out?

I’m not proud, but here is the update for my “Living Magick Tarot Challenge”.

Join me as I take a stroll down memory lane in Zimbabwe courtesy of Wikileaks. There will be schemes, warthogs, catty gossip, subservient men, and yes, a response to the latest letters I sent out regarding Zimbabwe! Not to ruin the surprise, but at no point was I referred to as “cheeky”.

Buffet readers from last year may remember that around the winter holidays I did “12 Days of Blogging” where I counted down my 12 favorite blogs of the year. With 2010 coming to a close I find myself again wanting to do some sort of fun, end of the year thing, but I feel like doing “12 Days of Blogging” again would be stale. I have instead decided that as a farewell salute to Oprah who is ending her freakishly long running talk show I would do “Rebecca’s Favorite Things”. There will be no cars given away, no iPads tucked under your seat, but there will be links! You’ll get a link! And you’ll get a link! Everybody gets a link!

Readers may remember that back in October I went to the wonderful Celebrate Samhain event in Peterborough, NH. While there I caught the end of Dawn Hunt’s presentation “Kitchen Witch Workshop”, and regretted not being there from the beginning. However, I started pondering what, if anything, I wanted to do to acknowledge the approaching Yule and Christmas season. Last year the totally awesome Alice Diehl wrote about holiday horror films, but sadly, I don’t think that niche has expanded enough in the passing year to address the subject matter again. Then I remembered Dawn Hunt, and the fact that I love food, and thus my cunning plan of obtaining a seasonal article and a new recipe came to fruition!