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True Blood (finally!), remembering Lane Pryce, new Big Boi and more

Here are the links we loved today, curated by Bonnie Stewart (@andclyde):

Eating 20 lobster rolls is suddenly the only way I want to spend my Sunday.

While I'm doing that, will someone head over to Uchiko and tell me how this is?

A thing to do while you're waiting for tonight's True Blood premiere is stare at the new Calvin Klein fragrance ads featuring Alexander Skaarsgard.

Or, between now and Mad Men, spend some time with Buzzfeed's tribute to Lane Pryce.

Or, if you're a white boy feeling bad about yourself, just watch TV all day.

Wait wait wait wait wait. HuffPo has an entire "Divorce" section? It's a place where obvious questions are asked, we learn things like that Olivia Wilde got engaged to an Italian prince at Burning Man and got married in the back of a school bus, and even turtles can't break up in peace.

New Big Boi is set to drop in November.

Kim Kardashian acted. It went like you think it did.

GUITARMY.

Everything about the Electric Daisy Carnival is hilarious to me, this run down of night one absolutely included. ("'at least the security line was a breeze,' says Diana, 27, from San Diego")

Re: #4 - yup.

In honor of Gay Pride Weekend, LA Weekly asks what it means to be gay, author Toby Johnson gives areally, really good answer.

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Let it snow?

Significant snowfall and hard freeze predicted for Houston

Photo by Lynn in Midtown

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The Bayou City is no stranger to chilly temperatures, but actual snowfall is pretty rare. Still, that is exactly what's on tap for the evening of Monday, January 20 and the morning of Tuesday, January 21.

The experts at Space City Weather just shared their forecast for the next few days. Here it is:

At this time it looks like most of the precipitation that falls early next week will probably be snow. For some areas south of Houston, particularly in Brazos and Matagorda counties, there may be more sleet or freezing rain. It’s not clear where that transition will occur, but it is entirely possible that Houston wakes up on Tuesday morning and there are 3 or 6 inches of snow on the ground. This would be the most snow Houston has received in at least two decades.

If prior snowfalls are any indication, travel across the Houston area will be difficult at best until things warm up on Wednesday and Thursday. Start preparing now to be hunkered down for a couple of days.

CultureMap has previously shared tips for how to prepare for a hard freeze. See them all here. A few highlights related to people, pets, pipes, and plants include:

Bring pets inside. They can suffer from hypothermia just like people can.
Check and wipe paws after walks to protect against harsh weather and salt after outdoor walks.
Cover plants with blankets. Adding incandescent lights under the blankets will raise the temperatures on the ground and around the plant
Cover pipes with insulation or old towels and and wrap with duct tape, and faucets with covers (found at any hardware store) or duct tape and towels.
Inside, open cabinets that house plumbing fixtures to allow hot air to get into cabinets and let faucets trickle if they face an outside wall on the other side.

Thankfully, Space City remains optimistic that ERCOT will be able to generate enough power to keep the grid flowing. If that's the case, power outages would be localized to areas where lines get damaged by snow or ice. "At this time we don’t anticipate major power disruptions during the winter storm, but certainly that is not something we can guarantee," they write.

With proper preparation, we can all weather the storm. And maybe even snap some fun pics of the snow like we did in 2021.

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