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James Howard is (once again, after a year away pursuing a master’s degree) Winnipeg’s cleverest blogger, who brings a genuinely fresh view to civic matters at Slurpees and Murder.

His latest innovation is “Winnipeg Cat” — a macro-style image of a cat’s face in a colourblock background, adorned with text that describes or mocks some aspect of Winnipeg living.

(That reminds me — I need to make some vinarterta for Christmas this year.)

(That reminds me — I need to go to the Bay basement after work.)

That reminds me — Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? was a freakin’ awesome computer game to my ten-year-old self, and it was also an excellent TV program starring Lynne Thigpen and Rockapella.)

The exciting news is that Winnipeg Cat now has its own daily blog, and James will even be posting some reader submissions made with the Winnipeg Cat Generator.

Winnipeg Cat: “Canada’s only, and therefore best, civic meme!”

Last Friday my mom hosted a dinner party where half the guests were children under 12. For dessert, she made it interactive — and not just for the kids! She baked sugar cookies and got everyone to get wild with icing and candy.

Now that I think about it, it’s kind of her thing to throw parties with a craft-related activity. It really does make things more fun.

Here’s a sampling of the evening’s creative output. The kids overwhelmingly chose the large snowman cookies as opposed to the smaller teddy bear and gingerbread men .