These are my links for December 19th through December 21st:

• A Minimalist’s Guide to Using Twitter Simply, Productively, and Funly | Zen Habits – A great perspective on using Twitter — and not having it become yet another burden.
• December 19 — Poor Richard’s Almanac Was Published – On this day in 1732 Ben Franklin's Poor Richard's Almanac was published. Also on this day (a short while later), my brother was born. Happy birthday, dude. The present's in the mail. Sorta.
• mental_floss Blog » 8 Chanukah Mysteries Revealed – So, now you know.