• If you want to buy a more original gift than a Fruit of the Month Club, the Ostrich Farm on Etsy has a Narwhal of the Month Club. Going viral on Tumblr has depleted the shop for now, but they’re still taking custom orders.

• Have you been anticipating the Winter 2013 anime season? Organization Anti-Social Geniuses has already reviewed the most misleadingly titled show out of the bunch—Mangirl!: No Really, it’s About Manga.

• It isn’t news to otaku that female audiences love boys who love boys, but here’s the Atlantic‘s primer on why marketing homosexual love stories to women is such a successful idea.

• My favorite lorem ipsum filler since Cupcake Ipsum: Riker Ipsum. (On a related note, if I ever became a graphic designer, I would call my business Lauren Ipsum.)

• The best part about writing that piece for Forbes in 2011 has been the opportunity to meet so many fellow young journalists doing what I did. The most recent is John Fleshman, who is documenting the beginning of his journalism career at his blog, Fleishters.

• If you have a smart phone, cosplay photographer Lawrence Brenner has a solution to make sure you never run out of business cards at an anime convention again.

• Finally, my WTF of the week: Sideways Animu Screenshots via Adaywithbros.

(Screenshot via the Ostrich Farm)