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Gift Guide: Kelley Deal Makes a Heck of a Scarf

Kelley Deal has had an unpredictable couple of decades — she co-founded The Breeders (with her twin sister Kim), worked as a computer programmer, kicked heroin, helped develop a mathematical model for the Rand Corporation, and now she’s a successful craftsperson, selling hand-knitted scarves on the Web site Wire and Twine.

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Gift Guide: Kelley Deal Makes a Heck of a Scarf

Gift Guide: Soon To Be a Major Motion Picture by James Franco…

This fall The Adderall Diaries , Stephen Elliott’s brilliant, propulsive mixture of memoir, manifesto and true crime was released in paperback just as James Franco bought the film rights, promising to write, direct, and star in the film himself.

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Gift Guide: No Stocking is Truly Stuffed Without Growing Pains Trading Cards

What self-respecting aficionado of popular culture would not want his or her own box of Growing Pains trading cards? Yes, these exist. Quite by accident, I stumbled upon them at a flea market in Brooklyn — which is pretty much the only place you’re going to find something like this accidentally (the dealer had Willow and 90210 , too). Strangely, I felt compelled to spend four dollars for five packs of pure Seaver awesomeness. What exactly will you find inside? Hint: It’s awesome .

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Gift Guide: No Stocking is Truly Stuffed Without Growing Pains Trading Cards