Friday Links

They’re back! Tell them you missed them and buy them some chocolate.

• The best history books of 2011

• How to be interesting

• The alphabet of Liberia’s VAI language

• Who eats at Red Lobster? The 99%! Also anyone that loves cheddar biscuits.

• How to conquer the gym

• The five of cups

• A land where the Blackberry still thrives

• The Help..in Mississippi or Pakistan

• How to survive a long-haul flight

• Dostal (comments are the best)