Links to Your World, Tuesday December 13

Awesome Gingerbread Houses. Awe. Some.

A frugal Noël: Follow these tips to fill your Santa bag without emptying your wallet

Men's Health ranks America's saddest towns. Austin gets a happiness grade of "B."

Russell Moore: Women, Stop Submitting to Men

From the Department of the Really Obvious: Studies show that generosity is as important to a successful marriage as commitment and sexual intimacy. Successful couples say or do at least five positive things for each negative interaction with their partner.

"A test for the show MythBusters went awry and sent a cannonball out of a bomb range and into a nearby residential neighborhood in Dublin, California. The cannonball, which took an unexpected bounce off a safety berm during the test, traveled 700 yards outside of the Alameda County Sheriff’s Department bomb range where it was fired, hit a sidewalk, crashed through the front door of a home, traveled upstairs and went through the bedroom of a sleeping couple....The cannonball didn’t stop in the sleeping couple’s bedroom. After leaving a 10-inch hole in their wall, it crossed four lanes of traffic and bounced off the roof of Ming Jiang, whose mother was watching his 10-month-old son inside his house....The projectile finally crashed through the window of a minivan and landed in the vehicle. Surprisingly, no one was injured in the incident" (Wired).

"According to a recent Codex Group survey, 39% of those who purchased a book on Amazon looked at said title in a bricks-and-mortar store first before heading online" (story).