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At some of our meetings, we like to sit quietly and soak in everything we can from the experts in our field who are gracious enough to speak to us. We take notes. We nod appreciatively. We generally behave ourselves.

This is not going to be one of those meetings.

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At this months' blogger meetup:
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	<li>Get complimentary nosh from <a href="http://www.dukestulsa.com/" target="_blank">Duke's Southern Kitchen</a>: A fried chicken buffet with mashed potatoes, bourbon cream gravy, green beans and blackberry cobbler. Oh my yum.</li>
	<li>Open bar in the private bar upstairs at the swanky 105th and Memorial Duke's location</li>
	<li>Get a free copy of the latest edition of <em><a href="http://www.thislandpress.com/" target="_blank">This Land</a></em></li>
	<li>Surprise everyone with your superior cleverness in the area of second-hand gift selection in the first-ever Tulsa Blogger White Elephant Gift Exchange (more details below)</li>
	<li>Generally enjoy the company of your fellow Tulsa-area bloggers</li>
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<strong>Suggested donation for this evening of awesomeness is $8, but you're free and welcome to </strong>. That's just a few bucks for dinner, service and the opportunity to mix and mingle with some of Tulsa's most influential online media makers. All donations collected will benefit <a href="http://www.childabusenetwork.org/" target="_blank">Tulsa Child Abuse Network</a>.

<strong>White elephant gift exchange</strong>: If you'd like to participate, bring a wrapped gag gift with you to the event. There's no purchase necessary, no dollar-amount limit — it's a white elephant exchange, after all. We just want to have fun and see what kind of crappy and hilarious stuff has been hanging around in the dark corners of each other's houses.

Tacky Christmas sweaters welcome!

Big thanks to the folks at Duke's for hosting us — <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/197522543665918/">please RSVP to the Tulsa Blogger Meetup: Make Merry Edition on this Facebook event by Dec. 10</a> so they can have a good idea of how much tasty southern goodness to have ready for us.

See you all there!

<strong>LOCAL BUSINESSES</strong>: If you'd like to donate an item for a giveaway at this meetup, please e-mail tasha@tashadoestulsa.com.