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<strong>Thirsty?</strong> Spend happy hour with Tulsa-based <a href="http://www.marshallbrewingcompany.com" target="_blank">Marshall Brewing Company</a>, joined by <a href="http://www.primalgrill.org/" target="_blank">Steven Raichlen</a>, author of Planet Barbecue!, in this latest short from our video crew:

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<strong>Begetting Bats</strong>. My latest in <em>This Land</em>. I visit <a href="http://www.travelok.com/state_parks" target="_blank">Alabaster Caverns State Park</a> to get the story on our official state flying mammal, the Mexican free-tailed bat. The females travel pregnant from Mexico to the area every year, to the same caves in which they were born, to give birth to a new generation. <a href="http://thislandpress.com/11/28/2012/begetting-bats-2/" target="_blank">And they do it all under the watch of nature tourists</a>.

<strong>Cyber Spies Among Us</strong>. <a href="http://www.utulsa.edu/" target="_blank">The University of Tulsa</a> is training "cyber ninjas" to defend the country from cyber attack. Cyber Corps students work with the Tulsa Police Department and the Secret Service, <a href="http://thislandpress.com/roundups/cyber-spies-among-us/" target="_blank">and 85 percent of the program’s graduates have gone on to work at the NSA or the CIA</a>.

<strong>Sally's</strong>. In this latest edition of our food series What the Fork, <a href="http://1491s.com/" target="_blank">Ryan Redcorn of the 1491s</a> leads the way to Sally's Cafe, a legendary greasy spoon in Pawhuska:

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<strong>My Mother Is a Chicken</strong>. Mark Brown is the managing editor at <em>This Land</em>, and he's also one of Oklahoma's greatest food writers. From his long-time quarterly <a href="http://argentfork.com/" target="_blank">Argent Fork</a> comes a new book, <em><a href="http://thislandpress.com/store/books-and-media/my-mother-is-a-chicken-by-mark-brown/" target="_blank">My Mother Is a Chicken: Essays on Eating and Drinking</a></em>. We'll celebrate with some food, wine, and a word or two from Mark at <a href="http://www.therustycranetulsa.com/" target="_blank">The Rusty Crane</a>, one of downtown Tulsa's newest hot spots. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/510830102275618/" target="_blank">We hope you'll join us; get details, RSVP, and invite your friends here</a>.

<strong>Shop This Land</strong>. We at This Land opened our new online store this week, just in time for the holiday season. Available now are subscriptions to our magazine, copies of the first season of This Land TV, all of our tshirts and hoodies, copies of our new books, and even This Land shot glasses (whi. <a href="http://www.thislandpress.com/store" target="_blank">We'd be honored if you choose to pick up your gifts at the This Land online store</a>. And we promise not to tell if you pick up a little something for yourself.

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What have you been reading/watching/listening to this week?