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By Robin Abrahams
07:47 AM

Don't forget that there's a chat today, noon to 1 on boston.com. I hope you can join us! It's always a lively time.

My editor Susanne asked me to pass along a request to all my blog readers. She is the one who plucked me from academic obscurity and elevated me to the heights I occupy today, so I can deny her nothing. If I am the rock star of politeness, she is is the Col. Parker to my Elvis, the Brian Epstein to my John Lennon, the Malcolm McLaren to my Sid Vicious. Here is her request:

Do you have a great suggestion for achieving holiday sanity? A way to make holiday party obligations fun, not flummoxing? A secret to turn gift-shopping and baking from chores to cheerful times? A new local monthly women's magazine named Lola wants to know. A selection of tips will be published in the premiere issue, which hits the streets of Greater Boston on Nov. 16. The best tip will receive a Lola bag filled with samples from Michael Kors Island Capri and Juice Beauty. The editors will tell you if your tip has been selected for publication. E-mail tips to reader@lolaboston.com. Lola is published by Boston Globe Media.

Also, don't forget that we're looking for questions about medical etiquette for an upcoming special issue. You can send those to missconduct@globe.com.