Anyone remember the mana loom? In the beta for The Burning Crusade, this item was missing, nowhere to be found — which frustrated the heck out of tailors because they couldn’t make bolts of Imbued Netherweave cloth without the silly thing. Much as blacksmiths and engineers needed an anvil, the mana loom was supposed to be one of those “you must be standing in this spot” tools needed for tailoring. As of Wrath of the Lich King’s launch, the requirement was removed, and now the looms sit unused, sparkling and gathering dust.

Today, we’ve got a few entirely unrelated posts from around the blogosphere, but I’m going to try to weave together a coherent thread with them anyway … mana loom not required.

• Gray Matter happens upon a curious question: Is the Firelands raid too easy?
• Syrco Owl stumbled across a difficult-to-find spot in Tirisfal Glades with a bizarre event. You can also hear more about said bizarre event on the latest Warcraft Less Traveled.
• Speaking of difficult, Surviving WoW with Quori talks about what to do when guild members are being difficult.