Bookity

• Linkity from Smart Bitches.
• Linkity from ReaderWriterVille.
• Linkity from the Pen Addict.
• Cover snark from Smart Bitches.
• Lots of books were added to the public domain recently.
• 12 Toni Morrison quotes.
• Some good tips from an editor.
• “Uncanny Magazine doesn’t exist without fan fiction“.
• What to do if an uninvited novelist is hiding in your house.
• The life of bookstore staff.
• “How to read at the expense of virtually everything else“.
• Illuminated capitals from early editions of Good Omens.
• BOOM.

Think, Do, Make, Learn

• Heirloom apple reviews from Chuck Wendig.
• “How to eat less plastic“.
• Don’t pick NULL as your vanity plate…
• “How to destroy a metal credit card at home“.

Cookity

• 60+ recipes for chicken breasts.
• Ranch chicken quinoa salad. (via the Kitchn)
• Zucchini and green pepper relish.

Gluten Free

• Paleo chocolate cake.
• Flourless chocolate chip peanut butter cookies.

Artsy Crafty

• Make a wee accordion book.
• Linkity from knittyBlog.

Cool

• Excellent mural.
• Yeah, nothing says Upper Midwest like giant fiberglass figures and “some kinda days” (local festivals of some sort).
• A meme I did on tumblr.

Wha…?

• “That one time Patrick Rothfuss, Chuck Tingle, John Scalzi, and Neil Gaiman created The Wise Man’s Butt“.

LOL

• Moose be chillin’.
• “To protect the floor“…
• “Australia, do you take constructive criticism on your wildlife?“
• August gothic.

Teh Cute

• Baby leopards!

Reading Update
The Nice and Accurate Good Omens TV Companion: Your guide to Armageddon and the series based on the bestselling novel by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman by Matt Whyman. Wonderful resource for fans of the show! (Yes, yes, I read mostly Good Omens fanfic this past week as well…)

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*slow squinty kitty love blinks* -Mayhem

Welcome back to Art Journaling Monday! I’ve included some of my favorites from the week below. You can catch up on everything on my Tumblr, if you’d like.

• Rainbow bend.
• Joy and flowers.
• Organization/Disorganization.
• Good Omens in stickers.
• Monochrome doesn’t have to mean dull.
• [Sculpture] Garden.
• Art nourishes.
• Pens that work with black surfaces.
• Watercolor topography.

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“Unless you have fud with you, let me sleep!” -Chaos

Bookish

• RIP, Toni Morrison.
• New releases: Tor.com (genre benders)
• Linkity from Smart Bitches.
• Linkity from ReaderWriterville.
• Linkity from the Pen Addict.
• “‘Your interpretation is valid’ is not a cop-out“.
• On who’s the moral center of Good Omens.
• How Good Omens handles emotional trauma, “particularly as it relates to toxic relationships, and childhood emotional and psychological abuse”.
• A thread that started with Seanan McGuire begging people not to send her headcanons (after someone sent her a headcanon).
• The tomb of Jules Verne.
• On the book Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury.
• “Poem vending machines raise money, awareness for writers in Minnesota prisons“. (via matresist)
• Famous poems rewritten as limericks.

Think, Do, Learn, Make

• How did you celebrate International Cat Day yesterday?
• Download Earth.
• David Attenborough vs a bird of paradise.
• “It’s the guns, stupid!“
• Cookie Monster could be your Waze voice.

Cookity

• Slow cooker peanut butter chocolate cake.
• Dark chocolate brownies.
• Zucchini snacking cake with chocolate cream cheese frosting.

Gluten Free

• Cinnamon swirl bread.

Artsy Crafty

• Knit Aziraphale. (via skybound2)
• Knit Crowley. (via skybound2)
• Make a tiny accordion book.
• Linkity from knittyBlog.

Cool

• Linkity from kmkat.

Wha…?

• “Toilet explosions: More common than you might think“.

LOL

• “How do you pronounce gyrfalcon?“
• Regional gothic.
• The truth about cat brains.
• How cats play.
• “It has pockets.“
• Expiration date high score. Hover cursor/long-press for caption

Teh Cute

• Lioness and baby!

Reading Update
Amidst all the Good Omens fanfic, I did finish my table-reading book!

The Secret Lives of Color by Kassia St Clair. Filled with 75 fascinating short anecdotes about a wide array of colors, from heliotrope to mummy.

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“MINE.” -Mayhem

Welcome back to Art Journaling Monday! I’ve included some of my favorites from the week below. You can catch up on everything on my Tumblr, if you’d like. 🙂

• Circles.
• Accordion.
• Fire.
• Symphony.
• Heliotrope.
• Symbol.
• Tree.

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“See my giant fangs?! Fear me!!!!” -Chaos

Bookity

• New releases: Smart Bitches (romance), Tor.com (sf, fantasy, ya sff), AAR (romance)
• Linkity from Smart Bitches. And more! Cover snark from Smart Bitches.
• Linkity from Inkophile.
• Linkity from ReaderWriterVille.
• PBS has an Ursula K Le Guin documentary.
• Seanan McGuire’s top 10 fantasy books for adults.
• “You can write whatever you want in whatever way you want…“
• Why didn’t James Potter “just transform into Prongs when Voldy turned up…?”
• Bookish washi tape.
• Bookish stickers.
• If you’ve looked for Aziraphale’s angel wings mug on Amazon…
• “One thing I really love about Good Omens – so many people can see themselves and their struggles reflected in the show.“
• The plot of Good Omens summed up in a single sentence.
• Probably.
• Weird performances of Shakespeare.

Think, Learn, Do, Make

• On discouragement and hope in the US.
• “Random advice that might save your life, according to reddit.
• Yay for Ruth Bader Ginsburg!
• A new (eating) apple variety is being released this fall.

Cookity

• 25 skillet dinner recipes.
• 10 make-ahead lunch salads.
• Skillet veggie paella.
• Heirloom tomato salad with turmeric yogurt.
• Bloody Mary tomato salad.
• No-bake peanut butter bars with Oreos.
• Fluffy chocolate chip pancakes. (via The Kitchn)

Gluten Free

• “The very best gluten-free snacks at Aldi“.
• Tartine’s cherry frangipane galette.
• Quinoa breakfast cake.
• Quinoa-oatmeal cereal. (If you use gluten-free oatmeal, that is.)
• Breakfast corn muffins.

Artsy Crafty

• Linkity from knittyBlog.

Cool

• Tree drawings.
• Small Kindnesses.

Cool or Wha…?

• Wearable air conditioner.

Wha…?

• Purple yam-flavored ice cream.
• Butter astronauts.
• “Japan approves scientist’s plan to create world’s first humanimals“. Same topic, but from the Mary Sue.

LOL

• “Personal space? Never heard of it!” -Cats, probably.
• Moon rocks.
• When the NWS needs a day off. Hover cursor/long-press for caption.

Teh Cute

• Flamingo and baby! Bonus Mayhem picture!

Reading Update

• Nothing but delicious Good Omens fanfiction, baby! 😀

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“FoodFudFoodFudFoodFudFoodFudFood!” -Chaos