Contest(s)

• Blodeuedd’s giving away How to Lose a Lord in 10 Days or Less by Elizabeth Michels. Closes July 26. US & Canada.

Bookity

• New releases: Fiction Vixen (UF/romance)

• Book and publishing news from Dear Author.

• Book linkity from Smart Bitches.

• What does the American Library Association think of Kindle Unlimited?

• “Body parts all over the floor“. (Thanks, Jase!)

• Two JRR Tolkien biopics seems an excess.

• How to write in the style of the 17th/18th centuries. (via tracykitn)

• Why, yes, yes I would.

• Truth.

Think, Make, Learn, Do

• Take a test from the BBC to find out what sport you were made for. (via exemplaryetoile) (Cycling is my sport, which is actually true.)

• Why do LEGOs keep washing up on the shore in Cornwall? (via expemplaryetoile)

• 50% of Canadians live in the red areas on this map. (via ninjaboots)

• 25 vintage photos of Chicago.

• See where Voyageur 1 has traveled during the page 36 years.

• NASA used a satellite to figure out how bad the current drought is in the western US.

• US food and supplement recalls. Listeria-contaminated fruit recall.

• Lifehacker users picked their five favorite antivirus programs. (Spoiler: Avast! Free Antivirus was later voted the best in another post. I’ve been using it for… a long time.)

• Sitting might not be as deadly as previously thought.

• Product trademarks and genericization.

• Make your own hybrid notebook. (via Notebook Stories)

Cookity

• Salted caramel s’mores. (via The Kitchn)

• Caramel fudge brownies with marshmallow cream.

• Lemon lemonies (bars). (via anna-sugarfairy)

• Red bean ice cream.

• Boozy mudslide popsicles. (via The Kitchn)

• 15 blueberry recipes.

• 10 easy vegan meals.

• Summer succotash and green rice.

• White pizza with avocado, spinach, and mozzarella.

• Slow cooker pork carnitas.

Gluten Free

• Apricot crumble bars.

• Blueberry crisp.

• Chocolate-frosted brownies.

• Chocolate ice cream sandwiches.

• Chocolate love gelato.

• Dairy-free “ice cream” recipes.

• Zucchini yeast bread.

• Super fluffy English muffins.

Crafty

• Knit linkity from kmkat.

Cool

• TARDIS shower curtain.

• Doctor Who 50th anniversary LEGO tribute video. (via The Mary Sue)

• 29 very cool satellite photos. (via oops-ohdear)

• Starry Night made from Hubble Telescope images.

• “Scully likes science“.

• I live about 2/3 of a mile out of frame on the upper right of this photo. (There is much less traffic where I live!)

• The strange intersection of dinosaur skeleton sculpture and pink flamingos.

Cool or Wha…?

• Ice cube trays: TARDIS, Death Star, Easter Island, and more.

• Death Star rug.

• “I could eat a horse” pasta measurer. (via pipervaughn)

• “Eye of the Tiger” played on a dot-matrix printer.

• The Royal Guard at Buckingham Palace playing the Game of Thrones theme. (via The Mary Sue)

Wha…?

• Raw egg tableware.

• Fortunately, Fried Chicken Oreos are fake. But apparently Root Beer Float Oreos are real.

• You can get a personalized novelty toaster.

• 170-foot tall bottle of catsup is for sale.

• 11 silly smartphone cases.

LOL

• Majestic photobomb.

• The weirdest bits from each NHL team’s Wikipedia page.

• Accidentally insulting birthday cakes. Logo fail cakes.

• Not a witch, but this is one reason I have black cats.

• Kitties – so helpful, in so many ways!

Teh Cute

• Tiger! Cats! Kitten! Kittens! Okapi and baby! Penguins! Red panda and babies! Baby lynx!

Reading Update

• The usual.

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“…zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz…” -Chaos

Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! Today we’ll be catching up with the Staring Contest Guys.

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“I don’t know why you even bother with those naughty boys, Mom, when I am so much cuter!” -Mayhem

Randoynmity

• Less than 100 comments away from 100,000 non-spam comments! Whoever is lucky commenter #100,000 will get a prize of some sort. (It won’t be a cat, promise.)

Contest(s)

• Blodeuedd’s giving away a copy of Finding My Way Home by Michele Summers. Closes July 26. US & Canada.

• Blodeuedd’s also giving away two copies of The Bride Prize by Sandra Schwab. Closes July 28.

Bookity

• New releases: Fiction Vixen (UF/romance)

• Book and publishing news from Dear Author. (They didn’t stop doing news – for some reason, the particular feed I was following stopped updating. Fixed!)

• “The agony and ecstasy of social media“.

• Charlie Cochet with part four of building your author website.

• I had never heard of book scorpions before.

• The “Will I read it?” flowchart. Accurate.

• Alas, fanfic readers know this well.

• The Lord of the Rings trilogy in 90 seconds.

• “Word Crimes” by “Weird Al” Yankovic.

Do, Think, Make, Learn

• Vantablack is a new material that will be used for calibrating space cameras and telescopes.

• The “happiness benchmark” for each US state.

Cookity

• 33 cupcake recipes. (via maderr)

• Samoa cheesecake. (via maderr)

• Cheery almond crumb cake.

• 15 recipes using fresh cherries.

• 15 chicken recipes.

• Bibimbap tacos.

• Low-maintenance fish tacos.

• Fresh corn polenta with avocado and tomato salad.

• Parmesan and herb baked chickpeas. (via The Kitchn)

• Charred broccoli and tofu stuffed avocado with sweet lemon curry sauce. (via The Kitchn)

• Red curry stew and vegetable noodles. (via The Kitchn)

• Caprese veggie burger sliders. (via The Kitchn)

• Lobster burgers. (via The Kitchn)

• Summer fruit spring rolls.

Gluten Free

• Three-ingredient brigadeiros.

• Oatmeal lace cookies.

• New England hot dog buns.

• Blueberry muffins with almond flour.

Crafty

• Knitting linkity from kmkat.

Cool

• LEGO Van Gogh. (via anna-sugarfairy)

• Lovely photo of Minneapolis at night.

• Stressed dragons. (via The Mary Sue)

Cool or Wha…?

• Dead parrot statue in London. (via exemplaryetoile)

• Winnie-the-Pooh glassware.

• Under-desk hammock for your feet.

• Cake batter in a can.

• Moon boot sneakers. I like the lunar shoes better.

Wha…?

• Framed felted cat butts.

• Cappuccino-flavored potato chips.

• 11 extreme junk foods.

• Oh yeah, flying sitting on a bicycle seat will be great. Not.

LOL

• 10 times it wasn’t actually autocorrect…

• The intersection of True Blood and Cheers.

• Seems like a reasonable wishlist, doesn’t it?

• By state, most common cause of death that THEY keep covering up.

• Definitely not ready.

• Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart Star Wars cosplay…

• Scary FAIL.

Teh Cute

• Snow leopard and baby! Black kitten (video)! Baby moose! Melted kitties! Black cat! Penguins and baby! Meerkats and babies! Baby red panda! Cat and kitten!

Reading Update
Hockey Abstract by Rob Vollman. reread. This time I took a few notes – hopefully that helps me remember some of the key terms in hockey statistics.

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“I was here first, May.” -Chaos

*purring* -Mayhem

Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! Today we’ll be catching up with Haughty Blond Guy. Onward!

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*sigh* – Mayhem

Bookity

• New releases: Fiction Vixen (UF/romance) and Tor.com (UF, PNR)

• Writerly linkity from Becky Black.

• Eden Winters on keeping your characters in character.

• How to use Scrivener to organize your writing.

• “A guide to fanfiction for people who can’t stop getting it wrong“. (via agentpantybunches)

• JK Rowling wrote a new Harry Potter short story.

• If you love to read, you’ll appreciate these illustrations.

• 10 books that have stayed with me in some way.

Think, Learn, Do, Make

• Monuments to cats.

• 10 companies own most of the food brands.

• How much real dinosaur is in a plastic dinosaur?

• How many snowflakes would it take to cover the world in six feet of snow?

• NASCAR physics explained by Neal deGrasse Tyson.

• The baseball All-Star Game at Target Field in Minneapolis will feature self-serve beer machines.

• Go inside the Twinkie factory.

• 20 tidbits about chocolate.

Cookity

• Zucchini marinara.

• Baked summer squash.

• 12 ways to cook zucchini and summer squash.

• Grilled cherry tomato skewers. (via The Kitchn)

• Green beans and butternut squash salad.

• Grilled cauliflower burgers. (via The Kitchn)

• Parmesan polenta fries with Bloody Mary dip. (via The Kitchn)

• Summer corn cakes and grilled bread with spinach pesto.

• Herbed chicken burgers with spicy aioli.

• Spicy Korean grilled chicken.

• 11 sweet and savory pies.

• Sriracha maple bacon.

• Easy strawberry shortcakes.

• Strawberry lime basil shortcakes. (via The Kitchn)

• Two-ingredient healthy oatmeal breakfast cookies.

Gluten Free

• Coconut egg cream.

• Chocolate doughnut holes.

Drinkity

• Mai Tai.

• Frozen gin and tonic.

• 15 fruity, boozy spritzers. (via maderr)

Crafty

• Knit a cute kitty. (via bronwyngreen)

• Knitting linkity from kmkat.

Cool

• Great photo of Minneapolis. And another of Minnehaha Falls.

• Play a demo of Catlateral Damage to experience the life of a cat. (via The Mary Sue)

• Great quote about magic and technology – and not the one you’re thinking of.

• Thunderstorm cloud lamp or ceiling light. (via pipervaughn)

• Princess Bride scenes in LEGO. (via bronwyngreen)

• The Academy Award-winning animated film The Triplets of Belleville is about “a badass little granny (with a limp and hint of mustache) as she tracks down her cyclist grandson who’s been kidnapped by the French mafia“.

• Embroidered Calvin & Hobbes.

• Wee geeky knits.

• Tour Adam Savage’s Cave via Google Street View. (Or you can tour the world’s largest cruise ship.)

Cool or Wha…?

• Vintage typewriter-style tablet keyboard.

• Microwave that will be able to count the calories of what you’re heating.

• Hostess announces the return of the Chocodile. (I’d never heard of it before.)

• 10 baking-related items. (via tracykitn)

• VW Camper Vanesque trailer.

Wha…?

• There’s no Wha…? this week?!?!

LOL

• Where should you live in Canada? (via Paperback Writer) (I got Prince Edward Island, “one of Canada’s three Maritime provinces and the smallest province in the nation, is best known as the idyllic setting of Anne of Green Gables. It’s a truly beautiful and quaint place, especially if you love beaches, wide open spaces, and abundant world class seafood.”

• Sesame Street’s True Blood parody.

• When a sandcastle cake goes awry. Possibly NSFWish?

• How to survive a trip to IKEA.

• Word.

• So true.

• Poor exhausted kitty.

• Bugs or ghosts.

• Such drama!

• Bad doggy!

Teh Cute

• Baby quoll! Cat and kittens! Baby snow leopard! Lynx and babies! Black kitten! Snowy owl and babies! Baby fennecs! Baby otters! Baby chinchilla!

Reading Update

• Look! Over there! In the sky!

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“…zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz…” -Mayhem

*baleful glaring for no particular purpose* – Chaos