For the second week in a row, I’m working through my linkity time, so the below mess of links is what I managed to put together during an afternoon conference call… 😉

• Folk Dada.
• Another weird thing about being an adult.
• Hagrid alternatively.
• Discworld/Harry Potter crossover.
• Book train.
• Cover snark.
• “How to build a Bookmas tree“.
• Linkity from Smart Bitches.
• Linkity from ReaderWriterVille.
• 70 bookish cross stitch patterns.
• Bookish gift ideas.
• Linkity from knittyBlog.
• Linkity from kmkat. Knitting linkity from kmkat.
• Tumblr is banning adult content. Related photo from my neighborhood (it’s completely SFW!).
• Data map of Minnesota wolves.
• The state of typewriter repair shops/sales in the Twin Cities.
• “Minnesota confronts its history of housing segregation“.
• “Bee cute furry face“.
• tRUMP done Star Wars opening style.
• tRUMP lies so much the Washington Post had to invent a new fact-checking category.
• Gluten-free apple cake with cranberries.
• Flourless chocolate cloud cake.
• Buckeye brownie cookies.
• xkcd on the Mercator Project. (Hover/long-press for caption.)

Reading Update
The Lost Days, Stranger and Stranger, Dark Times, and Piece of Mind (Emily the Strange 1-4) by Rob Reger & Jessica Gruner. Good four-book young adult series about the strange adventures of Emily the Strange, as told by Emily in her journal.

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“You may admire how cute I am, yes.” -Mayhem

Welcome back to Art Journaling Monday!

• Winter is coming.
• Color moves breath.
• Paper general pause.
• Kindness matters.
• The lying needs to stop.
• Understanding essential detective risks.
• Teach tolerance.
• Breathe peace.

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“Fine, you can take my picture, but it better not show all my white hair!” -Chaos, probably

Things are just crazy this week! I have to work during my usual linkity time, so I’m going to slap a couple of links down and call it good for the week. Hope all of you are well! 🙂

• D’oh, what could go wrong… (Thanks, Emma!)
• Aw, Curiosity Rover!
• Rare white reindeer. (Thank you, KittenWithAWhiplash!)
• From the Holiday Boar.
• A library Christmas tree.

Reading Update
No Plot? No Problem! A Low-Stress, High-Velocity Guide to Writing a Novel in 30 Days by Chris Baty. This book was absolutely perfect for me to start reading a week or so before starting my very first NaNoWriMo – it had a great balance of reassurance, reality checks, and humor. I read each section of the book at the time recommended in the book and found that to be really helpful – it prepared me for each week without overwhelming me any more than I was already. And hey – I hit my 50k on 25 Nov 2018!
How to Be a Heroine: Or, What I’ve Learned from Reading Too Much by Samantha Ellis. Very good autobiographical look back at some of the author’s favorite heroines from when she was growing up – I really liked how she explained what each heroine had meant to her as a kid and what she saw now, upon rereading.

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*radiating malevolence* -Chaos

Welcome back to Art Journaling Monday! 🙂

• “Do you remember the forgotten America?“
• But did the abyss look back?
• Believe.
• FRAGILE.
• Girl, what?
• Imbue contingency photo nice.
• All one people!

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“…zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz…” -Mayhem

This is going to be one of those mess of not really sorted linkities because it’s been a little crazy around here this week…

• I finished NaNoWriMo 2018 on Sunday! No, I haven’t started on revisions yet…
• Linkity from Smart Bitches.
• Seanan McGuire on everything she learned writing fanfic.
• Back alley bookend dioramas.
• On German compound words.
• There’s a typo demon…
• “Can we talk about Filch and his art credentials?“
• The Bundt cake pan was developed in the Twin Cities.
• That’s a mighty big Greater Prairie Chicken.
• On reading the comments.
• Some words of wisdom.
• “Today years old“.
• On the current status of romaine lettuce.
• “First They Came” updated for today.
• BOOM.
• “Post-truth is pre-fascism“.
• “But cities that are magical and sentient tho“.
• Wise words.
• Utah gothic.
• Every road in Minnesota.
• An interesting Star Wars headcanon.
• Rather disturbing bowling alley, this.
• Chocolate-covered gummi bears?!
• “What if humans flirted like animals?“

Reading Update
Hawkeye 1: My Life As A Weapon by Matt Fraction. Reread.
Hawkeye 2: Little Hits by Matt Fraction. It’s really hard to be Clint Barton.
Hawkeye 3: LA Woman by Matt Fraction. Not a fan of Kate Bishop, but in the interest of reading the entire story arc…
Hawkeye 4: Rio Bravo by Matt Fraction. Is the narrative kind of incoherent or is it me? Hmm.

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*smoldering sleepily* -Mayhem