• Still chugging along, even slightly ahead on my word count, for NaNoWriMo.
• No linkity next week, November 23, due to the Thanksgiving holiday here in the US.
• Not sure if there will be linkity on the 30th – it really depends on how NaNo is going at that point! 🙂

Bookity

• Linkity from Smart Bitches.
• Cover snark from Smart Bitches.
• Linkity from the Pen Addict.
• If you like serialized reading, you might like Radish.
• Gift ideas for readers.
• tRUMP’s terrible presidency book club.
• NaNoWriMo Day 8.
• Canon vs fanfic.
• The Marauders work to find a loophole in the “no student out of bed” rule.
• Tam Lin is “Beauty & the Beast’s older cooler cousin”.
• Writer’s block.

Learn, Do, Make, Think

• Letterlocking. (Thanks, Emma!)
• “The guiding principles of social justice are aimed at correcting and dismantling systems. Stop using them to dismantle people.“
• Is kindness contagious?
• My new Representative, Ilhan Omar.
• “What happens after an entire town burns to the ground?“
• “CNN meteorologist explains why…tRUMP is so wrong about California’s wildfires“.
• The way chip cards have been implemented in the US hasn’t led to less credit card fraud.
• The Humongous Fungus might be bigger than previously thought.
• “Please get some exercise, any exercise at all, new federal guidelines plead“.
• Stan Lee has died. Tor.com. The Mary Sue.
• Have you tried a “To Don’t” list?

Cookity

• 10 easy casseroles.
• Chickpea casserole with lemon, herbs, and shallots.
• One-pan cheesy chicken, broccoli, and quinoa.
• Flamin’ Hot Cheetos fried chicken bites.
• Brown sugar pound cake.
• Pumpkin icebox cake.
• Easy 5-ingredient pumpkin pie.
• No-bake 5-ingredient whipped pumpkin cheesecake.
• Pumpkin cobbler.

Gluten Free

• Cake mix chocolate chip cookies.

Artsy Crafty

• Scandal in the “yarner” community!
• Linkity from knittyBlog.
• Knitting linkity from kmkat.

Cool

• Yes, this. Stupid early snow.
• Proof Public (Minneapolis) is having an open house on November 18.
• “The ubiquity of smartphones“. (Thanks, Emma!)

Wha…?

• “How is that even something you find out you can do“.
• Nevada elected a dead brothel owner to office.

LOL

• “Lesser-acknowledged varieties of film appreciation“.
• The Museum of English Rural Life has a great online persona.

Teh Cute

• Tiger and baby!

Reading Update
The Labyrinth Index (Laundry Files #9) by Charles Stross. Ack. These are so complex now that I almost need to reread the entire series when each new book comes out. Mental note to do that before the next one… This one was mainly from Mhari’s POV after the shocking developments of book 8 have had a chance to sink in a little bit.

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“Back off, Mom! Sheesh!” -Mayhem

Welcome back to Art Journaling Monday!

• Some more ubuntu quotes.
• The people have the power.
• We can do it together.
• Short wonder help.
• Introduction.
• Choose joy.
• Cloud mood carry.
• I am because we are.

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“You’re not going to like it when my swatting paw gets warmed up!” -Chaos

Still on track with NaNoWriMo, although I don’t think my story makes any sense whatsoever. But that’s a problem for revisions! 😀 My thoughts on Day 4.

Bookity

• New releases: Tor.com (genre-benders)
• Linkity from Smart Bitches.
• Linkity from Inkophile.
• Linkity from the Pen Addict.
• “The ultimate guide to reading like Barack Obama“.
• Artistic book photography.
• 13 free reading apps.
• “If you ever feel left out just remember you weren’t the fifth Gryffindor guy in the Marauders’ dormitory“.
• More gift ideas from Smart Bitches.
• Wild Rumpus books in Minneapolis.
• 15 quotes about anxiety.
• 15 quotes from Kurt Vonnegut.

Think, Make, Do, Learn

• Have you opted out of Amazon’s print catalog yet?
• Flickr will have a 1000 photo limit for free users starting in 2019. If you’re over that, you should probably start looking for someplace to move your photos, before Flickr starts deleting photos on February 5, 2019.
• “The White House is spreading actual fake news to make the press look violent“. “White House spreads doctored video to justify temper tantrum against CNN reporter“. (Romantica – “Harder to Hear”: “It’s getting harder to hear the truth these days – there’s so much money in the way…”)
• So jealous that California made Daylight Savings Time a year-round thing!
• Emma Thompson is now Dame Emma Thompson.
• Beware a new banking scam.
• The story of the Inaccessible Island rails.

Cookity

• 5-ingredient sweet potato enchilada casserole.
• 10 vegan sides for Thanksgiving.
• Wild rice pilaf with squash, pecans, and cranberries.
• Rice pudding.

Gluten Free

• Weight Watchers style breadsticks.

Cool

• Hyper-realistic dream.

Cool or Wha…?

• A documentary on the wild excavator.
• “Spice up your ‘out of office’ autoresponder with this OOO generator“.

Wha…?

• “69-year old sues to change his age to 49, citing Tinder benefits“.
• Four-foot tall wine glass available from Costco.
• You’ll be able to order a live Christmas tree from Amazon Prime this year.

LOL

• How voting exhortation has changed over the past 18 years.
• Chicken wings and math.
• Where is the lie?

Reading Update

• Look, up in the sky! 😉

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“Stupid typewriter!” -Mayhem

“Stupid typewriter!” -Chaos

“I might be in danger!” -1950 Princess typewriter

“I’m feeling warm, yet crowded and judged.” -Me

Welcome back to Art Journaling Monday! 🙂

• Kicking off the Get Messy Season of Ubuntu with quotes and definitions.
• More ubuntu quotes.
• Flow thoughts thwart.
• The relationship of the operating system to the concept.
• And more ubuntu quotes, featuring one Fred Rogers.
• Crisis cats confluence.
• And even more ubuntu quotes.
• “We all do better when we all do better.”

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“…zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz…” -Mayhem

Bookity

• New releases: Tor.com (YA fantasy & scifi, adult fantasy, adult scifi) and Smart Bitches (romance)
• Linkity from Smart Bitches.
• Linkity from Inkophile.
• “Singing the praises of the fanfiction community“.
• Cover snark from Smart Bitches.
• Thoughts on homework in Harry Potter.
• Some words invented by Shakespeare.
• Laundry Files (Charles Stross) primer.
• Tips for writing 2000 words/day for NaNoWriMo.

Think, Learn, Make, Do, VOTE

• VOTE.
• YES.
• “The existence of another poor person is not why you’re poor.“
• #WhatMakesUsHuman
• “People’s lives are not a thought experiment.“
• “…shattered his own record for lies.“
• “The rise and fall of the Gopher protocol“. (Thanks, emmaseasall!)
• Tips for managing seasonal depression. Snippet on the rise of major depression.
• 21 quotes from Carl Sagan.

Cookity

• Creamy one pot chicken and rice.
• 10 chili recipes.
• 12 sheet pan dinners.
• 19 chocolatey desserts.
• Triple chocolate loaf cake.
• “Easy, foolproof pumpkin roll“.
• “Better-than-Starbucks” pumpkin bread.

Gluten Free

• Cheesy spinach balls.
• Vanilla cake mix cookies.
• Pumpkin quinoa cookies.

Artsy Crafty

• “The thing about knitting is…“
• Some bookish knitting patterns.
• Linkity from knittyBlog.

Cool

• When you go to get a haircut and come home with a Czechoslovakian ultraportable typewriter…
• Knitted Starry Night blanket.
• Stephen Colbert dressed up as his favorite Lord of the Rings characters.
• NASA’s carved pumpkins.
• “Internet-famous gay penguin couple welcomes new chick“.
• Gift ideas from Smart Bitches.
• Linkity from kmkat.

Cool or Wha…?

• Colorado cryptid.
• Beware the voyageur!
• Chocolate Harry Potter wand.

Wha…?

• Most of the news has been “Wha…?” during this past week. 🙁

Reading Update
Mr Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan. Very good story about a guy in San Francisco who loses his marketing and design job in the Great Recession, then ends up working in a very, very odd bookstore.
The Rook and Stiletto (Checquy Files 1-2) by Daniel O’Malley. A woman wakes to find she’s standing in the rain, she’s surrounded by a circle of dead bodies, and she has no memories prior to that moment. Very good urban fantasy suspense! Looking forward to more books in this series.
Notes from a Public Typewriter by Michael Gustafson & Oliver Uberti. Very good collection of thoughts and other bits of writing from the publicly available typewriter in an Ann Arbor, Michigan, indie bookstore.
An Interrupted Cry (Sylvan Investigations 4) by Laura Ann Gilman. Good paranormal suspense series about half faun former cop and current private investigator Danny, who suddenly finds he has an employee – a powerful seer with self-esteem issues.

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