Bookity
- New releases: Fiction Vixen (romance) and Dear Author (romance)
- Book and publishing news from Dear Author.
- Learn more about the New York Public Library’s lions.
- A very nice post from Smart Bitches about Alan Rickman. Words from JK Rowling and Rickman’s Harry Potter co-stars.
- “Neil Gaiman gives David Bowie a proper origin story in The Return of the Thin White Duke“.
- “Self-discovery through rock mythology – David Bowie, the patron saint of personal truth“.
- Anatomy flipbook from the 1600s.
- Tolkien mittens.
- 40 “g” words.
- Star Wars and Winnie the Pooh mashup.
- Resolution for those of us who’ve fallen down the fanfiction hole…
- Books and a cuppa.
- Extremely abridged classics.
Think, Make, Learn, Do
- “David Bowie made the world a safer place for the alien in us all“.
- A gay couple on an NHL Kiss-Cam!
- “How politics massaged the science in the new [US] dietary guidelines“.
- The appendix might not be vestigial.
- Power outages caused by squirrels.
- You’re not imagining things – a study has found that Canadians are actually more polite.
- Learn more about the LA natural gas leak.
- “America was hot, fiery, and full of climate denial in 2015“.
- 57 Disney facts.
Cookity
- 8 smoothie recipes.
- 9 hearty vegetable soups.
- Vegan creamy curried cauliflower soup.
- 15 baked potato recipes.
- 20 cabbage recipes.
- 30-minute sweet Thai chili peanut chicken and grilled pineapple stir-fry. (via The Kitchn)
- Mexican skillet lasagna.
Gluten Free
Artsy Crafty
- Gift tags we should really put on things we make for other people.
- How to add pinstriping to your finished knitting.
- Knitted earbud pouch. (via Knitteapolis)
- David Bowie inspired crochet patterns. (via knittyBlog)
- Knitting linkity from kmkat.
Cool
- Some very wise words from John Darnielle of the Mountain Goats. (Maybe I posted these last week [I’m too lazy to go look], but they’re worth rereading, darn it.)
- David Bowie as The Little Prince. More David Bowie as The Little Prince. And another!
- Lots of folkish covers of David Bowie songs.
- Google Street View of the world’s largest model railway.
- Photos from US National Parks.
- Murmuration-inspired kinetic sculpture.
- Classic Batman LEGO set.
- Linkity from kmkat.
Cool or Wha…?
Wha…?
- Professional sewage diver.
- “Mother makes knitted version of her son for cuddling“.
- Inflight cuddle chair.
LOL
Teh Cute
- Lions and babies! Black cat pillow! Sea otter and baby! Baby ocelot! Cheetah and babies! Tiger and baby!
Reading Update
Carve Stamp Play: Designing and Creating Custom Stamps by Julie Fei Balzer. If you’ve never carved your own stamps, this is a good resource to get you started.
Card to Canvas: Mixed-Media Techniques for Paper Crafts by Colleen Schaan. Skimmed. Too much brand name dropping for me.
“…zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz…” -Chaos and Mayhem
OMG, the Tolkien mittens!! I have at least three people that would love them. Off to Ravelry.
Best blog post title ever.
A recent post from kmkat..Labyrinth.
Those Tolkien mittens are lovely!
I think you’ve excelled yourself this week with the ‘Wha…’ section. 😀
I can’t believe people are still in denial about climate change. It’s like they don’t even look at the evidence for themselves! It makes me pretty frustrated.
The knitted son is nightmare fodder.
OK, the knitted son nightmare has become a night terror. It’s a suit??? To wear? And her younger so is wearing the fuzzy kin of his older brother???
*speechless*
10. GITHERMENTS: A random assortment of unmatching things.
A word I never knew I desperately needed until this very moment.
Chris-Alan Rickman directed a beautful film called The Winter Guest. I recommend it.
Not a good week at all
Another hour of fun. I want to get that cup of books picture! I heard an interview on CBC with the squirrel power outage guy. Hilarious.
A recent post from marylou..Join being careful not to twist.
About 10 minutes before I saw your blog post, I commented to Larry that it was a good thing Dan Haggerty wasn’t 69 or I would have wondered if 69 was the new 27.
A recent post from Cheryl S…Crazy