Bookity

• New releases: Tor.com (scifi, fantasy), io9 ( comics, scifi/fantasy)
• Linkity from Smart Bitches.
• Linkity from the Pen Addict.
• “Rereading strategies for self care“.
• “Four questions to ask when beloved books haven’t aged well“.
• “Writing is the only hobby where people consider themselves a failure if they don’t become professional.“

Do, Make, Think, Learn

• The ISS had a little leak this week. The hole itself (not actual size – I believe the linked article said it was 2mm).
• NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson has turned 100. (She was the inspiration for the book and movie Hidden Figures.)
• “Tiny tunnels previously unknown to scientists found between the skull and brain“.
• “Five things you notice when you watch 2001: A Space Odyssey three times in one year“.
• A fan theory regarding the Borg’s nonsensical attacks on the Federation.
• Surely there has to be an easier way to get food, New Zealand penguins??
• Ouch.
• Some Twin Cities travel tips.

Cookity

• 10 vegetarian slow cooker meals.
• 25 recipes for leftover chicken.
• Confetti spaghetti.
• Easy skillet tamale pie.
• Peanut chicken power bowls.
• 15 make-ahead dinners.
• No-bake peanut butter pie.

Gluten Free

• Cinnamon rolls.

Artsy Crafty

• Knitting linkity from kmkat.

Cool

• Giving away soul bits. Or not.
• Serena Williams not letting the #$(! officials of the French Open keep her down.
• Tea with the Dames.
• New Scully & Mulder “Barbie” dolls.
• Linkity from kmkat.

Cool or Wha…?

• “America’s only remaining Blockbuster store gets its own beer“.
• Drivable full-size Bugatti made from an awful lot of LEGOs and toy motors.
• Retro electric car.

Wha…?

• *blink blink*
• “A sex doll ‘brothel’ is opening in Toronto next month“.
• William Shatner will release a new Christmas album.
• “…prompting women everywhere to ask, ‘Startling to whom?’“

LOL

• Beware!
• Cat calibration.
• Hazard symbol. (Hover cursor/long-press for caption.)

Teh Cute

• Flamingos and babies! Hatchlings!

Reading Update
A Book That Takes Its Time: An Unhurried Adventure in Creative Mindfulness edited by Irene Smit & Astrid van der Hulst. Good collection of essays from the magazine Flow. This book has all sorts of goodies in it – little journals, stickers, etc. Not sure whether I’ll use them or not, though.

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*GLARING* -Chaos