Many thanks to LB Gregg for donating an ebook copy of her forthcoming m/m romance, Men of Smithfield: Max & Finn, for a lucky commenter to win! Men of Smithfield: Max & Finn will be released by Carina Press on September 3.

When I walked out of his office after the hottest sex of my life, I thought I’d left Max Douglas behind me forever – along with my favorite argyle socks and my self-respect. The last thing I need is the too-serious, too-sexy former Marine living across the hall from me while he acts as a bodyguard for one of my students. Especially since he fired me from my job tutoring his brother… after we hooked up.

I shouldn’t want him. I should despise him after the way he treated me. But he’s exactly my type: older, experienced, in control – and it’s obvious the lust is still mutual. While I may not be able to keep our relationship strictly professional, I’m determined to keep it purely physical. But when the stalker threats escalate, it looks like Max is going to be sticking around the school for a while… and the more I get to know him, the more I’m in danger of losing my heart.

Previously published as Cover Me.

Books by LB

• Men of Smithfield: Mark & Tony
• Catch Me If You Can (Romano & Albright, Book 1) and Trust Me If You Dare (Romano & Albright, Book 2)
• Dudleytown (Cornwall Novellas #1) and Simple Gifts (Cornwall Novellas #2)
• Mistletoe at Midnight (also in His for the Holidays)

About LB Gregg

LB Gregg (Lisabea) spends her days plotting and planning and her evenings with her family – three (well above average) teenagers, a smoking hot hubbie, a fat-ass beagle, and a smelly old dachshund. For fun, LB is passionate about skiing, hiking, travel, pedicures, fine wine, good music, and playing cards. She’s been known to read a bit too much.

For more info on LB, because surely one can never get too much of a good thing, you can find her at her blog, Nose in a Book, or at her website.

Contest Rules

• To enter, leave a comment stating that you are entering the contest. Contest closes 7 pm CDT, Friday, August 31.
• By entering the contest, you’re confirming that you are at least 18 years old.
• If you haven’t commented before, your comment will not be visible until after I moderate it. Please do not leave a second comment because your first doesn’t show up! The blog gnomes will decide your comments are spam and then only ritual dust bunny sacrifice will salvage your entry…
• If your comment is actually an advertisement or if your CommentLuv link turns it into an advertisement, your comment will be deleted. (Most of you do not need to worry – this refers to some pretty clever comment spam.)
• Winners will be selected by random number.
• You must leave a valid email address in the “Email” portion of the comment form.
• Please make sure that your spam filter allows email from stumblingoverchaos.com!
• I am not able to reliably contact people with aol.com and netscape.com email addresses – please use a different email address if at all possible!
• If a winner doesn’t respond to my congratulations email within 48 hours, I will select another winner.
• If you win, please respect the author’s intellectual property and don’t make copies of the ebook for anyone else.
• This contest is open worldwide!

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*strikes regal Panther Princess pose* -Mayhem

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Don’t forget to enter the contest for Dead Shot by JL Merrow! Contest closes 7 pm CDT, August 24.

Stop by and enter the contest for winner’s choice of A Guitarist in the Fae Queen’s Court by Amber Kell or the Unconventional At Best anthology! Contest closes 7 pm CDT, August 24.

Then enter the contest for One More Time by Shawn Lane! Contest closes 7 pm CDT, August 27.

Make sure you enter the contest for Maybe This Time by Shawn Lane! Contest closes 7 pm CDT, August 31.

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Congrats to Alder, who won the paperback copy of The Bound Series by Ava March!

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Many thanks to LB Gregg for donating an ebook copy of her freshly rereleased m/m romance, Mark and Tony (Men of Smithfield #1), for a lucky commenter to win!

Coming home from work to find my boyfriend banging our hairy, married landlord – in our bed – was bad enough. Discovering Jamie had also cleaned out my bank accounts made it officially the worst day of my life. I think I can be forgiven for wanting revenge, even if a few little laws (and possibly Jamie’s nose) got bent in the process.

Fortunately, the law is on my side in the form of my oldest friend, Tony Gervase. I’ve tried to deny my attraction to the sexy trooper for years. After all, he made it clear long ago that he wasn’t interested in me that way. But if the hot encounter in his kitchen is any indication, he is now. At least the day is ending a whole lot better than it began…

But the morning after, the Jamie situation goes from bad to seriously messed up. The jerk’s in more trouble than I could have imagined. And as it turns out, I don’t know Tony as well as I thought I did either…

This book was previously published.

Excerpt

Books by LB

• Catch Me If You Can (Romano & Albright, Book 1) and Trust Me If You Dare (Romano & Albright, Book 2)
• Dudleytown (Cornwall Novellas #1) and Simple Gifts (Cornwall Novellas #2)
• Mistletoe at Midnight (also in His for the Holidays)

About LB Gregg

LB Gregg (Lisabea) spends her days plotting and planning and her evenings with her family – three (well above average) teenagers, a smoking hot hubbie, a fat-ass beagle, and a smelly old dachshund. For fun, LB is passionate about skiing, hiking, travel, pedicures, fine wine, good music, and playing cards. She’s been known to read a bit too much.

For more info on LB, because surely one can never get too much of a good thing, you can find her at her blog, Nose in a Book, or at her website.

Contest Rules

• To enter, leave a comment stating that you are entering the contest. Contest closes 7 pm CDT, Monday, August 20.
• By entering the contest, you’re confirming that you are at least 18 years old.
• If you haven’t commented before, your comment will not be visible until after I moderate it. Please do not leave a second comment because your first doesn’t show up! The blog gnomes will decide your comments are spam and then only ritual dust bunny sacrifice will salvage your entry…
• If your comment is actually an advertisement or if your CommentLuv link turns it into an advertisement, your comment will be deleted. (Most of you do not need to worry – this refers to some pretty clever comment spam.)
• Winners will be selected by random number.
• You must leave a valid email address in the “Email” portion of the comment form.
• Please make sure that your spam filter allows email from stumblingoverchaos.com!
• I am not able to reliably contact people with aol.com and netscape.com email addresses – please use a different email address if at all possible!
• If a winner doesn’t respond to my congratulations email within 48 hours, I will select another winner.
• If you win, please respect the author’s intellectual property and don’t make copies of the ebook for anyone else.
• This contest is open worldwide!

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*crabby* -Chaos

Chaos at the vet for his eye recheck last week. The cornea scrape is healed!

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Congrats to Fehu, who won Crescendo (Song of the Fallen #2) by Rachel Haimowitz!

Congrats to SueM, who won Men Under the Mistletoe by Ava March, Josh Lanyon, Harper Fox, and KA Mitchell! Men Under the Mistletoe will be released on December 5 by Carina Press. (The stories will also be released separately.)

Congrats to Tracey D, who won While Under the Influence (Perfect Timing #8) by Kim Dare! While Under the Influence will be released by Total-E-Bound on December 5.

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Not enough linkity for you today? You could check out last week’s poor neglected linkity…

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Contests

• Brief Encounters Reviews is giving away an ebook copy of A Lie I Can Live With (Match Before Christmas #3) by Eden Winters. Contest closes 11 pm GMT on December 3.

• Janna’s giving away an ebook copy of Amor Prohibido by Ellis Carrington. Comment before December 4 for your chance to win.

• Joyfully Jay’s giving away an ebook from LA Witt’s backlist. Contest closes 11:59 pm EST on December 5.

• Blodeuedd’s giving away an ebook copy of Shadow Magic by Donna Grant. Contest closes December 8.

• Joder’s giving away a $20 Wild Rose Press gift certificate and a $20 Amazon gift certificate. Contest closes 11:59 pm CST on December 9.

• Kaetrin’s celebrating reaching a followers milestone by giving away a $10AUD gift certifcate to the Book Depository, plus ebook copies of Tigers and Devils and I Fell in Love with a Zombie by Sean Kennedy. Contest closes December 10 (Australia Time).

• Blodeuedd’s giving away two copies of Darn Good Cowboy Christmas by Carolyn Brown. Contest closes December 11. US & Canada.

Bookity

• New releases and more: Elisa Rolle (LGBT), Tor.com (UF, SF, fantasy, genre-benders), and AAR (romance audiobooks).

• Book and publishing linkity from ReadReactReview.

• SB Sarah muses on the “mantitty” romance book cover.

• KC Burn explains why she likes headless guys on her covers.

• Mandi wants to know what you think of the “rushed declaration of love” in romance novels. (Hate it. Don’t bother.)

• Now that you’ve finished your NaNoWriMo novel, it’s time to revise and polish!

• Writing linkity from Becky Black.

• The movie Breaking Dawn might be causing seizures.

• Tor.com looks at how scifi has portrayed books.

• Watch The Simpsons episode “The Book Job” – it featured Neil Gaiman! If you’re not in the US, TunnelBear might help.

Ebookity

• KMont shares her Kindle Fire experience. (Amazon says they’ve sold lots, but don’t provide any actual numbers.)

• Dear Author reviews the Kindle Touch.

• Nook Color tips and tricks from Dear Author.

• Go vote for the next round in Kris’ Choose Your Own M/M Story!

• This post about digital versus physical goods really resonated with me.

• One reader explains how ebooks and quality (or its lack) have changed how she reads.

• Library usage in Canada is up due to ebooks.

• Finding legitimate free ebooks for your ereader.

• Some Carnegie Mellon professors researching e-piracy have discovered that the main cause… is consumers being frustrated by having to wait.

• Fahrenheit-451 is going digital.

Think, Do, Make, Learn

• The Mary Sue discusses some of the, erm, odd responses from Apple’s Siri when asked about contraception and more. NSFW.

• You might want to stop feeding your dog jerky treats.

• How to tell if a video game is being sexist.

• “Marketing science to girls by reinforcing gender stereotypes“.

• Back to the Middle Ages?! Maybe we should be using toads and snakes to predict earthquakes.

• American adults are an average of 20 pounds heavier now than in 1990.

• Earlier this week, it was reported that many smartphones have a rootkit called CarrierIQ that’s logging virtually everything you do on your smartphone.

• How to send international text messages for free.

• Per an agreement with the FTC, Facebook privacy changes are now going to be opt-in.

• If you’re unhappy with the new Yahoo Mail, here’s a trick to revert back to the previous version.

• Based on discoveries that apple and grape juice often have high levels of arsenic and lead, Consumerist has some recommendations for parents.

• Chewing gum makes you smarter, temporarily. Until I smack you for chomping loudly.

Holidity

• Crochet some snowflake ornaments.

• Put together some LEGO ornaments. (via Gizmodo)

• Bake melted snowman cookies. (via The Kitchn)

• Make really cute Christmas cards if you have (small) kids.

• Christmas linkity from MrsPao.

• LEGO Santa Yoda.

• Needle felted Star Wars ornaments.

• Gingerbread AT-AT. (via The Mary Sue)

• The eleven most white trash Christmas trees.

Gift Guidity

• Things you can make by hand in 4-40 hours.

• Power tools (for crafting and beyond).

• 10 best treats to make and gift.

• Quirky kitchenish gifts.

• For the urban farmer.

• For carnivores.

• For beer lovers.

• For design junkies.

• For people whose wrists get sore when they read. (Put it on a pillow on your lap, set this book stand on it, and you’re set!)

• For fans of Elder Gods and/or cephalopods.

Cookity

• Cranberry-walnut pumpkin toasting bread.

• Gluten-free banana nut bread.

• Ground cherry coffee cake.

• Pumpkin pie fudge brownies. (via The Kitchn)

• All sorts of snickerdoodle recipes.

• Tangled Thai salad. (via The Kitchn)

• Bacon, kale, and turkey stew.

• Stacked roasted vegetable enchiladas. (via The Kitchn)

• 5 hot drinks with booze

• 10 cranberry desserts

• 10 lighter meals

Crafty

• Fancy up your earbuds. (via CRAFT)

• Amazing knitted periodic table of the elements. (via KnittyBlog)

Cool

• LEGO recycling bins. (via The Kitchn)

• LEGO Freddie Mercury. (via The Mary Sue)

• A short scifi film made by students the University of Huddersfield.

Cool or Wha…?

• I like Nutella, but really…

• Carbonite-frozen Han Solo chocolate.

• Star Wars retold with unicorns on a t-shirt. (via The Mary Sue)

• Octopus coffee table. (via The Mary Sue)

• Tipping tea cup.

• Spokeless ferris wheel?!

Wha…?

• An insect big enough to eat a carrot?! Plenty more scary photos in the comments on that post, too.

• Mosaic made from sprinkles…

• Nuclear taco hat.

• Blood donation bags shaped like Christmas stockings.

• No clue. That fashion thing again. Oh, that poor guy.

• Batman Snuggie?!

• R2-D2 folding chair. (via The Mary Sue)

• Can’t say I’ve ever seen skunk panthers before.

LOL

• Well, I’m putting it in LOL, but… it might hit a little close to home.

• Lazy craft-themed haiku from Franklin.

• Humorous wishlist to Santa from Paperback Writer.

• Instructions FAIL.

• IKEA instructions for houses, babies, and drug manufacturing…

• Toilet paper personality types. (Hmm. I have to keep the toilet paper in the cabinet under the sink, protected by a childproof lock, or Chaos turns it into confetti.)

• 14 Thanksgiving autocorrect fails.

• Decisions, decisions.

• The Mary Sue takes a look at stock photos of women with laptops.

• I always end up with enough fur to make another cat, too.

• This makes me even more glad that the kitties aren’t allowed in my bedroom at night.

Teh Cute

• Cat and kitten! Sugar glider! Kittens! Baby galago! Kittens! Baby capybara! Kitten! Galago! Kittens! Giraffe and baby! Kitten! Hedgie! Kittens! Baby fossas! Baby black jaguar!

Reading Update
Men Under the Mistletoe by Ava March, Harper Fox, Josh Lanyon, & KA Mitchell. ebook collection. Another exceptional collection of holiday-themed m/m romance from Carina Press. Ava March’s historical was very good. (Poor Sasha! Then… poor Thomas!) Harper Fox’s story drew me in slowly, then seduced me utterly. So good! Its excellent epilogue should serve as the standard to which all other epilogues should strive. Josh Lanyon’s story was a pretty good read, but left me with too many unanswered questions to be truly satisfying. Finally, KA Mitchell’s story kept me wondering how things were going to turn out until the absolute end.
Winter Warmers by Clare London, Chrissy Munder, Lou Harper, Josephine Myles, & JL Merrow. ebook collection. This m/m romance holiday collection is perfectly titled – these are heartwarming, cozy tales that will help you find your holiday spirit as you curl up on your couch with your ebook reader. (Yes, they are also sexy tales. I know you were wondering!)
Simple Gifts (Cornwall Novellas #2) by LB Gregg. ebook short. Very good short m/m holiday romance about an emotionally closed off bar owner who’s dragged to a holiday party, where he runs into the guy who loved and left him for the military without a word ten years ago.
Dudleytown (Cornwall Novellas #1) by LB Gregg. ebook short. reread. Very good Halloween-themed m/m romance about some college students taking a “shortcut” on their drive home for the weekend. Things go a bit more spectacularly awry than is usual for such shortcuts… Plenty of trademark L.B. humor and insight make for an entertainingly suspenseful read.
Trompe L’oeil by KC Burn. ebook. Very good paranormal m/m romance about a history professor who’s been a bit of a hermit since he dumped his cheating boyfriend six months ago. When he moves into a new apartment, his sister gives him a mysteriously compelling nude portrait of a Depression-era artist…
“A Calling for Pleasure” (Lars & Rael #1) by JL Merrow (from The Care and Feeding of Demons). short from ebook collection. I just read “A Calling for Pleasure” because it’s the first story in an m/m paranormal romance series by J.L. Merrow about two detectives for the Paranormal Enforcement Agency. In this short, the detectives are after a succubus who’s leaving a trail of dead guys behind her. The male detective (non-romantic detective pairing, not to worry) becomes fascinated by a male succubus (why didn’t they just call him an incubus?!) who’s picked up during the investigation…
A Blast from the Past (Lars & Rael #2) by JL Merrow. ebook. Good short paranormal m/m romance in which the detectives are trying to catch a demonic firestarter.
A Wish Too Far (Lars & Rael #3) by JL Merrow. ebook. In this one, our detectives are after a mysterious person who’s making and pushing pills that grant wishes… slightly twisted.
Broken Memories (In the Shadow of the Wolf #2) by Diane Adams & RJ Scott. ebook. Good paranormal m/m romance about the wolf shifter rescued at the end of the last book, who’s terrified of shifting and can’t remember much from before his rescue. I don’t think this book was long enough for the amount of story being told. At times, things seemed to jump ahead inexplicably, as if parts were missing.
Someone Special by TC Blue. ebook. Good holiday m/m romance about a photographer working as a Santaland elf who gets involved with a somewhat prickly, time-crunched guy also working as an elf. This started out much stronger than it finished – the last 1/4 of the book got painfully sugary and repetitive.
Tribe (Todd Mills #2) by RD Zimmerman. Pretty good gay mystery in which an old friend of Todd’s reveals secrets kept since their college days as some creepy fundamentalists with nefarious intent close in. I didn’t like this as much as I liked the first book – way too much time spent with the creepy fundamentalists.
Working It Out by Sara York. ebook. Meh m/m romance about a gym owner whose partner died six months ago. He’s surprised to find himself with feelings for a handsome closeted doctor. Such a frustrating read! The main characters’ intentions and emotions seemed to flip flop on every page. There were not one but two psycho women intent on seducing the gay main characters. The writing was choppy and simplistic. *sigh*

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“What a long week! I’m exhausted!” -Mayhem

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Congrats to Andrea, who won Private Eye (Liaisons #1) by S.E. Culpepper!

Congrats to Nikyta, who won Boats in the Night by Josephine Myles!

Congrats to Midia, who won Media Naranja (Other Half) (Petit Morts #16) by Clare London & Jordan Castillo Price!

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Many thanks to LB Gregg for donating an ebook copy three ebook copies of her freshly released m/m holiday romance, Simple Gifts (Cornwall Novellas #2), for a three lucky commenters to win!

Some things are worth waiting for.

A former ward of the state, Jason Ferris is fiercely protective of his carefully guarded private life. When he’s felled by a rogue lawn ornament at a Christmas party, Jason finds himself in the care of his first and most devastating love – dark, dangerous, and equally damaged Lt. Robb Sharpe.

Newly returned from years away in the military, Robb’s homecoming isn’t exactly the stuff of fairytales. Now thrust together after a ten year hiatus, Jason and Robb discover that perhaps some things are worth waiting for.

Excerpt (scroll down)

Books by LB

• Catch Me If You Can (Romano & Albright, Book 1) and Trust Me If You Dare (Romano & Albright, Book 2)
• Dudleytown (Cornwall Novellas #1)
• Mistletoe at Midnight (also in His for the Holidays)

About LB Gregg

LB Gregg (Lisabea) spends her days plotting and planning and her evenings with her family – three (well above average) teenagers, a smoking hot hubbie, a fat-ass beagle, and a smelly old dachshund. For fun, LB is passionate about skiing, hiking, travel, pedicures, fine wine, good music, and playing cards. She’s been known to read a bit too much.

For more info on LB, because surely one can never get too much of a good thing, you can find her at her blog, Nose in a Book, or at her website.

Contest Rules

• To enter, leave a comment below stating that you are entering the contest. Leave your comments by 7 pm CST, Thursday, December 8.
• By entering the contest, you’re confirming that you are at least 18 years old.
• If you haven’t commented before, your comment will not be visible until after I moderate it. Please do not leave a second comment because your first doesn’t show up! The blog gnomes will decide your comments are spam and then only luck and counterintuitive espionage will salvage your entry…
• If your comment is actually an advertisement or if your CommentLuv link turns it into an advertisement, your comment will be deleted. (Most of you do not need to worry – this refers to some pretty clever comment spam.)
• Winners will be selected by random number.
• You must leave a valid email address in the “Email” portion of the comment form.
• Please make sure that your spam filter allows email from stumblingoverchaos.com!
• If a winner doesn’t respond to my congratulations email within 48 hours, I will select another winner.
• This contest is open worldwide!

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“Still bored. Still waiting for you to entertain me, Mom.” -Mayhem

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Don’t forget to enter the contest for Media Naranja (Other Half) (Petit Morts #16) by Clare London & Jordan Castillo Price! Contest closes 7 pm CST, November 28.

Go enter the contest for Boats in the Night by Josephine Myles! Contest closes 7 pm CST, November 28.

Definitely enter the contest for Private Eye (Liaisons #1) by SE Culpepper! Contest closes 7 pm CST, November 28.

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Congrats to Cori and Lilli, who each won copies of Honored Vow (Change of Heart #3) by Mary Calmes! Honored Vow will be released by Dreamspinner Press on November 21.

Congrats to Kelly, who won Texas Winter (The Heart of Texas #2) by RJ Scott! Texas Winter will be released by Silver Publishing on November 19.

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Thank you for all the birthday wishes yesterday! I took yesterday and today off from work and did absolutely nothing. Tonight, Jeanne and I are going to see The Mountain Goats play at the Fitzgerald Theater – Neil Gaiman is part the event, too.

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Contests

• Cecile’s giving away backlist ebooks from Rachel Haimowitz, Aleksandr Voinov, LA Witt, Brita Addams, or Cat Grant. Read the contest directions carefully! Contests close November 18 at midnight, EST.

• Kindle-aholic’s giving away an ebook ARC of Carolyn Crane’s Head Rush (Disillusionists #3). Comment by 11:59 pm PST, November 20, for your chance to win.

• Joyfully Jay’s giving away a backlist ebook from Cat Grant. Contest closes 11:59 pm EST, November 21.

• Ava March, Harper Fox, Josh Lanyon, and KA Mitchell are having a scavenger hunt to celebrate the upcoming release of their Carina Press m/m Christmas anthology, Men under the Mistletoe. Go get the details on how to win a $100 gift certificate to Amazon or the ebook retailer of your choice! Contest closes December 2.

• CRAFT is giving away a Canon PowerShot S100 and a Shutterfly prize pack (cards, photo books, calendars, and more). Contest closes December 6.

Bookity

• So last week’s AJ Llewellyn drama led to a larger discussion of transphobia and transgender issues. For me, this post by Aleksandr Voinov tied everything together.

• Skilled readers seem to create a “visual dictionary” of words, which increases their reading speed.

• Paperback Writer lists ten things women only do in novels.

• Did Jane Austen die of arsenic poisoning?

Ebookity

• While the Nook Tablet has 16gb of memory, 15gb of it can only be used for things you download through Barnes & Noble.

• Nook Tablet review and comparison to Kindle Fire.

• Round-up of Kindle Fire reviews.

• Although the Nook Table may not be rootable, you can root the Kindle Fire.

• You can also sideload apps on to the Kindle Fire.

• Dear Author reviews the Kobo Vox.

• Unsurprisingly, the Big Six opted out of the Kindle Lending Library.

• Pretty sure I don’t want audio and video in my ebooks, thanks.

• “The myth of the bookless library.“

Do, Think, Make, Learn

• Earlier this week, Tumblr mobilized against the PROTECT-IP and Stop Internet Piracy Acts, which are far broader than their names suggest.

• The Department of Justice wants to make it a felony to lie on the internet. *blink blink* Is it just me, or does that sound crazily unenforceable?!

• Five prejudices that permeate today’s movies. (via The Mary Sue)

• Sour candy can be nearly as destructive to your teeth as battery acid would be.

• Apparently walking through a door causes us to forget things.

• New research has discovered that mean people are at a disadvantage on social networks.

• A scientist has captured the activity going on in the female brain during orgasm.

• To improve air quality in Milan, a 10,000 square foot forest is being added – vertically.

• If you have a tangle of cords that keep getting mixed up, you can make tags for them from a milk jug.

• Canada’s phasing out its paper money in favor of plastic money.

• All movies in theaters might be digital by 2015.

• Pecan prices are going to be 22% higher this year.

Thanksgivity

• 5 no-bake Thanksgiving desserts

• 10 mini Thanksgiving desserts

• 10 snacks for holiday travel

• 20 sweet and savory Thanksgiving recipes

• Bacon-blanket herb-roasted turkey. (via CRAFT)

• Pumpkin chiffon pie.

• Pumpkin buttermilk biscuits. (via The Kitchn)

• Pumpkin butter rum.

• A range of Thanksgiving recipes from the major food blogs.

• You could try a diner-style Thanksgiving this year.

• Make turkey meatloaf in a pumpkin.

• Thanksgiving plate cakelettes. (via The Kitchn)

• Links for a gluten-free Thanksgiving.

• Crochet a small pumpkin pie.

• William Shatner wants to teach you Thanksgiving turkey fryer safety.

Cookity

• Snickerdoodle “brownies”. (via A Caffeinated Yarn)

• Snickerdoodle cake. (via The Kitchn)

• Bake brownies in eggshells. (via The Kitchn)

• Leaf print cookies. (via CRAFT)

• No-bake Nutella peanut butter cookies.

• Gluten-free pecan pie muffins. (via The Kitchn)

• Coffee liquer (has gift potential!). (via The Kitchn)

• 8 fudge recipes

• 15 brunch recipes

Crafty

• Knit a Death Star.

• Crochet a Jane Austen inspired sweater from Austentatious Crochet: 36 Contemporary Designs from the World of Jane Austen. (via CRAFT)

• Crochet simple ornaments. (via CRAFT)

• Use up fabric scraps by making fabric pinecones. (via CRAFT)

Cool

• ThinkGeek’s response to anti-math t-shirts for girls and women.

• Portraits of pets shaking off water. (Thanks, Seanna!)

• Superman and Young Justice battle Brainiac… in LEGO. (via Gizmodo)

• Battlestar Galactica cross stitch. (via CRAFT)

• Weapon-shaped pillows to enhance your pillow fights.

• Snowmen vs. gnomes.

• How to use regular holiday cookie cutters to make Star Wars cookies. (via CRAFT)

• Sunken pedestrian bridge.

Cool or Wha…?

• What’s inside a LEGO minifig…

• There’s a live-action/CGI hybrid LEGO movie in the works.

• Superhero underwear and hoodies.

• Carbon fiber stormtroopers.

• 24 hours worth of printed Flickr uploads.

Wha…?

• As Bron noted, the Bieber Burger is not an acceptable use of bacon. (Thanks(???), Bron!)

• A woman sat in McDonald’s eating her burger while her car burned in the parking lot… then punched a cop.

• A man bought a used minivan from Thrifty and discovered that it contained a half million dollars worth of cocaine.

• Gold-infused cheese…

• A pepper so hot it will make you hallucinate…

• Wedding dress made of hair.

• Purple fashion fail. (possibly NSFW)

• Boar’s head balaclava. (via CRAFT)

• Power line poles shaped like demented clowns.

LOL

• I share their sentiment on the shoulder pads.

• Did you know Humphrey Bogart played Frodo in 1944? (Well, no, he didn’t, but the mockup is alarming…)

• The office life of the Ringwraiths…

• A mash-up of Cheers and Star Wars.

• Autocorrected cravings……

• Where citations come from… (make sure you hover your mouse cursor over the comic for additional text)

• What your favorite map projection says about you. (again with the hovering)

• Can you identify a cat person’s home from outside?

• Excellent hiding place.

• I would not put pajamas on either of my kitties, but especially not Chaos…

Teh Cute

• Do you know the name of the official mouser at 10 Downing Street?

• Pygmy falcon! Kitten! Baby giant otters! Kitten! Duckling! Kitten! Buns! Cat and kitten! Tiger and cub! Kitten! Leopard! Lion paw! Puma! Tiger! Tiger cub! Serval and cub!

Reading Update
Stay the Night by Scarlett Parrish. ebook. Very good m/m romance about Kit, an awkward and antisocial computer programmer who is extremely attracted to his new housemate, but manages to push him away at every turn. Kit reminded me all too much of myself…
Boats in the Night by Josephine Myles. ebook. Very good m/m romance about a guy who’s not really doing so well since his boyfriend left him a month ago. He’s dealing with a hangover when he hears a bunch of noise at the base of his garden and discovers a broken-down narrowboat, with a most fascinating owner…
True Colors by Clare London. ebook. reread. (Totally reusing my original reviewette here!) This turned out to be a very good and intense m/m romance after a sort of shaky start – I almost put the book away because there were so many different people introduced in the first few pages and I couldn’t figure out who was important and who was peripheral. But in the end? Totally redeemed, because Clare London deftly tied in those seemingly extraneous introductory bits.
Where You Least Expect It by M. Durango. ebook. Very good m/m romance about a straight guy whose unlikely friendship with a cyclist he almost ran over has him very confused about his sexuality.
Closet (Todd Mills #1) by RD Zimmerman. ebook. Very good m/m mystery about a prominent and closeted tv reporter whose boyfriend is murdered… and he’s being set up to take the fall. As a bonus, it’s set in Minneapolis in 1995.
Reclamation (Dominion #2) by Lissa Kasey. ebook. Very good m/m paranormal romance in which Sei’s seeing a Dominion-ordered psychiatrist to help him work through the events of the last book, but he seems to be getting worse instead of better. I would definitely have enjoyed this book more if I hadn’t read the prologue – it made me too anxious to really settle into the story.
Consequences (Dominion #2.1) by Lissa Kasey. free ebook short. Good short m/m paranormal romance about Gabe messing with Sei a bit after Sei gets caught out while shifted.
Touching Wood by Kim Dare. ebook short. Steamy kinky short m/m scene about a dominant and submissive reconnecting with each other in their playroom.
Wight Mischief by JL Merrow. ebook. Good m/m romance about a guy who goes to the Isle of Wight to research ghosts with the self-absorbed journalist friend he’s fancied himself in love with for years… a fancy he reevaluates as he keeps running into a sexy and reclusive author with a creepy, domineering guardian.
Drive Safe by Sean Kennedy. free ebook short. Cute short m/m romance about a guy driving home through the outback who stops to help a drag queen whose car has broken down.
Congratulations Lucky Winner by LB Gregg. free ebook short. Madcap short m/m story about a hotel manager charged with storing two very unusual awards that are to be given out at conventions in the hotel.
Speed Dating the Slow Way by Chris Owen. ebook short. Steamy short m/m romance about two guys who become briefly reacquainted during a charity speed dating event, then reconnect some time later.
Pulled Long (Long Shots #3) by Christine d’Abo. ebook arc. Pretty good m/m romance about Ian, a coffee shop owner who’s been fascinated by and flirting with a handsome customer for months… until he found out the customer was in the process of getting divorced. As he didn’t want to be some straight guy’s rebound, he backed off. I was annoyed by the whole martyr thing that Ian had going on – that’s a trait that drives me nuts. If that doesn’t bother you as much as it does me, you might enjoy this more than did I.
Between You and Me by Willa Okati. ebook. So-so m/m romance about two guys who’ve been best friends since college and now, in their mid-thirties, are starting to realize why neither of them have found “the one”. This just never came together for me – the language was convoluted and the whole beach in the rain scenario… *shakes head*
Stroke the Demon by Eden Cole. ebook. Meh kinky m/m paranormal menage about an orphaned 18-year old who discovers that the mysterious benefactors who’ve been paying for his school and living expenses are demons, and that he was basically bred to be their sex toy. This was one of those stories that had way too much sex for the tiny amount of plot.
Love Revisited: Nash & Paul (Nash & Paul #2) by HC Brown. ebook short. I read this out of sick fascination to see if it was as bad as the first book. It was. Maybe worse. It’s hard to quantify levels of badness at this level.
Saving Tate by Will Banks. ebook short. This m/m short was just bad, from using the phrase “gay lifestyle” to the clumsy writing to the excess of poorly executed plot crammed into too-few pages. Not recommended at all.

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A classic picture of Chaos from early 2004! How would you caption it?