Bookity
- tRump sent a cease and desist to the publisher of Fire and Fury: Inside tRump’s White House. The publisher responded.
- Linkity from Smart Bitches.
- Linkity from Inkophile.
- Linkity from Bookwyrm Knits.
- “A brief history of the Big Dumb Object story in science fiction“.
- Beowulf goes to the movies.
- “Pamela Dean’s Tam Lin changed my life“. (Hmm, might be time for a reread.)
- “How to build a reading nook“.
- Songs about bookstores.
- There’s allegedly a Starbuck’s secret Harry Potter menu.
Make, Think, Learn, Do
- The coelacanth.
- The scaly-foot gastropod.
- The strange tale of the Earring Magic Ken doll. (NSFW language, probably.)
- Dealing with dry eyes.
- Legislative trolling.
- The Diane and Alan Page Collection is on display at the Minneapolis Central Library.
- Oprah’s speech at the Golden Globes.
- I hope none of you have a 2006 Ford Ranger…
- It snowed in the Sahara Desert.
- The Minneapolis Mega-Murder.
- A new record prime number has been discovered – and it’s “almost 3 miles (5 km) longer than the previous record prime”.
Cookity
- 20 salmon recipes.
- “17 one-pot meals that aren’t soups or stews“.
- Red lentil sweet potato soup.
- Slow cooker golden chickpea soup.
- Slow cooker root vegetable cider stew.
- Huevos rancheros tacos.
- Lemony broccoli pasta.
- White chicken chili skillet dip.
- Pumpkin oatmeal chocolate chip cookies. (via jmcbks)
- “Small, chocolatey ways to be kind to yourself“.
Gluten Free
Artsy Crafty
Cool
- President Obama will be the first guest on Letterman’s new show, My Next Guest Needs No Introduction.
- Pretty journals.
- A+ dramatic and ominous photo from downtown Minneapolis.
- Space images from NASA for your computer or phone background.
- Linkity from kmkat.
Cool or Wha…?
- Game of Thrones-themed ice hotel in Finland. (via Book Riot)
- Cadbury Creme Egg Trifle.
- Fake theme park art show.
Wha…?
- You might live in Northeast Minneapolis if this is something you’ve seen. (Yes, that IS a unicycle with either an all-terrain or a snow tire on it…)
- A printer that can turn paper into fake leather, wood, alligator skin, etc.
- “Guardians of the Galaxy is leading the unlikely cassette tape revival“.
LOL
- Dragon with tree frog legs.
- Fruit dragons.
- “What if the Homeric texts are actually just a very long game of D&D“.
- Haikubaru.
- This really only makes sense if you’re on tumblr.
- Autocorrect and stormy weather.
Teh Cute
Reading Update
What It Is by Lynda Barry. Very good book about how to get started writing, presented in Lynda Barry’s inimitable style of illustration. This older book covers some of the same ground as Syllabus: Notes from an Accidental Professor, but with less drawing involved. If I had to pick just one, I would definitely go for Syllabus. (Even though Syllabus doesn’t have the helpful Magic and Creative Cephalopod.)
“Whoa.” -Mayhem
May’s mind is apparently blown from whatever she’s absorbing from The Master and His Emissary there…
Thanks for the link! Also for the NASA pictures. I’m really looking forward to “My Next Guest…”, especially since Obama’s going to be the first guest.
“Nothing really comforts me more than seeing more books around me.” — Best part of the book nook article, IMO! 🙂
A Starbucks secret Harry Potter menu?!? OMG. Don’t tell my family.
Cute picture of Miss May. 🙂 And I agree with the Calvin comic, too. Luckily (for me) it’s been warmer for me than for you. (Sorry.)
A recent post from Nicole..The Twenty Questions Book Tag
Wonder if the coelacanth will still be here after we’re gone…
Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee, I am here
A recent post from blodeuedd..Blog Tour and Review: Beautiful Star and Other stories by Andrew Swanston
1. Added Tam Lin to be TBR list.
b. I had not seen Oprah’s speech. Thanks!
III. A swirling flock of starlings is called a murmuration, but I don’t see why you couldn’t call a swirling flock of crows the same thing. Or maybe a murder-ation.
d. You took me down the rabbit hole that is thekitchn.com. Crockpot recipes FTW!
5. Last but not least, I have now added some NASA images to my desktop wallpaper library. Thanks!
A recent post from kmkat..Things that make me say Hmm, part 3.
1. I’ve ordered Syllabus from Amazon! Weee!
2. I have to laugh at the extreme contrasts in weather we’re experiencing. You have the freeze. I have heat and drought. Happy days
3. You’re hot flashing too? It is quite simply, absolutely shitty. I have now become one of those women who keep a fan in their handbag.
Magic earing Ken is EVERYTHING! Also I have never read Tam Lin but am adding to my tbr pile now.
I just sent the Creme Egg trifle link to my daughter and asked her to try one for me when she is in the UK next month. I will get her to review and report back!
It’s lucky those gorgeous Cognitive Surplus notebooks don’t come in A5 or I would be utterly powerless to resist