• New releases: Tor.com (SF, fantasy, YA SFF), Smart Bitches (romance)
• Linkity from Smart Bitches.
• “The bookish life of LeVar Burton“.
• “Who was Ida B. Wells?“
• Some interesting archaic English words.
• Fandoms as boats.
• “Tell me, Inspector, have you ever had dealings with an amateur detective? The real thing, I mean. The genuine Carrion Crow.“
• What would fanfic authors’ notes look like in a fantasy universe?
• “If you are using an online period tracker or tracking your cycles through your phone, get off it and delete your data . Now.” Here’s why.
• Here we go again. 🙁
• Learn more about wolverines.
• And more about the Chicxulub Impactor.
• Celestial ceilings.
• Daniel Radcliffe as Weird Al Yankovic.
• Wait, what were toothbrush bristles made of before nylon?! (EWWW – boar bristles.)
• FLASHBACK.
• Also a flashback.
• Flashback for those who watched the original Battlestar Galactica.
• Apple was stylin’ in 1982. Not.
• “Swing and miss, Ken“.
• Buy your very own third eye.
• But wait until after you look at this retina burner.
• WTF.
• I’m starting to feel grateful for every normal set of stairs I climb.
• I mean…
• Are railings too much to ask for?!
• Yikes.
• Oh my.
• I hate the contrasting painted ceilings and the red room (“Red Rum”).
• Interesting, but maybe too much of a daycare vibe colorwise?
• That first photo misled me to the amount of orange I could expect.
• Just here for the rainbow stairs.
• Another castle.
• No, thank you, I do not want a basement cave.
• Here’s the creepy basement mentioned in the above.
• This gets progressively weirder as you scroll.
• Round houses are just so odd. Here’s another.
• Treet.
• NO.
• Moth-shaped smoke alarms.
• What if Clippy was an angel?
• “Bad map projection: Madagascar”. (Hover cursor/long-press for caption.)
• Radioactive bananas.

Mayhem drowsing in a rare bit of sunshine.

Polly loves her some sparkleballs!

Harry looking very winsome.

Lot going on in this one. Harry looking much less winsome (perhaps even sinister), with Polly sticking out her tongue in the background.

• Linkity from Smart Bitches.
• “I have been hired to clean The Wizard Tower.“
• The very short story of an unusual coat of arms.
• I’m familiar with cat cafes, but not cat bookstores.
• On cat-human communication.
• “Why haven’t we found aliens?“
• For science!
• Some weird birds.
• A new video from my favorite band, Shearwater – the NPR writer is obviously a fan!
• “Overly dramatic air monitor“.
• Fun!
• An intensely cat-focused house.
• Interesting, but not a treehouse.
• Dramatic house is dramatic.
• Fireplace nope.
• Home staging nope.
• Home staging absolutely nope.
• Another bathroom nope.
• “At least you’ll fall artistically“.
• YIKES.
• My knees are also feeling a little weak.
• Too much.
• Bat Cave home cinema.
• Very retro indeed.
• If you really like Friends…
• Castle in the Bronx.
• Sorry, I didn’t make it past the ceiling that looks like writing snakes.
• “Converted magistrate’s court, police station, and sergeant’s house“.
• “Follow the yellow brick road…“
• “Unsettling ceramics”.
• Unsettling Snow White.
• The bar was pretty low in 1982.
• DIY vampire kit.
• No.
• :blink blink:
• “The oiliest oil“.
• After mask mandates end…

“What?!” -Polly

Harry focused on me, Mayhem focused on an imaginary bug, probably.

• New releases: Tor.com (horror and genre benders)
• Linkity from Smart Bitches.
• Miniature libraries.
• Ficlet about a changeling child.
• Brief insight into LotR.
• A LotR fitness challenge.
• Learn about remora.
• Funny short story about Chris Hadfield calling his wife from the ISS.
• Intergenerational translation.
• A celebration of spring.
• This would make me smile if I saw it in my neighborhood.
• Mostly zucchini, but a few grapes and one bonus melon.
• 1977 – impressive!
• Like snowshoes, but way more awkward.
• There are some bits I kind of like, but mostly it’s just Too Much.
• This is kind of fun, but it sure doesn’t look like it’s an actual treehouse.
• I’m not convinced.
• I don’t even know where to start with this one.
• Or this one.
• This one, either.
• Another.
• This one’s unintentionally terrifying.
• :horrified face:
• This would be a Very Bad Idea now.
• :facepalm:
• I never realized that Spam had so much competition back in the day. Another.
• O_O
• NO.
• EWWW.
• What the heck is the collection off the right edge of the 2nd photo?!!!
• Nowhere for the eye to rest, among other things.
• This Looks SO Dangerous.
• These do look unsafe for the clumsy or unwary.
• Skull carpet.

Mayhem looking very action-packed!

Poor sleepy Harry…

One of Polly’s attempts to sit like a people.

• New releases: Tor.com (sf, fantasy), Smart Bitches (romance), Book Riot (mysteries/thrillers/true crime)
• Linkity from Smart Bitches.
• Linkity from BookWyrm Knits.
• A ficlet: “The Seven Daughters of the Cailleach Foraoise”.
• A Sarah’s Scribbles card game? Ordered!
• An amazing dance routine from 1943.
• I didn’t realize this wasn’t CGI.
• Ok, that’s a cool idea for a home office in a small space.
• Dragon coffee table.
• Very Large kitties.
• Very Fancy dress.
• *blink blink*
• NO.
• NO.
• Picture yourself tripping and falling through that egg slicer those strings. 😮
• I like the purple, but not the monkeys.
• Too. Many. LEDs.
• Too. Much. Red.
• Too. Much. Black.
• The bathroom tile looks cool, but also too much.
• Just say no to carpeted bathrooms.
• Well, I was certainly surprised, and not just by the price.
• All I can think of is how the heck do you dust the damn beams?!
• The cat was my favorite part.
• But why on the wall?!
• “Small car”.
• Groovy sweaters for men.
• If I had to suffer through that pun, YOU have to suffer through that pun.
• It’s Flameless!
• Dunkin’ Donuts makeup.
• Rubik’s cube that changes colors as it moves.
• Good.

Mayhem focused on something, looking very action-packed!

Snuggling siblings!

• New releases: AAR (romance)
• Linkity from Smart Bitches.
• Some illustrations by JRR Tolkien.
• A ficlet about someone who’s half goblin/half hobbit.
• “The Late Traveler” – a ficlet.
• Just some bison.
• “Caves are weirder and more varied than you think“.
• Learn a little about albatrosses. And then learn a little bit more.
• NO.
• “Art in the Times of Coronavirus“.
• Tree dragon.
• Unfortunately true.
• Portable reel-to-reel – I had no idea.
• I can’t believe this one...
• Erm…
• ERM…

I have fallen down the rabbit hole that is “Magical, and Some Weird, Home Tours” on tumblr. Brace yourselves! 😉

• Please, just let my eyes rest.
• It’s all pretty normal until you get to the apartment.
• THE DOWNSTAIRS.
• WTF.
• NASCAR house.
• Fairy tale house.

Harry sitting on top of Mayhem. The “SO DONE” expression on May’s face!

Polly being her usual cute self.

• New releases: Smart Bitches (romance)
• Linkity from Smart Bitches.
• A ficlet about a blacksmith and a glass slipper.
• Some very good LOTR meta.
• On the digestive systems of hobbits.
• “Is there a Yost typewriter on the Antarctic ghost ship?”
• Some cursed facts about orchids.
• And a slightly cursed fact about pukekos.
• From the perspective of the bees.
• A home tour for those who LOVE pastels (so, not me).
• Floral cat trees.
• I’m not convinced…
• Wait, does this mean your luggage is guaranteed to vanish without a trace?!?
• I have questions about the extraneous quotation marks… (And a few other things!)
• Hey, let’s go picnic in the parking lot at 7-11!
• No words. (The history of Daylight Savings Time was much more complex than I expected.) (Plus I was gratified to discover that I was NOT imagining the year it was hella dark on the school bus in the morning – see 1973-1975.)
• Kraft Mac’n’Cheese ice cream.
• Winter layering in the city.
• “A guide to the things one might find on the shelf at Whole Foods“.

Some socks I knitted for myself from ancient Trekking yarn:

Harry staring into your soul…

Polly upsidedown cake!