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Linkity’s nearly holding it together

December 18, 2020 Chris 3 Comments

2020 things – I’ll be meeting members of my family in a centrally located parking lot to exchange boxes of gifts with each other in a masked and socially distanced fashion. :sigh:

New releases: Smart Bitches (romance), Tor.com (horror/genre-benders)
Linkity from Smart Bitches.
Linkity from the Pen Addict.
A study of fairy tales.
“Fanfic lets us imagine a better world, together“.
Some music that pairs well with books.
Her face!! 😀
“Why social media name games are a security risk“.
Forbes, what.
The second link, comparing 1902 and 2015, is fascinating.
Animals with human-like teeth. VERY VERY VERY CURSED. CANNOT BE UNSEEN. YOU WERE WARNED.
On arthropod blood.
Some terrifying bodies of water.
Flashback song time! “Cinderella’s Daydream” by Zuzu’s Petals. (May not be a flashback to those of you who weren’t into the Minneapolis music scene in the 1990s.)
On masks, from 1918.
“Disney will stop photoshopping face masks onto maskless guests on rides“.
Some more headlines from 2020…
Have you seen the commercials about Satan dating 2020?!
Did you see the Saturday Night Live psychic sketch?
“Our New Year’s card is a pop-up, light-up dumpster fire with dancing raccoons“.
The difference between Renaissance, baroque, and romantic painting styles.
Hokusai’s “Great Wave” in LEGO.
Some bat humor.
California rejected vanity license plate applications. More. Apparently Maine does not care at all.
“It’s a lovely morning…” And also…
Gucci no.
On point.
Ack.
27-lb gummi snake.

*put-upon sigh* -Mayhem

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Linkity is tired of being tired

December 11, 2020 Chris 3 Comments

New releases: Tor.com (YA SFF, SF, fantasy)
Linkity from Smart Bitches.
Some nonfiction antiracism books.
“Unlearning history“.
“This Is How We Fly is the endearing love letter that Harry Potter fans need right now“.
Grab a free 2021 reading log from Book Riot.
I’m a fan of storage furniture, but this doesn’t look very comfy.
Holiday linkity from BookWyrm Knits.
“Alice Is Missing is the perfect quarantine game.“
SO REAL. Also SO REAL. And even more SO REAL.
xkcd’s Covid Precaution Level. Hover cursor/long-press for caption.
The perfect ornament for this year!
I agree with the post title.
The year’s most-searched for terms are telling.
Things are looking up in LA!
Sun bears.
A cursed bird fact.
And a cursed seal fact.
“The great flamingo uprising“.
How… do you get one out of there without causing a situation in the produce department?!
The family Felidae.
Some wonderfully surreal paintings.
And some very cool sculpture.
Oh oh.
The Midwest as Minnesota.
Twilight Zone 45.
The ongoing ice cream maker saga in the Star Wars universe.

*FOCUSED* -Mayhem

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Linkity, advanced Mayhem mode

December 4, 2020 Chris 4 Comments

“If I hold very still, I’m sure Mom won’t notice me in this box!” -Mayhem

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Linkity wonders if frazzled is my new pandemic state of mind

November 20, 2020 Chris 3 Comments

New releases: Tor.com (horror/genre-benders), Smart Bitches (romance)
Linkity from Smart Bitches.
Linkity from the Pen Addict.
New example of the importance of the Oxford comma.
“Magical Mind: The World of Terry Pratchett” (nearly an hour! be prepared before you start!).
A good point to remember, writers! 😉
Not cool, Disney.
“I’m Going Back to Minnesota Where Sadness Makes Sense”.
Turkeys, swans, kayaks, and more.
Some cursed facts about bluefin tuna.
On birds and teeth.
Another way to keep glasses from fogging up when wearing a mask.
50+ vegetarian recipes.
Cheesy chickpea bowls.
Great response to someone not wearing a mask… from 1919.
Perfect mask is perfect. And I’ve ordered one for myself! (They’re only on sale until Monday, November 23.)
UGH, SERIOUSLY.
UNSURPRISING.
ALSO unsurprising.
Be stunned, amazed, horrified by this house in Fort Worth, Texas.
Car with “a sunken rec room in back”.
Roman Colosseum LEGO set.
A character in a comic has an existential crisis.
Baby Yoda in space!
BOOM.
Oh, the revenge would be sweet.
Very sweet xkcd. Hover cursor/long-press for caption.
The tale of the cat prince…
Melted clocks, melted cats.

Reading Update
The Body Is Not An Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love by Sonya Renee Taylor. I definitely need to reread this and journal about the prompts and questions.
The Time of the Dark (Darwath #1) by Barbara Hambly. I enjoyed it as I read it, but I’m not sure I’ll read the rest of the series.

Lights on, nobody home in Chaos land.

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Linkity still has whiplash from the weather change this week (72F one day, 30F and snowing the next)

November 13, 2020 Chris 5 Comments

New releases: Tor (sf, fantasy, YA sff)
Linkity from Smart Bitches.
Linkity from the Pen Addict.
“Science confirms: Watching nostalgic stuff is good for mental health“.
“Things I learned about USA from staring at maps for 2 days bc of USA elections“. (That weird bump on the top of Minnesota that bothered the op so much is the Northwest Angle.)
Yes, this is exactly what driving in snow is like.
What songs got popular after the election was called Saturday?
“Intersectionality and decentering: You can’t have one without the other!“
“Dear white people, I need to matter beyond a thank you“.
Gorgeous, but NO.
Cardamon creme brulee pie.
Overexcited kittens are overexcited.
xkcd on electoral precedent. Hover cursor/long-press for caption.
It IS shocking, isn’t it?
Speaking of shocking…
“Smart” heels.
Standing keyboard.

Reading Update
Whole lotta Good Omens fics – it was a stressful week!

“…zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz…” -Mayhem

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Linkity is no more caught up or less frazzled than last week

November 6, 2020 Chris 3 Comments

Reading Update
The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You’re Supposed To Be and Embrace Who You Are by Brene Brown. It was good, but I kept getting tripped up by her insistence on faith being nonnegotiable. I adore her podcast, tho!

*side-eyeing* -Chaos

*drowsing* -Mayhem

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Falling back with linkity

October 30, 2020 Chris 4 Comments

New releases: AAR (romance)
Linkity from Smart Bitches. And cover snark from Smart Bitches.
Listen to a free horror story.
Murderbot animation.
Bookshelf nooks.
Oh, you should definitely read this lovely little short story.
I would love to read the novel-length version of this premise!
Halloween posters from NASA.
“What would you take to the moon?“
I guess 102 years doesn’t really change the pandemic experience, does it? NOT AT ALL.
“Healthcare isn’t an opinion.“
“Pandemic depression is about to collide with seasonal depression. Make a plan, experts say.“
Thank you. This is a good reminder.
I’m in.
Pheasant coucals are very cool looking birds.
“Researchers finally figured out how octopuses taste [things] with their arms”.
“Fluid dynamics in all its glory.“
What is asexuality?
COVID-19 fight scene.
LOL!
xkcd on falling back. Hover cursor/long-press for caption.
So true!
BUSTED. That’s, um, kinda what linkity is at this point. 😀
Untitled goose Halloween.
Over 50 one-pot meals.
Pumpkin oatmeal chocolate chip muffins.
80 easy desserts.
Disney, WHY? SO CREEPY.
Mark Hamill for Biden. The Avengers for Joe Biden.
45 commits v0ter fraud.
BOOM. And BOOM.

Reading Update
The Color of Law: The Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein. Be prepared to be horrified and enraged.
The Library of the Unwritten (Hell’s Library #1) by AJ Hackwith. Good enough to suck me in, even though I never shook the comparisons to another series or two.

Flashback photo of Mayhem from 2015!

*INTENSITY INTENSIFIES*

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Linkity’s hopeful next week will be less crazy

October 23, 2020 Chris 3 Comments

Keep your fingers crossed on that! 😀

Reading Update
1919 by Eve L Ewing. An exploration of the Chicago Race Riot of 1919 (part of the “Red Summer” in the US) via haunting poetry.
Electric Arches by Eve L Ewing. Some more haunting poetry from Ewing.
Other Worlds Than These edited by John Joseph Adams. Pretty good collection of parallel world and portal stories that started out a lot stronger than it finished.

“Neener, neener, neener!” -Chaos

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And another round of whirlwind linkity!

October 16, 2020 Chris 3 Comments

New releases: Smart Bitches (romance), Tor.com (horror/genre-benders)

Linkity from Smart Bitches. And from the Pen Addict.

“Notes from Isolation: A Soundtrack for Now“.

Scientists, 90s and today.

“…simultaneously adorable and dystopian.”

A wonderful last contact story.

Variations of Fawkes the Phoenix.

Neanderthals were plying.

Lord of the Rings game, but you play as the ring (not a real game, alas).

“2020 summed up in book titles”.

Well, it’s the reason I have black cats, so!

“Theory: Nobody who writes a physics textbook gives any fucks”.

Pumpkin tres leches cake.

The xkcd dialect quiz. Hover cursor/long-press for caption.

And xkcd’s ultimate all-in-one printer. Again with the hovering and such.

“Thanksgiving-flavored” candy corn… And $49 pink pineapples. And desk tents. Least usable keyboard ever? Disturbing blazer is disturbing.

Reading Update
Camouflage: The Hidden Lives of Autistic Women by Sarah Bargiela & Sophie Standing. Cute short comic that combines some stats and some personal stories.
So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo. This was very good – I liked how she split topics into chapters (for easy reference later), and she covered some things I hadn’t seen covered in my previous reading.
Ballistic Kiss (Sandman Slim #11) by Richard Kadrey. A solid addition to the series. Was Stark more socially awkward in this than usual?!

“Shake my paw?” -Chaos

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Whirlwind linkity of whirlwindiness

October 9, 2020 Chris 3 Comments

Reading Update
The Unkindest Tide (October Daye #13) by Seanan McGuire. At last we find out what the Luidaeg has been darkly hinting at regarding the Selkies!
Witches of Lychford, The Lost Child of Lychford, A Long Day in Lychford, The Lights Go Out in Lychford (Witches of Lychford 1-4) by Paul Cornell. I was kinda sucked into this series of novellas until the fourth book ended with a cliffhanger. HULKSMASH.

“…zzzzzzzzzzzzzz…” -Mayhem and Chaos

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