Bookity

• New releases: Fiction Vixen (romance), Dear Author (romance), Smart Bitches (romance), AAR (romance), and Tor.com (fantasy, scifi, genre-benders)
• Book and publishing news from Dear Author.
• Linkity from Smart Bitches. Cover snark from Smart Bitches.
• Ted Kooser on keeping a journal.
• Sunita shares how she does morning pages.
• Lloyd Alexander on favorite books.
• Optical illusion bookstore. (via neil-gaiman)
• Very large bookcase.
• 50 bookends.
• Leonardo da Vinci fountain pen.
• “7 things I learned in 7 years of reading, writing, and living“.
• Famous poems rewritten as limericks.
• “Two medieval monks invent bestiaries“. (via bronwyngreenauthor)
• How writing a novel actually works.

Do, Think, Learn, Make

• Manologue.
• “Depression-busting exercise tips for people too depressed to exercise“. (via gilajames)
• 17 unusual June holidays.
• “How long would it take to fall through the earth?“
• Consumer Reports has made its mosquito repellent rankings free.
• “Huge adult ideas taught to us by weird movies“.
• The US has new Pluto stamps.

Cookity

• 18 strawberry recipes.
• Upside-down taco bowl.
• Upside-down steak dinner bowl.
• Upside-down chicken curry bowl.
• Upside-down BBQ chicken bowl.
• Salmon burger with avocado aioli.
• Rhubarb compote.
• Chai-spiced popcorn bars.
• Baked banana bread doughnuts with milk chocolate glaze. (via wilwheaton)

Gluten Free

• Cauliflower fried “rice”.

Artsy Crafty

• Photo from a screen printing class I took.
• Knitting linkity from kmkat.

Cool

• Aerial photos of Minneapolis. (via stuffaboutminneapolis)
• Linkity from kmkat.

Cool or Wha…?

• Vitruvian Man action figure.
• Star Trek swimming suits.
• Working LEGO chainsaw.
• Coffee and tea brewing alarm clock.

Wha…?

• …I have questions.
• Zipper that tells you when your fly is down.
• 3D printed pancakes.

LOL

• Feel old. (Hover cursor/long-press for additional text.)
• “Guide to figuring out the age of an undated world map“. (Hover cursor/long-press for additional text.)
• Black kitties are weird.

Teh Cute

• Wow. Apparently I found nothing cute this week. O.O

Reading Update

• *whistling*

“Hmph. I don’t care that it’s getting warmer out, Mom – you should still sit with the fleecy blanket over your legs so the big kitty and me can nap on you.” -Mayhem

Bookity

• New releases: Fiction Vixen (romance), Dear Author (romance), Smart Bitches (romance), and Tor.com (genre-benders, scifi, fantasy)
• Book and publishing news from Dear Author.
• Cover snark from Smart Bitches.
• Linkity from Smart Bitches.
• Linkity from Inkophile.
• 40 I-words. 40 T-words.
• Video about recreating an old dictionary.
• 1963 documentary about Ray Bradbury.
• Game of Thrones recapped with medieval manuscripts.
• “7 books that will (probably) never be printed again“.
• Merriam-Webster throwing shade.

Think, Do, Learn, Make

• An infographic to help you survive many varieties of apocalypse.
• “Does addiction treatment require a higher power?” (via jmcbks)
• On hummingbirds and vultures.
• Ah, scholarship.
• Mix tape magic.
• “[W]omen are happier single“. (via jmcbks)
• Toxic masculinity. (via eternityinalake)
• Senator Elizabeth Warren on Trump. Republicans in their own words about Trump.
• President Obama’s last White House Correspondents’ Dinner was memorable.
• Why the ability to manipulate probability would be a very bad superpower.
• How to weave bacon.
• Planks are replacing sit-ups and crunches.
• Why cats are so weird. (Spoiler: They’re predators, but they’re also prey to larger predators.)
• “Why do we forget what we’re doing the minute we enter a room?“
• 16 odd May holidays.

Cookity

• Cheese-stuffed mashed potato cakes. (via stars-benn)
• Zucchini-chickpea fritters.
• Radish and turnip hash with fried eggs.
• Vegan sushi rice bowls.
• Vegan beet pesto pasta.
• Spring vegetable panzanella.
• Roasted spring pea soup.
• Creamy asparagus and shrimp pasta.
• 16 springish chicken recipes.
• 16 rhubarb recipes.
• “The dessert Australians and New Zealanders are squabbling over“.

Gluten Free

• Strawberry bread.
• Pita bread.
• Fudgy flourless brownies.
• Easy flourless chocolate cake.
• No-bake banana split cake.
• “Buttermilk” raspberry weeknight cake.

Artsy Crafty

• Printable strawberry-themed coloring page.
• DIY journals.
• Knitting linkity from kmkat.

Cool

• Well-loved watercolors. (I have the same set and I love it, although not quite as much.)
• Chaos, is that you?!? (Yes, yes, I purchased it.)
• Chaos, is that you?!?!?!? (Thanks, Lorraine!)
• Map jewelry.
• Short film about being completely alone in Paris.
• Time is running out to buy this (sadly expensive) Cthulhu for President t-shirt! (Thanks, PD!)
• Linkity from kmkat.

Cool or Wha…?

• iPad typewriter keyboard.
• “A documentary about nerds and annihilation“.

Wha…?

• Chicken-flavored nail polish.
• Melon and cheese-flavored Kit Kats.
• Beverage-flavored Pop Tarts.
• Stockings with fake painted toenails.
• Hammock raft.

LOL

• How Batman’s physique has changed across the various movies. I love the infographic!!!!! 🙂 (via queeniegalore)
• The true meaning of various business email phrases .
• How to trick yourself into reading boring documents for work or school.
• On all those medieval images of knights fighting snails…
• You might be in Minnesota if…

Teh Cute

• Animated imagining of what dogs do when people aren’t around.

Reading Update

• Life has been too crazy/stressful for anything but rereading favorite hockey fics…

*Chaos sits down on Mayhem*

*Mayhem looks simultaneously cute and annoyed*

Bookity

• New releases: Fiction Vixen (romance), AAR (romance), and Dear Author (romance)
• Book and publishing news from Dear Author.
• Bookity linkity from Smart Bitches.
• Writerly linkity from Becky Black.
• 40 “O” words.
• “10 notebooks to celebrate National Stationery Week” (in the UK). (via Notebook Stories)
• “Science fiction and the defiant weirdness of Queen“.
• Pleonasms.
• Infographic to help you decide which Shakespeare play to see. (via theladyscribe)
• Peacat! (Read the whole post.)
• Book sofa.
• Castle book sculpture. (via fuckyeahbookarts)

Think, Learn, Do, Make

• Minneapolis memorializes Prince. Pretty amazing, really.
• The Hubble Telescope is 26.
• “Exploring the myth of the scientific vs artistic mind“.
• On the importance of time and the invention thereof.
• “The Matrix as a transgender coming out story“.
• Short film about lying on social media.
• 15 misconceptions about eyesight.
• How monarch butterflies navigate during migration.
• The best shot of each year to cover 100 years of film history.
• Sprinkles mixing together.
• IKEA-style guides for eating challenging foods.
• “Why elk bugles sound like Ringwraith shrieks“.

Cookity

• Slow-cooker white beans in parmesan broth.
• Chickpea stew with saffron, yogurt, and garlic.
• Mediterranean chickpea and feta wraps.
• Buffalo cauliflower lettuce wraps.
• Chinese chicken salad spring rolls.
• Savory radish and goat cheese muffins.
• 14 quick spring dinners.
• Dairy-free whipped cream.
• Lemon crumb muffins. (via gilajames)
• Devil’s food cake.

Gluten Free

• Asparagus leek risotto.
• Spring pasta with asparagus and tomatoes.
• Fluffy coconut flour pancakes.
• No-bake fudge cookies.

Artsy Crafty

• “30 ways to add texture to your art journal pages“. (via icanartjournal)
• Some ways to get started with an art journal.
• 11 famous knitters.

Cool

• A poem by a 10-year old boy with Asperger’s. (via krisngoodthings)
• “Sir David Attenborough narrates Adele’s “Hello”.
• A story of princesses in towers.
• House plants with “tree” houses.
• Working LEGO particle accelerator.
• Supercut of movies arranged by color.
• Steampunk photo album animation.
• Father, son, and video games.
• Linkity from kmkat.

Cool or Wha…?

• Jet engine chair.
• Deadpool knife block.
• Platypus tea infuser.

Wha…?

• “7 of the world’s most picturesque places to poop“.
• The longest film ever made has a seven-hour trailer.
• Pumpkin spice Cheerios.
• Do pregnancy tests really need bluetooth?
• Mattress that tattles when sex is happening on it.

LOL

• Planespotting. (Hover cursor/long-press for additional text.)
• When you stop petting your cat…
• How cool is sitting in a box?

Teh Cute

• Cat and kitten (read the tags)! Baby clouded leopards! Baby penguins! Baby cheetah! Baby tigers!

Reading Update

• Hockey fic, hockey fic, yummy yummy hockey fic! 🙂

“No, I’m not on this particular square of your quilt because it brings out the color of my eyes. Where do you get your ideas, Mom?!” -Mayhem

• “2016 April Fool’s Day Prank Spoiler“

During my linkity creating time, I was at a goodbye gathering for my boss, whose last day is actually today. He’s moving on to another opportunity. I’m sad, because he’s the best, most supportive boss I’ve ever had. And I’m also tired, as it’s been a crazy busy week at work. Chaos has the right idea here…

*drowsing off* -Chaos