Contest(s)

• Blodeuedd’s giving away How to Lose a Lord in 10 Days or Less by Elizabeth Michels. Closes July 26. US & Canada.

Bookity

• New releases: Fiction Vixen (UF/romance)

• Book and publishing news from Dear Author.

• Book linkity from Smart Bitches.

• What does the American Library Association think of Kindle Unlimited?

• “Body parts all over the floor“. (Thanks, Jase!)

• Two JRR Tolkien biopics seems an excess.

• How to write in the style of the 17th/18th centuries. (via tracykitn)

• Why, yes, yes I would.

• Truth.

Think, Make, Learn, Do

• Take a test from the BBC to find out what sport you were made for. (via exemplaryetoile) (Cycling is my sport, which is actually true.)

• Why do LEGOs keep washing up on the shore in Cornwall? (via expemplaryetoile)

• 50% of Canadians live in the red areas on this map. (via ninjaboots)

• 25 vintage photos of Chicago.

• See where Voyageur 1 has traveled during the page 36 years.

• NASA used a satellite to figure out how bad the current drought is in the western US.

• US food and supplement recalls. Listeria-contaminated fruit recall.

• Lifehacker users picked their five favorite antivirus programs. (Spoiler: Avast! Free Antivirus was later voted the best in another post. I’ve been using it for… a long time.)

• Sitting might not be as deadly as previously thought.

• Product trademarks and genericization.

• Make your own hybrid notebook. (via Notebook Stories)

Cookity

• Salted caramel s’mores. (via The Kitchn)

• Caramel fudge brownies with marshmallow cream.

• Lemon lemonies (bars). (via anna-sugarfairy)

• Red bean ice cream.

• Boozy mudslide popsicles. (via The Kitchn)

• 15 blueberry recipes.

• 10 easy vegan meals.

• Summer succotash and green rice.

• White pizza with avocado, spinach, and mozzarella.

• Slow cooker pork carnitas.

Gluten Free

• Apricot crumble bars.

• Blueberry crisp.

• Chocolate-frosted brownies.

• Chocolate ice cream sandwiches.

• Chocolate love gelato.

• Dairy-free “ice cream” recipes.

• Zucchini yeast bread.

• Super fluffy English muffins.

Crafty

• Knit linkity from kmkat.

Cool

• TARDIS shower curtain.

• Doctor Who 50th anniversary LEGO tribute video. (via The Mary Sue)

• 29 very cool satellite photos. (via oops-ohdear)

• Starry Night made from Hubble Telescope images.

• “Scully likes science“.

• I live about 2/3 of a mile out of frame on the upper right of this photo. (There is much less traffic where I live!)

• The strange intersection of dinosaur skeleton sculpture and pink flamingos.

Cool or Wha…?

• Ice cube trays: TARDIS, Death Star, Easter Island, and more.

• Death Star rug.

• “I could eat a horse” pasta measurer. (via pipervaughn)

• “Eye of the Tiger” played on a dot-matrix printer.

• The Royal Guard at Buckingham Palace playing the Game of Thrones theme. (via The Mary Sue)

Wha…?

• Raw egg tableware.

• Fortunately, Fried Chicken Oreos are fake. But apparently Root Beer Float Oreos are real.

• You can get a personalized novelty toaster.

• 170-foot tall bottle of catsup is for sale.

• 11 silly smartphone cases.

LOL

• Majestic photobomb.

• The weirdest bits from each NHL team’s Wikipedia page.

• Accidentally insulting birthday cakes. Logo fail cakes.

• Not a witch, but this is one reason I have black cats.

• Kitties – so helpful, in so many ways!

Teh Cute

• Tiger! Cats! Kitten! Kittens! Okapi and baby! Penguins! Red panda and babies! Baby lynx!

Reading Update

• The usual. 🙂

“…zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz…” -Chaos

Bookity

• New releases: Fiction Vixen (UF/romance) and Tor.com (UF, PNR)

• Writerly linkity from Becky Black.

• Eden Winters on keeping your characters in character.

• How to use Scrivener to organize your writing.

• “A guide to fanfiction for people who can’t stop getting it wrong“. (via agentpantybunches)

• JK Rowling wrote a new Harry Potter short story.

• If you love to read, you’ll appreciate these illustrations.

• 10 books that have stayed with me in some way.

Think, Learn, Do, Make

• Monuments to cats.

• 10 companies own most of the food brands.

• How much real dinosaur is in a plastic dinosaur?

• How many snowflakes would it take to cover the world in six feet of snow?

• NASCAR physics explained by Neal deGrasse Tyson.

• The baseball All-Star Game at Target Field in Minneapolis will feature self-serve beer machines.

• Go inside the Twinkie factory.

• 20 tidbits about chocolate.

Cookity

• Zucchini marinara.

• Baked summer squash.

• 12 ways to cook zucchini and summer squash.

• Grilled cherry tomato skewers. (via The Kitchn)

• Green beans and butternut squash salad.

• Grilled cauliflower burgers. (via The Kitchn)

• Parmesan polenta fries with Bloody Mary dip. (via The Kitchn)

• Summer corn cakes and grilled bread with spinach pesto.

• Herbed chicken burgers with spicy aioli.

• Spicy Korean grilled chicken.

• 11 sweet and savory pies.

• Sriracha maple bacon.

• Easy strawberry shortcakes.

• Strawberry lime basil shortcakes. (via The Kitchn)

• Two-ingredient healthy oatmeal breakfast cookies.

Gluten Free

• Coconut egg cream.

• Chocolate doughnut holes.

Drinkity

• Mai Tai.

• Frozen gin and tonic.

• 15 fruity, boozy spritzers. (via maderr)

Crafty

• Knit a cute kitty. (via bronwyngreen)

• Knitting linkity from kmkat.

Cool

• Great photo of Minneapolis. And another of Minnehaha Falls.

• Play a demo of Catlateral Damage to experience the life of a cat. (via The Mary Sue)

• Great quote about magic and technology – and not the one you’re thinking of.

• Thunderstorm cloud lamp or ceiling light. (via pipervaughn)

• Princess Bride scenes in LEGO. (via bronwyngreen)

• The Academy Award-winning animated film The Triplets of Belleville is about “a badass little granny (with a limp and hint of mustache) as she tracks down her cyclist grandson who’s been kidnapped by the French mafia“.

• Embroidered Calvin & Hobbes.

• Wee geeky knits.

• Tour Adam Savage’s Cave via Google Street View. (Or you can tour the world’s largest cruise ship.)

Cool or Wha…?

• Vintage typewriter-style tablet keyboard.

• Microwave that will be able to count the calories of what you’re heating.

• Hostess announces the return of the Chocodile. (I’d never heard of it before.)

• 10 baking-related items. (via tracykitn)

• VW Camper Vanesque trailer.

Wha…?

• There’s no Wha…? this week?!?!

LOL

• Where should you live in Canada? (via Paperback Writer) (I got Prince Edward Island, “one of Canada’s three Maritime provinces and the smallest province in the nation, is best known as the idyllic setting of Anne of Green Gables. It’s a truly beautiful and quaint place, especially if you love beaches, wide open spaces, and abundant world class seafood.”

• Sesame Street’s True Blood parody.

• When a sandcastle cake goes awry. Possibly NSFWish?

• How to survive a trip to IKEA.

• Word.

• So true.

• Poor exhausted kitty.

• Bugs or ghosts.

• Such drama!

• Bad doggy!

Teh Cute

• Baby quoll! Cat and kittens! Baby snow leopard! Lynx and babies! Black kitten! Snowy owl and babies! Baby fennecs! Baby otters! Baby chinchilla!

Reading Update

• Look! Over there! In the sky! 😉

“…zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz…” -Mayhem

*baleful glaring for no particular purpose* – Chaos

Congrats to Samantha, who won All Kinds of Tied Down by Mary Calmes! All Kinds of Tied Down will be released by Dreamspinner Press on July 4.

Congrats to Sandra O, who won Diversion (2nd ed) by Eden Winters! Diversion will be released July 4 by Rocky Ridge Books.

Randonymity

• Since Friday’s a holiday here, it was brief linkity today or no linkity… Oh good, glad you see it my way now. 😉

• We had a bit of rain on Sunday – this was 12 blocks south of me. With 11.36 in/28.9 cm of rain in June, we were only less than 0.31 in/0.8 cm from breaking the record for wettest June, set in 1874.

• Jeanne and I saw the world’s largest plane fly over my neighborhood Wednesday evening.

Contest(s)

• Becky Black’s giving away a paperback copy of the Not Quite Shakespeare m/m romance anthology. Closes 9 am UK time, July 5.
• Becky black is also giving away an ebook copy of her forthcoming m/m scifi romance, Dream for Me. Closes 9 am UK time, July 8.

Bookity

• New releases: Fiction Vixen (UF/romance), Tor.com (genre-benders, scifi, fantasy), and AAR (romance)

• Dear Author doesn’t seem to be doing their news posts anymore, alas.

• VacuousMinx on the Facebook research scandal.

• Becky Black on understanding publishing is based on risk.

• Charlie Cochet with part four of building your author website.

• “Burned out on blogging?“

• Get some absolution from a librarian.

• Book-inspired benches.

• Inflatable book life jacket.

• Writer’s mood ring colors.

Think, Learn, Do, Make

• “What would happen if all the bodies of water on Earth disappeared?“

• How the immune system works. (via The Mary Sue)

• GM has recalled more vehicles this year than it sold the past seven years.

• 15 unusual July holidays.

Cookity

• Brownie ice cream sandwiches. (via The Kitchn)

• One-bowl chocolate cake.

• Dark chocolate ice cubes.

• Blueberry waffle cookies. (via The Kitchn)

• 12 ways to eat corn.

• 12 easy smoothies.

Gluten Free

• Chicken KFC-style.

• Soft hamburger buns.

• Sweet potato and pecan doughnuts with praline icing.

• Lemon poppyseed bread.

Cool

• In Canada, as written and performed by Colonel Chris Hadfield and his brother Dave. (via demotu)

• This is a true thing!

• Queen Elizabeth II on the Iron Throne.

• TCPride would’ve been too much walking for me this year, but here are a couple cool bridge pictures celebrating Pride.

• Linkity and knitting linkity from kmkat.

Cool or Wha…?

• The Ministry of Silly Walks is now a video game.

Wha…?

• You can buy Swett, South Dakota, for $400,000.

• Coffee and wine. Combined. In a can.

LOL

• Daniel Radcliffe, what are you doing?!

• Some physicist humor from Neil deGrasse Tyson.

• Sam Gagner’s Tampa Bay Lightning career was only a few hours, but there’s a tribute video!

• June’s best autocorrects.

• Ugly wedding cakes.

• I can picture Chaos doing this.

Teh Cute

• Baby tigers! Baby red pandas! Muskox and baby! Cheetah and baby! Otter and baby! Tiger and babies!

Reading Update

• *waves*

We were all very cozy during the crazy Sunday rain…

“I’m outta here if there’s another flash of lightning!” -Mayhem

“Mom will keep us safe, May!” -Chaos

Congrats to Engese31, who won the signed paperback copy of Becky Black’s two novella m/m science fiction romance anthology, Travelers: Tilt!

Randonymity

• Hey, there’s actually going to be a contest next week. 🙂

• If linkity seems a bit sparse this week, it’s because I’m tired (from a thunderstorm that started really early this morning and kept me awake) and a bit frazzled (I have a handyman here this week to do a partial bathroom remodel).

• I live on a big hill, so no flooding here, fortunately. But our governor has declared a state of emergency in 35 Minnesota counties. It’s the wettest year on record to date… and only 6 inches less than our ANNUAL normal precipitation level. Professional kayaker takes on the raging Minnehaha Falls. Photo gallery.

Contest(s)

• Blodeuedd’s giving away a copy of The Trouble Next Door by Marie Harte. Closes June 26. US & Canada.

Bookity

• New releases: Fiction Vixen (UF/romance)

• Apple has settled the ebook antitrust case.

• An appeals court has ruled that Sherlock Holmes is public domain.

• Once again on women writing m/m.

• On writing and reading fanfic.

Think, Learn, Make, Do

• Famous LA streets when they were dirt roads.

• The US Supreme Court has ruled that you can’t patent an abstract idea – you have to actually make something. Bad news for patent trolls, poor things.

• The US Patent Office has canceled the Washington Redskins’ trademark registration.

• Whooping cough has reached epidemic level in California.

• 25 unusual phobias.

• A post from me (I know! Gasp!) about adding comments to things when you reblog them on Tumblr. (Some people get kind of crazy when people add comments to their stuff, which is pretty amusing, since usually their stuff are gifsets they’ve created from videos for which they do not own the rights.)

Cookity

• Zucchini pasta with lentils.

• Tomato chutney.

• Sicilian green olive salad.

• Fluffy ricotta pancakes.

• Green goddess quinoa salad bowl.

• Potato and chorizo salad.

Gluten Free

• Oreo Cakesters-style pies.

• Lemon blueberry cake.

• Moon pies.

• Butterscotch-chocolate-toffee cookie bars.

Cool

• Stanley Cup Final hockey hugs.

• LEGO Grand Budapest Hotel.

• The CBC’s hockey playoffs closing montage.

Cool or Wha…?

• Typographic building blocks.

• Wonky-lined notebook.

• Scratch-off globe for travelers.

• X-Wing knife holder.

Wha…?

• Some spiders can catch and eat fish.

• Clown-themed motel.

• A company allegedly forced its employees to practice an onion-based religion.

Tunity

• A fun song about coffee and work.

• “The Dark”, a lovely song by Ben Kyle (Romantica) and Ryan Adams.

LOL

• Cake Wrecks quotation mark abuse cakes.

• 21 Father’s Day autocorrects.

• Poor Fred.

Teh Cute

• Pallas cat kitten! Baby red wolves! Baby red flying fox! Baby tigers! Baby clouded leopards!

Reading Update

• Hahahahahahahahaha.

“What was that noise? Was that the handyman’s truck?! Should I run and hide before Mom tries to lock me in the kitty room?” -Chaos

Congrats to Dianna, who won The Silence of the Stars (Stars #2) by Kate McMurray!

Congrats to bheds, who won Sharp Love (Gambling on Love #2) by Ava March! Sharp Love will be released by Carina Press on June 9.

Randonymity

• I did a music meme and included links to all 20 songs.

Bookity

• New releases: Fiction Vixen (UF/romance), Tor.com (PNR), and AAR (romance audiobooks)

• Book and publishing news from Dear Author.

• “Any lawful impediment: Conflict in romance (especially m/m)“.

• Charlie Cochet shares five royalty-free stock photo sites.

• Authorly linkity from Becky Black.

• Tips to help yourself get unstuck with your writing.

• 20 quotes from JK Rowling.

• “19 rare recordings of famous authors“.

• 83 obsolete slang phrases.

• “30 of the best parents in literature“.

• Book pillows. (via maderr)

• Bookcase chair.

Think, Do, Make, Learn

• Interview with LeVar Burton about Reading Rainbow. (via svmadelyn)

• “20 secrets Minnesotans won’t tell you (except just this once)“. (via stuffaboutminneapolis)

• On the accuracy of the study of female-named hurricanes being deadlier than male-named hurricanes.

• John Oliver sent people to the FCC’s website to comment on net neutrality… and crashed the FCC’s website. (via svmadelyn)

• You can use LEGO minifigs to hold cables.

• The FDA now has a Flickr account for recalled product warnings.

• Migraines. (Although the article doesn’t mention the prodromal phase at all, which I would’ve liked to learn more about.)

• 13 unusual June holidays.

• How many birds would it take to generate gravitational force?

Cookity

• Funfetti sugar cookie cake. (via ticklemecolorful)

• Mallomars.

• Twix Bars.

• Gin and tonic sorbet. (via CRAFT)

• Strawberry shortcake ice cream pops.

• 9 strawberry recipes. 17 more strawberry recipes.

• Ginger and rhubarb swirl ice cream. (via The Kitchn)

• Asparagus soup with frittata bites.

• Asparagus with spring garlic pesto.

• Creamy polenta with spring greens and shitakes. (via The Kitchn)

• Jalapeno cheddar corn muffins.

• Pea pesto. (via The Kitchn)

• Lemony chicken and spring veggie soup. (via The Kitchn)

• Roasted shrimp scampi.

Gluten Free

• Butter cake.

• Cannoli.

• Saffron, ricotta, and pea pancakes. (via The Kitchn)

• Baja fish tacos with fresh flour tortillas.

Crafty

• Crochet a tiny Wolverine.

Cool

• Downtown Minneapolis across Lake of the Isles.

• Simpsonized NHL logos in three parts. (via Puck Daddy) And then Puck Daddy rated them best and worst.

• Harry Potter-themed wedding.

• Vans’ Star Wars collection.

• LEGO’s going to release three female scientists minifigs and a Mini Cooper (not all together, alas).

• LEGO Imperial Star Destroyer.

• A cover of the Doctor Who theme.

• Linkity and knitting linkity from kmkat.

• On the internet and introversion.

• Google Maps Easter egg in Wales.

• Hockey hugs, Stanley Cup playoffs style.

• Watch The Red Balloon. (I remember watching it on 16mm film!)

Cool or Wha…?

• Not sure what to think of these new sandals from Keen.

• A movie supercut of tables being flipped.

Wha…?

• Toilet-themed restaurant.

• Countertop ice cream sandwich maker.

• Swimsuits designed by Salvador Dali.

• Hobby Lobby started Christmas in May.

LOL

• “Which ridiculous food day is your birthday?” (via twoearsandaheart) (National Baklava Day, if you’re curious. Make mine gf, please.)

• What song might’ve been playing when you were conceived? (via thedreamthatdreamsus)

• Stanley Cup beard watch.

• Oh, Red Heart.

• Oh dear.

Teh Cute

• Kitten! Baby maned wolves! Baby clouded leopards! Kitten! Baby lynx! Baby penguin! Baby snow leopards! Cheetah and babies!

Reading Update

• I’ll give you one guess…

“……zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz…..” -Mayhem

“May’s taking a nap. What do you want?” -Chaos

Congrats to Melisa S, who won The River Leith by Leta Blake!

Contest(s)

• Blodeuedd’s giving away a copy of To Charm a Naughty Countess by Teresa Romain. Closes June 1. US & Canada.

Bookity

• New releases: Fiction Vixen (UF/romance) and Tor.com (UF, genre benders, fantasy, scifi)

• Book and publishing news from Dear Author.

• Let’s take a moment to remember Maya Angelou as she reads her poem “And Still I Rise”.

• Levar Burton’s Reading Rainbow Kickstarter was amazingly successful.

• Charlie Cochet recommends five websites for writers.

• On becoming a reader.

• Does anyone else get the impression that George R.R. Martin is a giant troll?

Do, Think, Make, Learn

• Looking at Rochester, New York, after the decline of Kodak.

• How about 38 pictures of abandoned shopping malls?

• Check out the Great Barrier Reef with Google Street View.

• Ha! You lactose-tolerant people, you’re all mutants!

• “Diet sodas better for weight loss than water, concludes study paid for by soda industry“.

• The circle in which more than half the world’s population lives.

• The largest immigrant population in each US state.

• 18 words for specific shapes.

• Now there’s a calculator for how long it will take you to binge watch a tv series.

Cookity

• Chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream sandwiches. (via puckling)

• 18 frozen treats that don’t require an ice cream maker.

• Vegan strawberry swirl ice cream.

• Spring greens risotto.

• Blistered tomato grilled toast Caprese nachos with balsamic glaze. (via The Kitchn)

• Caprese pasta salad. (via The Kitchn)

• Fried green chickpeas and baby eggplant with yogurt chutney.

• Spicy blackened chickpea scramble sandwich. (via The Kitchn)

• Sun-dried tomato, mushroom, and spinach tofu quiche. (via The Kitchn)

• Breakfast tacos.

• Chocolate brownie granola plus smoothie bowl. (via The Kitchn)

• 20 recipes for the grill.

Gluten Free

• S’Mores parfaits.

• Chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream.

• Peanut butter buckwheat chocolate chip cookies.

• Glazed doughnut holes.

• Double chocolate cherry cream cheese brownies.

Crafty

• Knit yourself a box bag. (via CRAFT)

Cool

• Minneapolis: From Lake Calhoun looking toward downtown. From maybe Cedar Lake looking downtown?

• Foggy Golden Gate Bridge.

• Dragon hedge!

• LEGO Ghostbusters fighting the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man.

• LEGO scenes from Aliens.

• Watch all the Saturn V rockets launch at the same time.

• Animals on desserts.

• X-MEN, the kitten version.

• The Washington Monument’s shadow actually moves in Google Maps.

• Linkity from kmkat. Plus bonus knitting linkity.

Cool or Wha…?

• Icelandic ram yarn bomb.

• If David Lynch directed Return of the Jedi…

• The Winnie-the-Pooh voice actor reads lines from Star Wars.

• Water bottle timer cap.

• Split beer glasses.

• Sofa that transforms into a bunk bed.

Wha…?

• This DIY couch caddy from slippers idea is… interesting.

• Faux monkey head bowls.

• Krispy Kreme triple cheeseburger.

• Burger pop tart.

• The $54 sexagintuple frappuccino, which lasted for five days.

LOL

• “Worrisome uses of quotation marks“.

• May’s 17 best autocorrects.

• Screenshot distraction. (Hover your cursor for additional text.)

• If famous artists were buildings. (via APB)

• Figure out your fantasy alterego. (Alchemist of invincibility, accompanied by a weary sorcerer.)

• Finnish name generator. (via APB) (Tuuli Lintunen)

• I can relate.

• Die, foul flipflop, die!

• Awww.

Teh Cute

• Kitten! Cat! Dhole and babies! Baby skunk! Black kitten!

Reading Update

• Hockey fics falalalala!

“It’s too warm for a birthday.” -Mayhem

(May showing off her alarming flexibility as melted kitty season begins.)

Congrats to Suze, who won Love Means… Patience (Farm #7) by Andrew Grey! Love Means… Patience is being released today by Dreamspinner Press.

Monday’s a holiday in the US, so no Misadventures!

Randonymity

From my neighborhood. Majestic…

…not majestic.

Contest(s)

• Blodeuedd’s giving away a copy of The Highwayman’s Daughter by Henriette Gyland. Closes May 24.

• Blodeuedd’s also giving away a copy of The Earl at Midnight by Gina Conkle. Closes May 24. US & Canada.

Bookity

• New releases: Fiction Vixen (UF/romance)

• Book and publishing news from Dear Author.

• Vacuous Minx on trigger warnings in college.

• And then the Vacuoux Minx Reader Manifesto.

• “On fandom, parasocial reletionships, and what we don’t know“. (via svmadelyn)

• Has ebook adoption hit a plateau?

• Kindle sideloading made simple.

• Short film about one day in the NYC public libraries.

• Three new words added to the dictionary.

• 16 old words that need to make a comeback.

• “47 charming facts about chidren’s books“.

• “How to edit: A complete guide to the art of callously destroying what some poor author slaved over for years“.

Think, Learn, Make, Do

• “10 commandements of typography“. (via Urbanista)

• Rings that convert sign language into speech. (via maderr)

• “A defense of internet linguistics“. (via APB)

• Minnesota is the first state to ban antibacterial soap containing triclosan. “The case against antibacterial soap“.

• Wilshire Boulevard, past and present.

• Make your own classic snacks, such as Doritos and Nilla Wafers. (via goulbournes)

• Most popular 2013 baby names by state. And then… “The most outrageous baby names of 2013“. (via cookietime) (Poor little Subaru and Rarity…)

• What would happen if you ignited all the pollen in the air in the spring?

• eBay was hacked – go change your passwords if you haven’t already.

Cookity

• Cherry chocolate chip cookies dipped in caramel sauce. (via APB)

• Lemon poppyseed bundt cake.

• Strawberry upside-down cake.

• Rhubarb hand pies.

• 10 rhubarb recipes without strawberries.

• Toasted marshmallow strawberries.

• Honey and strawberry panzanella salad. (via The Kitchn)

• Chicken broccoli frittata. (via The Kitchn)

• Pork and apple burgers.

• Mustard-glazed salmon.

• Pasta salad with roasted peppers, tuna, and oregano.

• 10 lighter pasta salads.

Gluten Free

• Crispy buttermilk coconut chicken fingers.

• Za’atar breadsticks.

• Chocolate chip cookies.

• Strawberry rhubarb crisp-crumble.

Cool

• NASA makes an Earth out of selfies.

• Full size LEGO R2-D2.

• Make sure you have 10 minutes before clicking on this playoff hockey video.

• Very touching music video made from yarn.

• Bandaids for badasses.

• Doctor Who notebooks.

• Downtown Minneapolis viewed across Lake Calhoun. Spoonbridge and Cherry. I always think of this sculpture as Thinker of the Isles. Much Minnesota.

• Online color thesaurus. (via Paperback Writer)

Cool or Wha…?

• Products you didn’t know you needed. (via Lori Toland)

• Not the most functional looking dish rack.

• “16 amazing facts about sea monkeys“.

• Stanley Cup beard watch.

Wha…?

• Peanut butter cup Oreos and Oreo-filled Chips Ahoy.

• Terrorist attack map cheese plate.

• Beer lollipop taste test.

• Google wants to put ads on everything, including thermostats and refrigerators.

• A city in Georgia requires you have a prescription to buy sex toys.

LOL

• “Dad illustrates weird things he has said because of his kids“.

• “24 sure signs you’re an 1890s kid“.

• Indeed.

• This black kitty doesn’t even look murderous.

• Oh oh…

Teh Cute

• Chinchillas! Baby lions! Tree kangaroo and baby! Kittens! Baby platypuses! Kitten! Horse and baby! Black kitty! Siberian crane and baby! Snow leopard! Kittens! Baby moose! Kitten!

Reading Update

• Lalalalalala!

*sun stupor* -Chaos