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Congrats to Nicci, who won Forbidden Love (Amor #1) (2nd ed) by Ellis Carrington!

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Contest(s)

• Blodeuedd’s giving away a copy of A Song at Twlight by Pamela Sherwood. Closes October 13. US & Canada.

• Blodeuedd’s also giving away a copy of Close to the Wind by Zana Bell. Closes October 13.

Bookity

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

• Book and publishing news from Dear Author.

• Is the assumption that most readers and writers of m/m are heterosexual females accurate? (via MA Derr’s tumblr)

• Josh Lanyon on how the reader-writer relationship is changing.

• Interesting post from Arthur Graham on the recent Goodreads situation.

• Bookity and writerly linkity from Becky Black.

• Bookity linkity from mental_floss.

• Literary landmarks of San Francisco via online map.

• Typography-themed online game.

Ebookity

• How do the different ebook subscription services compare?

• Is there still a place for eink ebook readers after the rise of the tablet?

• “Piracy isn’t killing content“.

Do, Think, Make, Learn

• Tour the London Symphony Orchestra interactively online.

• Knitting TV!

• Make an Enigma replica. (via Schneier on Security)

• How would a human fare in 500 mph winds?

• A site that will help you keep track of who’s on the ice at any given time in a hockey game.

• World map adjusted for internet population.

• What coffee grinds should look like based on brewing method.

• How did salt and pepper become such staples?

• Science remix about black holes.

• Neil DeGrasse Tyson’s birthday was Saturday – watch a video of him discussing “the most astounding fact”.

• Whew – the US Center for Disease Control was able to call back staff to deal with a multistate salmonella outbreak.

Cookity

• Thai basil stir fry.

• Mediterranean vegetable spaghetti. (via The Kitchn)

• Crock pot chicken tortilla soup. (via The Kitchn)

• Loaded Southwestern quinoa sweet potatoes. (via The Kitchn)

• Bacon, kale, and acorn squash salad. (via The Kitchn)

• Sweet potato and pesto salad sandwich.

• 10 cheesy pastas.

• 10 fall casseroles.

• 8 fancy casseroles.

• 14 taco recipes.

• Avocado cornbread.

• Streusel-topped apple pie muffins.

• Pumpkin pie stuffed baked apples. (via The Kitchn)

• Pumpkin rolls. (via The Kitchn)

• Mamie Taylor cocktail.

Gluten Free

• Apple cider doughnut cake.

• Apple dumplings.

• Coconut squash cake.

• Pumpkin bread.

• Paleo chocolate chip cookies.

• Cream cheese chocolate chip cookies.

• Red quinoa with butternut squash, cranberries, and pecans.

• Roasted tomato flatbread.

• Thanksgiving side dishes.

Crafty

• Crochet some pumpkin coasters. (via CRAFT)

• Make yourself a Sharknado costume for Halloween.

Cool

• Goalie backflip! (via Puck Daddy)

• Ordinary Batman Adventures. (via The Mary Sue)

• Have you watched the lost episodes of Doctor Who yet?

• Art installation from from over 3000 bicycles.

• Mesmerizing animated gif of a black cat drinking water.

• My neighborhood looked a little different in 1954 – but the Uptown Theater sign remains!

• Linkity from kmkat.

Cool or Wha…?

• TARDIS headband.

• Weeping Angels t-shirt. (via CRAFT)

• Modern art recreated in desserts.

• Nibble cake pan.

• If your GPS had an option for you to follow a group of penguins to your destination, would you use it?

• If you’ve always wanted your electric kettle to text you instead of whistling…

Wha…?

• Meat sculptures. (via The Mary Sue)

• Spam-flavored macademia nuts.

• SpaghettiOs cupcakes with Velveeta frosting and Goldfish sprinkles. (via CRAFT)

• Bare-chested Star Trek Khan (Ricardo Montalban edition) t-shirt. (via The Mary Sue)

• Target replacement product suggestion FAIL.

LOL

• Story of my life. (Will make much more sense to those who use AO3…)

• NHL mascot commercials.

• IKEA product or death metal band?

• On the US government shutdown… (Hover your cursor for additional text.)

• Tall infographics. (More hovering!)

• The next frame would be the kitty leaping from her scratched and bleeding arms, right?

• Kitty jenga.

• Brazen black cat.

• Hiding… you’re almost doing it right.

• Naughty black kitten.

• Alarmed black cat is alarmed.

• If Harry Potter was a black cat…

Teh Cute

• Tiger! Baby cheetahs! Baby fennecs! Black kitten! Jaguar and baby! Cats! Cats!

Reading Update

• *whistling*

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Seriously, it feels like it was basking week here, doesn’t it?! 🙂

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Congrats to Joe, who won Accidental Alpha (Pack Partners #1) by Poppy Dennison!

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Randonymity

• Have you tried Hope Spicy Avocado Hummus yet? YUM.

Contest(s)

• Kay Berrisford’s giving away an ebook copy of White Bone, Red Sky by Evelyn Shepherd. Closes October 5.

• Pants Off Reviews is giving away an ebook copy of Dead in the Desert by Lou Harper. Closes 11:59 pm EDT, October 5.

• Blodeuedd’s giving away a copy of True Spies by Shanna Galen. Closes October 12.

Bookity

• New releases: Rarely Dusty Books (m/m), Elisa Rolle (LGBT), Fiction Vixen (romance/UF), Literary Escapism (UF/PNR), and Tor.com (UF, genre benders, scifi, British genre)

• Book and publishing news from Dear Author.

• Goodreads on its new review policies of last week. Ceridwen analyzes the data that was deleted by Goodreads.

• Dear Author on how personal boycotts are different from censorship. Some options if you’re looking for a replacement for Goodreads.

• “Is there a correlation between banning books and bad science?“

• Your bookmark would like a word with you.

Ebookity

• Scribd launches another ebook Netflixesque service.

Think, Do, Learn, Make

• What you need to know about the new season of hockey.

• How the NHL’s teams got their names.

• US food and supplement recalls.

• A lake that turns you into stone if you touch it.

• NASA’s climate predictions for the rest of this century.

• IKEA’s going to start selling solar panels.

• Is modern wheat to blame for celiac disease?

Cookity

• Olive oil and whiskey carrot cake.

• Chocolate-pretzel granola bars. (via The Kitchn)

• Chocolate cream pie brownies. (via The Kitchn)

• Brown butter waffle cake with sorghum buttercream.

• Blueberry cheesecake stuffed French toast. (via The Kitchn)

• 10 salty sweets.

• Vegan chocolate cake.

• Baked tofu banh mi salad. (via The Kitchn)

• Vegan heirloom BLT salad. (via The Kitchn)

• Black bean and quinoa chili. (via The Kitchn)

• Peanutty quinoa bowls with baked tofu. (via The Kitchn)

• Saucy sauteed shrimp over lemony quinoa.

• Kimchi fried rice. (via The Kitchn)

• Fiery kale with garlic and olive oil.

• Chicken mushroom marsala grilled cheese. (via The Kitchn)

• New York (whiskey) sour.

Gluten Free

• Pumpkin polenta with tomatillo-avocado sauce.

• Buckwheat pancakes with healthy chocolate sauce.

• Cheddar mustard scones.

• Pumpkin animal crackers.

• Apple crack cake.

• Samoa latte.

Crafty

• Make your very own creepy mobile of old dolls and butcher knives…

Cool

• Some pictures from my neighborhood.

• “26 things you didn’t know about The Princess Bride“. (via mental_floss)

• Weeping angel mask. (via The Mary Sue)

• Astronaut Chris Hadfield as Bowie’s Aladdin Sane.

Cool or Wha…?

• Disco ball pizza oven. (via The Kitchn)

• Death Star soccer ball.

• DALEK Mr Potato Head.

• Star Trek character pillows.

• Captain Picard quilt. (via The Mary Sue)

• LEGO watches for adults.

Wha…?

• Dinosaur erotica.

• “What could possibly go wrong when [the] hotel that inspired The Shining digs up a pet cemetary?“

• Beer that contains actual moondust.

• “Iconic photos recreated using… Play-Doh“.

LOL

• Yes.

• September’s best autocorrects.

• Hyperbole and a Half.

• Pumpkin Spice: The Movie.

• How it always goes.

• Be suspicious. Very suspicious.

• Whoops. Too late.

Teh Cute

• Jaguarundi and baby! Baby tapir! Baby cheetah! Baby lions! Baby red pandas!

Reading Update

• If you’ve ever wondered why I wandered into hockey fanfic a year ago (I know! it’s been a year!) and haven’t really wandered back…
• Stickhandled: A Hockey RPF Zine
• If you read hockey rpf, go take this poll.

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*ears of annoyance* -Mayhem

*lazy ears of annoyance* – Chaos

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Congrats to Valeri, who won Dead in the Desert (LA Paranormal #3) by Lou Harper!

Congrats to Irene, who won Ali’s Intuition (Family of Misfits #2) by K-Lee Klein! Ali’s Intuition is being released today by MLR Press.

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Bookity

• New releases: Fiction Vixen (romance)

• Book and publishing news from Dear Author.

• More from Dear Author on the changing habits of readers.

• Becky Black on whether a book you’ve written is an albatross.

• What books are people most likely to lie about having read?  (via mental_floss)

• An iOS app (not free) that teaches you how to speed read.

• The Minnesota Opera has commissioned an opera based on The Shining.

• Bookity linkity!

• Cats who live in libraries.

• Love this re: fanfic. 🙂

Ebookity

• San Antonio’s new paper bookless public library is now open.

Do, Think, Learn, Make

• The Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St Paul are pretty nice places to live. (via stuffaboutminneapolis)

• Build yourself a box bed and increase your storage space. (I have a different style, which involves taking off the mattress/futon to access the storage.)

• If you’re confused about escalating sheet thread counts…

• LEGOs were used to help restore a sarcophagus.

Cookity

• 75+ pantry dinners for when you’re busy.

• 15 soups, salads, & sandwiches to pack for your lunch.

• Mozzacado sandwich.

• Chicken masala pizza. (via The Kitchn)

• Easy creamy buffalo chicken quinoa bake. (via The Kitchn)

• Spicy vegan eggplant pasta.

• Baba ganoush.

• Brussels sprouts nachos. (via The Kitchn)

• Lobster cobb salad. (via The Kitchn)

• Seafood, fennel, and lime salad.

• Italian chopped salad with creamy garlic vinaigrette.

• Baked tofu.

• Sweet potato galettes.

• Sweet potato waffles. (via The Kitchn)

• Cider doughnuts with mulled cider glaze. (via The Kitchn)

• Pumpkin Nutella rolls. (via The Kitchn)

• Pumpkin cheesecake martini. (via CRAFT)

Gluten Free

• Southwest turkey burgers.

• Cranberry almond KIND bars.

• Zucchini-carrot muffins.

• Pumpkin biscotti.

Cool

• Paper rainbow.

• Start saving up for the forthcoming TARDIS duvet. (via The Mary Sue)

• Linkity from kmkat.

Cool or Wha…?

• “Organ”ic chocolates.

• Birthday cake M&Ms.

• Voice-activated thermostat.

• Add light sabres to your thumb wrestling.

• Bill Nye actually on Dancing with the Stars.

• “Cookies ‘n’ Creme Oreos return to shelves, tear hole in cookie-space continuum“.

Wha…?

• Whoops – hackers meant to take down the NSA’s website, but took down NASA’s instead.

• The Cheeseburger Pizza is available in the UK, but it sure doesn’t look like the ads.

• “Happy Talk Like a Pirate Day. Here’s Jack Sparrow. On a Unicycle. Playing the POTC Theme. With Bagpipes. That Are On Fire.“

• LEGO-inspired fashion mostly just looks heavy.

• PepsiCo wants to add scent capsules to the beverages it sells.

• Toilet brush sniper rifle.

LOL

• The Sad Desk Lunch tumblr… (via The Kitchn)

• A hockey fan’s year.

• Did you happen to catch Flight 666 to HEL on Friday the 13th?

• Han Solo Cup.

• Simon’s Cat vs the evil kitty in the mirror.

• I need to find the mystical place where all kitty toys go…

• Sneaky kitties are sneaky!

• Oh oh.

Teh Cute

• Cygnets! Baby red panda! Baby clouded leopards! Ocelot and baby! Kittens! Very dapper black kitty!

Reading Update

• Working on my hockey stats book, plus hockey fics. Hmm. Do I detect a theme here?! 😉

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Soft-focus napping Chaos! 🙂

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Congrats to Tracy, who won Black Hurricane (Boston Boys #3) by Erica Pike!

Congrats to PaParanormalFan, who won Waiting for a Spark by Lillian Francis!

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Contest(s)

• Lori Toland’s giving away a $10 ARe gift certificate at Kay Berrisford’s blog. Closes September 19.

• Blodeuedd’s giving away winner’s choice of The Reluctant Bride by Beverly Eikli or A Bargain Struck by Liz Harris. Closes September 22.

Bookity

• New releases: Rarely Dusty Books (m/m romance), Fiction Vixen (romance), and AAR (romance)

• Book and publishing news from Dear Author.

• Dear Author on the internet and free speech.

• Fiction Vixen on how to succeed at blogging.

• Bookity linkity from Experiment BL26.

Ebookity

• Dear Author about Oyster ebook subscription.

Think, Do, Learn, Make

• The hockey jerseys Nike has designed for the Olympics are… interesting. (via Puck Daddy)

• Why people are afraid of clowns. (via mental_floss)

• Rubbing alcohol removes sticker gunk without leaving behind a greasy film like Goo Gone.

• Climate change might be making eating raw oysters less safe.

• Vogager 1 has left the solar system.

• “The science of what makes an introvert and an extrovert“.

• How to increase your activity level to burn more calories during the day.

Cookity

• Avocado and chicken caprese salad. (via The Kitchn)

• BBQ chicken cobb salad.

• Grilled lettuce and peach salad. (via The Kitchn)

• Collard and quinoa wraps.

• Kale and black bean tacos with chimichurri.

• Pad thai sliders. (via The Kitchn)

• One pot linguini with roasted red peppers, tomatoes, and Brie.

• Hot smoked salmon with potato salad. (via The Kitchn)

• Yellow tomato and corn gazpacho. (via The Kitchn)

• Grilled zucchini mini tostadas with refried beans. (via The Kitchn)

• 10 zucchini recipes.

• 4 creative vegan recipes.

• Polenta cookies.

• Blueberry lemon brownies. (via The Kitchn)

• Chocolate peanut butter pretzel bites. (via The Kitchn)

• Caramel stuffed apple cider cookies. (via CRAFT)

Drinkity

• The Americano.

• Sunset punch.

• Spiked blueberry basil lemonade.

Gluten Free

• Chocolate crinkle cookies.

• Soft tapioca wraps.

Crafty

• Make a stuffed cat from old towels. (via CRAFT)

• Knit some Mary Jane style slippers. (via CRAFT)

Cool

• Explore the Galapagos Islands via Google Street View.

• Vacationing with the Game of Thrones cast.

• The Harry Potter MBTI personality test.

• Tinkerbell and the TARDIS.

• Patrick Stewart got married last weekend.

• Fleet of LEGO ships.

• If Monty Python and the Holy Grail was a serious historical period film…

• 10 of the best songs from Bill Nye’s Soundtrack of Science.

• “John’s anniversary present, with a side of tiger-mauling“.

• Linkity from kmkat.

Cool or Wha…?

• Superman coins from Canada.

• Red velvet Coke can cake.

• Pumpkin spice M&Ms.

• Chopstick straws.

• iPhone sticky notes.

• Darth Vader, a unicycle, bagpipes…

Wha…?

• Hello Kitty beer. (via The Mary Sue)

• Facebook-flavored ice cream. (via The Mary Sue)

• SUV with six USB ports and six power outlets.

• Poop transplants might be the secret to weight loss………

LOL

• Surely there’s something humans can do better than computers… (Hover your cursor for additional text.)

• Back to school autocorrect fails.

• TOTALLY CHAOS.

• Eeep!

Teh Cute

• Baby musk ox! Snowy egret! Bison and baby! Swan and cygnet! (I must not’ve been in the mood to find things cute this week.)

Reading Update

• I am reading an actual paper book! It’s about hockey statistics. 😀

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Congrats to Marie W, who won Different by Kim Dare!

Congrats to Ilona, who won This Little Whatever by Nicole Forcine! This Little Whatever is being released today by Dreamspinner Press.

Congrats to Sarah M and Deanna B, who won Learning Curve (Life Lessons #4) by Kaje Harper! Learning Curve is being released today by MLR Press.

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Contest(s)

• Blodeuedd’s giving away To Wed a Wicked Highlander by Victoria Roberts. Closes September 14. US & Canada.

• Ava March is celebrating five years of being published by giving away an ebook ARC of All In with the Duke (Gambling on Love #1), which won’t be released for everyone else until November. Closes midnight EDT, September 24.

Bookity

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

• Book and publishing news from Dear Author.

• AAR on the Mary Sue (the character type, not the blog…).

• Bookity (and more) linkity from Becky Black.

• The 2013 Hugo Award winners.

• Jane Austen tarot cards.

Ebookity

• Ebooks and pricing points.

• Will you receive a payout for having purchased price-fixed ebooks?

• Oyster is “Netflix for ebooks”.

• Comparing Oyster to two other ebook subscription services.

Do, Think, Make, Learn

• The secret of fast internet revealed…

• Celiac disease, believed to affect 1 in 100, might be more common than that.

• “Should you take glucosamine and chondroitin? Meh“.

• “IKEA product names really are meaningless as you’d assumed“.

• 15 unusual September holidays.

• “A brief history of buildings that melt things“.

Cookity

• Black bean and corn veggie burgers.

• Chickpea and roasted red pepper burgers. (via The Kitchn)

• Creamy millet corn chowder with greens.

• Broccoli slaw fish tacos. (via The Kitchn)

• Shrimp pad thai. (via The Kitchn)

• Pesto guacamole. (via The Kitchn)

• Zucchini crust pizza. (via Bron’s Pinterest)

• Caramel apple popcorn. (via The Kitchn)

• Peanut butter caramel baked apples. (via CRAFT)

• No bake peanut butter cheesecake. (via The Kitchn)

• Dark chocolate and salted caramel topped shortbread. (via Bron’s Pinterest)

• Banana Nutella bread. (via The Kitchn)

• Perfect carrot cake. (via The Kitchn)

• Deep fried s’mores. (via The Kitchn)

• Chocolate-filled s’mores pie.

• Sparkling cojito.

Gluten Free

• Apple crisp.

• Peanut butter chocolate chip cookies.

• Soft brownie cookies.

• Earl Grey donuts with blueberry glaze.

• Buckwheat rhubarb scones.

• Polenta French toast.

Cool

• First female scientist in LEGO.

• Monty Python and the Holy Grail LEGO sets – too bad they don’t exist…

• Some pictures from the Minnesota State Fair.

• Old tech turned into Star Wars sculptures. (via The Mary Sue)

• Linkity from kmkat. Two weeks worth.

Cool or Wha…?

• Butter Wolverine.

• Bill Nye is going to be on Dancing with the Stars.

Wha…?

• Corn poop soap.

• Spreadable beer.

• Deep-fried soup from KFC.

• Custom bacon graphics for the Ford Fiesta.

• Various can cozies.

LOL

• “The 29 most Minnesotan things that ever happened“. (via A closer look at flyover land)

• Toxicity… (Hover your cursor for additional text.)

• Seriously.

• Easy mistake to make…

Teh Cute

• Caracal and baby! Baby binturong! Baby snow leopard! Lynx and babies! Black kittens! Hedgie!

Reading Update

• Look! Over there! Up in the sky! Is that a… hockey fic? 😉

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Congrats to Beth, who won Training Cats (2nd ed) by PD Singer! (A book title completely not endorsed by Chaos.)

Congrats to sere, who won The Battle for Galerir (The Galerir Saga #2) byAnna Lee!

Congrats to Megan W, who won Unbreak My Heart by K-Lee Klein! Unbreak My Heart will be released by Amber Allure on August 25.

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Randonymity

• It’s amazing how exciting it is to have overhead light in the kitchen again, after the old, crappy, dangerous, burned out fixture was replaced last weekend.

Contest(s)

• The Novel Approach is giving away an ebook copy of Freeman (2nd ed) by Clare London. Closes 11:59 pm PDT, August 25.

• Blodeuedd’s giving away a copy of Just a Cowboy and His Baby by Carolyn Brown. Closes August 31. US & Canada.

Bookity

• New releases: Fiction Vixen (romance)

• Book and publishing news from Dear Author.

• Extra judges needed for the 2013 Rainbow Awards.

• Tor.com on HP Lovecraft. Plus Lovecraftian maps! (via Tor.com)

• “Will I ever get to be in a book?! (A rant about diversity)” (Thanks, Experiment BL626!)

• Segregation in bookstores.

• “Do readers secretly wish to be writers?” (Thanks, Experiment BL626!)

• The Oatmeal on when to use who and whom.

• 25 Dorothy Parker quotes.

• Best fictional libraries. (via mental_floss)

• “Two guys recreated the Beastie Boys’ ‘Sabotage’ music video with crime-fighting librarians“.

• Reading is dangerous. (via The Digital Reader)

Ebookity

• Becky Black on why it won’t be all ebooks or all paper books for a while.

Think, Do, Make, Learn

• US food and drug recalls.

• If you think it seems like Subway is everywhere – you’re right.

• Calculator for comparing wireless plans.

• Some mobile feed reader options. (I like gReader [Android] better than the native Feedly app.)

• Exercises for the office.

• World map with countries adjusted for population size.

Cookity

• Chocolate chip cookie dough whoopie pies. (via Piper Vaughn)

• Brown butter salted caramel snickerdoodles. (via puckling)

• Double peanut butter layer cake with chocolate fudge frosting. (via The Kitchn)

• Strawberry cheesecake popsicles. (via The Kitchn)

• Cherry almond poke cake.

• Cinnamon toast crunch cereal.

• Slow cooker chicken enchilada soup.

• Parmesan broiled tomatoes. (via The Kitchn)

• Greek garbanzo salad. (via The Kitchn)

• 10 freezer meals.

• Stone fruit sangria. (via The Kitchn)

Gluten Free

• Maple quinoa granola.

• Super fudgy brownies.

• Baked coconut.

• Blueberry muffin cake.

• Paleo blueberry muffins.

• 5 potato salad recipes.

Crafty

• Convert some of your big blue IKEA bags into a raincoat. (via CRAFT)

Cool

• LEGO trailer for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug.

• LEGO history of Britain.

• Use Google Street View to destroy your home, virtually.

• Fontspotting is a free downloadable font flashcard game.

• Linkity from kmkat.

Cool or Wha…?

• Geeky cat stuff.

• Mount Rushmore carved from phone books.

• Giant ear for capturing complaints.

Wha…?

• “UK moves to ban phones designed to fit up prisoner butts“.

• Butter sculptures. Somewhere I’m sure I still have a photo of the Butter Palm (Pilot) from the Minnesota State Fair a while back…

• Martini glass baby rattle.

• Mac’n’cheese martini.

• A building shaped like a sheep and a building shaped like a dog.

• Doctor Who Mr Potato Head. (via The Mary Sue)

• Bulletproof couch with gun storage.

LOL

• 10 multilingual autocorrect fails.

• Hiding frosting mistakes – you’re doing it wrong.

• xkcd on risks. xkcd on the excess of online chat systems. (Hover your cursor for additional text.)

• I would hurt myself laughing if I caught either of my cats in that pose.

• Step 1 is very important!

• Be very afraid! 😉

Teh Cute

• Fishing cat and baby! Lynx and babies! Baby leopard! Kitten! Pudu and baby! Baby ocelot!

Reading Update

• You’ll never guess… 😉

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“‘Draw me like one of your French girls’? What does that even mean, Mom?” -Mayhem

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Congrats to Juliana, who won Love’s Nest (Tempting Tales #3) by Keira Andrews and Leta Blake!

Congrats to Lori S, who won Thorns by Feliz Faber!

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Randonymity

• Things the kitties had never experienced before we moved and which they still regard with suspicion due to noisiness: dishwasher, garbage disposal, washing machine, and dryer.

Contest

• Blodeuedd’s giving away Savage Hunger (Heart of the Jaguar #1) by Terry Spear. Closes August 25. US & Canada only.

Bookity

• New releases: Fetch Me My Fainting Couch (a bit of everything), AAR (romance), and Fiction Vixen (romance/UF).

• Becky Black shares some things to avoid doing on social media.

• Linkity from Sloan Parker.

• Fiction Vixen rants a bit about blog tours (organizers and participants take heed!).

• KZ Snow on whether to write a sequel or not.

• “Heteronormativity and the white picket fence“.

• Negative review or bullying? (Thanks, Experiment BL626!)

• Scatteredthoughtsandroguewords on the prevalence of the non-ending in books.

• How is it different reviewing digital and print books?

• Interesting perspective on the Blackhawks’ characterization in hockey rpf.

• 10 miniature books.

Do, Learn, Make, Think

• 4000 years of history consolidated.

• Turn a cd spindle into a tablet stand.

• Another Google Reader alternative.

• The US government admits that Area 51 exists.

• What if? on orbital speed.

• If you use Eukanuba or Iams dry cat or dog food, check your lot numbers…

• New species of mammal discovered! (via I Can Has Cheezburger?)

Cookity

• Funfetti whoopi pies. (via The Kitchn)

• Banana pancakes with peanut butter syrup. (via The Kitchn)

• Zucchini and corn panini with pepperjack cheese. (via The Kitchn)

• 9 summer tomato recipes.

• Farmhouse chicken salad.

• Chicken cacciatore. (via The Kitchn)

• BBQ chicken pizza. (via The Kitchn)

• Sweet and savory bacon jam.

Gluten Free

• Golden beet gnocchi with peas, bacon, tomato, and mint. (via The Kitchn)

• Boysenberry peach pie.

• No-machine dairy-free rocky road ice cream.

• 60+ zucchini dessert recipes. (via gfe–gluten free easily)

Drinkity

• White peach, basil, and blueberry mojito. (via The Kitchn)

• Blackberry bourbon lemonade. (via The Kitchn)

• Jalapeno bloody mary with quick pickled veggies.

Crafty

• Turn a bookshelf into a cat tree. (via CRAFT)

Cool

• Visit the TARDIS via Google Maps.

• Yarnbombed bridge in Pittsburgh. (via mental_floss)

• Spoonbridge and Cherry.

Cool or Wha…?

• Nihilist toothpaste.

• “Brain teaser table“.

• Knitted Time Magazine cover.

Wha…?

• A picture I took last weekend:

Home improvement with piano accompaniment?!?! (Click on the photo to embiggen.)

• Jack Daniels whiskey chocolate bars.

• Pepsi-flavored Cheetos?!

• Big Wheel for adults.

• Don’t be surprised when your neighbors complain after you illegally build a castle on top of your high-rise apartment building.

LOL

• 10 work-related autocorrects.

• How is life different when you have a cat? (Thanks, Experiment BL626!)

• Overexcited kitten is overexcited.

• Penguin war!

• Thorgi.

Teh Cute

• Tiger and babies! Kittens! Crazy black kitten! Panda and baby!

Reading Update

• You know you wanna read hockey fics… 😀

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