- New releases: AAR (romance), Smart Bitches (romance)
- Linkity from Smart Bitches. And more!
- A ficlet about the Bone Beach.
- On dragons in modern times.
- Lovely bookshop in the UK.
- The history behind “exit, pursued by a bear”.
- “If George RR Martin and Tolkien fought with sword and shield, who would win?“
- “What would Emily Dickinson do?“
- What if aliens kidnapped some humans for a zoo?
- Green is an inauspicious sky color.
- “Glass is actually a liquid”.
- TRUTH.
- On streets in Europe.
- On movies released in 1997.
- NASA retro concept art.
- I have walked by this property numerous times on my way to and from the Minnesota Center for Book Arts and have always wondered about it.
- Those spiky clocks sent me on a 70s flashback.
- It has rocks and trees.
- Round boat house.
- Bridge house.
- “Sleeve House”.
- Dome home.
- “Spite castle”.
- The interior of this “castle house” is very disappointing.
- Huh.
- Not the place to live if you require darkness to sleep.
- It has a slide.
- Comes with a butler [statue].
- Pool in the living room.
- Buy your own frontier town.
- Buy a home business in Alaska.
- Odd property in Alaska.
- Huh.
- Cabin of death.
- Too much taxidermy.
- So. Many. Questions.
- What a strange choice.
- Rent a spaceship home.
- A “Dead and Breakfast”.
- Can’t be unseen.
- I hate it.
- Compliantly confusing.
- “Shtairs”.
- The first one does look very sharp.
- Plain old confusing.
- Hmm.
- I guess it sort of has a little bit of railing.
- Yikes.
- I can definitely picture falling down those stairs and then going through the glass door at the bottom. 🙁
Tag Archives: linkity
Abundant linkity abounds
No linkity next week! I won’t be available during my linkity making time.
- New releases: Tor.com (YA SFF, horror & genre benders, scifi, fantasy)
- Linkity from Smart Bitches.
- Linkity from BookWyrm Knits.
- Great photo of Martha Wells.
- Untitled Goose Game in Ankh-Morpork.
- Is LotR really just one of THOSE recipe blogs?
- Embroidered LotR map.
- You could buy the Bennett house from the 1995 version of Pride and Prejudice.
- This visualization from NASA really makes climate change apparent.
- New map from the US Drought Monitor.
- Truly shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone about the US teacher shortage.
- On snapping turtles.
- What one million mosquitoes look like.
- A fascinating discussion of mountains.
- A tale of scientific hubris.
- Repurposed Pizza Hut as a metaphor for being trans.
- How do you even make a live-action Pac-Man movie?!?
- “How to befriend crows and turn them against your enemies“.
- Apparently I missed S’More flavored Ritz Bits in the 1990s. Unless they make ’em gluten-free, I’ll just never know.
- That’s very clever, but it looks like it has to stay with the place, doesn’t it?
- Not my style, but very nice.
- And another.
- Another nice one.
- That’s no cottage!
- I’d always be wondering if I left one of the zillion doors unlocked.
- Definitely don’t like the random stones jutting out of the walls.
- It doesn’t have a kitchen.
- Why is there a bathtub in the living room?
- I would absolutely faceplant into that tree on the regular.
- What lucky kitties!
- Interesting with quirks.
- They kept the confessionals.
- Surprise!
- Well.
- That kitchen nook seems out of place.
- Boring bank conversion.
- “Mansion” implies things that this place doesn’t have.
- CAN’T BE UNSEEN.
- Yikes.
- Not the secret I expect from a kitchen table.
- Hmm.
- HMM.
- Needs to be a LITTLE more space between the front door and the stairs.
- NO.
- …Well, at least there’s a railing?!
- Initially funny, but I would hate seeing it every day.
- Creepy ceramics.
- “Why is this street so chaotic???“
- “Animal crackers for zoologists“.
Probably wondering if I’m taking an unflattering photo of them…
In which Harry and Polly turn 2
- New releases: Smart Bitches (romance)
- Linkity from Smart Bitches.
- Wouldn’t this have been a party to remember?!
- Some Round Table humor.
- Goodbye, Nichelle Nichols.
- “Cheddar Man” and his descendant.
- On faceblindness.
- “Magnetic Holding Goose”.
- Dragon barbecue.
- Good to remember.
- Cool tattoo as long as they only use non-toxic paint.
- Newly constructed Victorian.
- Cute, except for the fireplace.
- Opulent indeed.
- Rustic gristmill.
- Where do you find someone in the US to do thatching?
- Kind of cute dome home.
- 12th century castle in Tuscany.
- California castle with some surprises.
- “Little pink houses for you and me…“
- Is this modern or postmodern?
- Another house built around rocks.
- Especially creepy lawn art.
- Includes the cemetery!
- Comes with its own observatory and rathskeller.
- This one has a putting green.
- “Cozy gazebo-style structures” (indoors).
- Nothing too weird until the red room (red rum?).
- Maybe it’s just me, but I think they’re asking too much.
- Looks ephemeral.
- Gives “false front” a whole new meaning.
- “Boating to the island” means something different here.
- Huh.
- Lots of little oddities.
- “The basement is very special.“
- But not as special as this basement.
- YIKES.
- Oddly located stairs.
- Stairs should be stairs and not include appliances.
- Surprise!
- Don’t slip.
- Thanks, I hate it.
- Why would someone knit that?
- Creepy hot air balloons.
- “Mustard-flavored donuts exist now“.
- So does a “Snickers-flavored seasoning blend”.
- Beware!
- Ah, yes, the perils of having cats.
Mayhem helping my newly washed sheets regain some of the lost fur…
It’s linkity time again!
- New releases: AAR (romance)
- Linkity from Smart Bitches.
- “Library” by Marco Turini.
- Some great quotes collected by BookWyrm Knits.
- “Bestselling children’s book series generator“.
- Learn about the satin bowerbird.
- 😮.
- No-churn Pop Tart ice cream.
- Stay in a restored historic building owned by the UK’s Landmark Trust.
- Cool but also disconcerting.
- I don’t agree that this has a “hobbity look”.
- Should castles be this bland?
- Statues for everyone!
- Even more statues for everyone!
- House built around a tree. So, um, what happens when the tree dies and starts to rot?!
- House built around rocks.
- “Definitely has a vibe going“.
- It’s so normal, except for the toilet paper dispenser in one bathroom.
- Purple shag carpet and red walls.
- There’s… a lot going on.
- Very narrow.
- Art Deco but Mayan.
- “What happened to the rest of the floor?” And is there a railing on those crazy steep stairs?
- Oh, that one narrow step is the killer.
- Umm…
- Wait a minute…
- Interesting storage idea, I guess.
- “Somebody hand me a Saws-All, I can’t take it.“
- What?
- Not my thing.
- I can’t believe anyone’s allowed to sell something that moldy.
- “What a bargain!“
- Read to the end to see how many offers are on the place.
- That is some mascot, yup.
- Revolving shirt fronts.
- Fine art as action figures.
- Duct tape wizard.
Reading
Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone by Brene Brown. A very good and very timely read – if everyone seems more and more polarized on issues and you’re trying to bridge the widening gap, this book might help.
Art Supplies: Making, Manufacturing, and Creating by Jane Audas. Very good overview of people and companies involved in the creation of art supplies, from Beam Paints to Liquitex.
Linkity is Concerned that the world is melting
- New releases: Smart Bitches (romance)
- Linkity from Smart Bitches.
- Aragorn and PTSD.
- Tumblr book club ideas (based on the wildly successful Dracula Daily).
- “Letters to Friends”, a very short silent film from Janet Hill Studio.
- On seahorses.
- “25 rare and overlooked images from the famed Apollo 11 mission”.
- *blink blink*
- Learn about the Great Dying, “the worst mass extinction of all time”.
- “No one wants to work anymore.“
- LEGO releases a set based on The Office.
- Mindboggling photo of a lightning strike.
- Eerily gorgeous.
- It’s way too dark for my taste, but it is lovely.
- Another lovely one from San Francisco.
- Amazing before and after photos.
- A bargain, but sort of creepy.
- Apparently these people don’t believe in comfortable chairs.
- Motorcycles as decorative elements.
- House or maze?
- Mansion trailer. The wood looks like it has the sort of finish that gets sticky in the heat.
- All I can think of is how top heavy it is.
- Wut.
- Taxidermy hell.
- Mirrored kitchen, anyone?
- Stay in the world’s biggest bottle.
- Or stay in a submarine or rescue helicopter.
- A fireplace is a special kind of stairs danger.
- Nononononononono.
- Hearse turned into an ice cream truck.
- Silliness.
Linkity does not endorse [feline] sibling smackdowns
- New releases: Tor.com (YA SFF & horror)
- Linkity from Smart Bitches.
- NK Jemisin about why sometimes you need to be “uncivilized” about racism.
- Ficlet about being on year 399 of a 400-year sentence.
- Discworld book nook.
- Some good news about southern fin whales.
- See the remains of the Chicxulub asteroid!
- DOOM can run DOOM?
- Whoopsy.
- “For those who…love to see subject experts going absolutely apeshit about fake content farm video ‘hacks'”.
- The Onion making a point.
- This is kind of soothing to watch.
- Fancy Kitty also looks gigantic due to surroundings.
- Tower castle.
- Round.
- Victorian with lighthouse.
- Another lighthouse.
- The home of a wood sculptor.
- This mostly works.
- I like that blue, just not on the ceiling.
- The whole thing is just ever so slightly too much all the time.
- That kitchen.
- I like black, but I wouldn’t want to have black walls.
- Secret underground bar.
- Warning for creepy dolls.
- :O
- Home renovation fail.
- Another missile silo.
- Um, yikes?
- I’ve decided I’m not a fan of spiral stairs.
- Hopefully it’s an optical illusion and those cables aren’t as low as they look.
- Say no to “funky” stairs.
- YIKES.
- Hug the wall and wish desperately for a railing.
- Kitchen tables should not be part of stairs.
- Mansplaining at its most oblivious.
Linkity big
- Linkity from Smart Bitches. And more.
- Linkity from BookWyrm Knits.
- And a quotes post from BookWyrm Knits.
- “Mary Oliver in popular culture“.
- Lord of the Rings is “sort of……. post-apocalyptic”.
- Short fic about a superhero job placement agency.
- “The dangers of petting things in space“.
- A nice simple rundown of this week in UK politics.
- You tell him, Lake Superior.
- More from Lake Superior.
- The guy who paints Chase Banks in flames has moved on to a new subject.
- The amount of damage soccer-ball sized hail would do.
- “[Minimalism] is a troubling phenomenon because of what [it] represents: a lack of detail.“
- The advantage of being agender!
- An interesting look at 1980s nostalgia.
- Philosophy.
- Moose!
- That sure took a lot of pebbles.
- Toast value scale.
- What a lovely place to escape to.
- So fancy!
- Mid-century flashback.
- Mostly white ceilings – huzzah!
- That’s a lot of color.
- It IS very white – except for some of the bathrooms.
- Some very dramatic wallpaper and carpet.
- “Barbie’s Bohemian Bed-Stuy Dreamhouse“.
- I definitely don’t enjoy period accurate wallpaper.
- Just say no to terrazzo bathrooms.
- It takes a second look to really appreciate the fail here.
- Medieval-themed basement.
- WTF wallpaper.
- He has a lot of collections.
- If you’re looking for a quirky family compound…
- What an oddly shaped house.
- Ditto.
- Themed bedrooms.
- HORROR SHOW.
- ABSOLUTELY NOT.
- Yikes.
- How do those stairs even work?
- I guess these are a little better than the previous at least.
- This also needs a second look.
- At least there’s a railing?
- Wheelchair ramp extreme fail. Emphasis on extreme.
- “The Last Supper” painted on a Saltine. Come on, you know you want to make the obvious joke here!
- “Tumblr uniting to drag Achilles“.
- “Honest board game titles“.
Title-free linkity
- New releases: AAR (romance)
- Linkity from Smart Bitches.
- BookWyrm Knits shares links to short favorite free science fiction and fantasy stories.
- Nerf’s new mascot is Very Creepy.
- Strawberry cobbler.
- Mindboggling embroidery.
- Chapel converted into a houseboat.
- Another one from Minneapolis, the Donaldson Mansion. You may or may not remember the Donaldson’s department stores.
- It IS a fairy tale house, although the corrugated steel thing is odd.
- “You can live in a luxury jail.“
- That fridge, wth.
- 26 bathrooms?!? WHY???
- A Yellow Submarine weekend rental.
- “Hobbit Mansion“.
- House built around an old trolley car.
- Choices were made. Strange choices.
- Absolutely don’t enter that house using the left door.
- I don’t think you can call that “stairs” – it’s a ladder.
- Another weird
set of stairsladder. - I personally do not equate miniature marshmallows with glamour.
- “Culinary perfume“.
- Um. Good point.
Harry hanging out, being silly.
In which linkity perhaps overcompensates for missing a few weeks…
Mayhem turned sweet 16 on May 27th!
- New releases: Tor.com (horror/genre benders, fantasy, YA SFF, scifi), Smart Bitches (romance, more romance)
- Linkity from Smart Bitches. And more!
- Linkity from BookWyrm Knits.
- Very cool ficlet.
- Ficlet about a ghost.
- An interesting take on Cinderella.
- BOOM.
- Learn about tenrecs.
- I’d never seen a Bulwer’s pheasant before.
- “Gasoline is the new Yankee Candle of possible accidental covid indicators“.
- Rainbow dragon quilt.
- A dragon who hoards mint.
- What if unicorns were the size of cats?
- This refurbished Airstream is quite lovely.
- This one’s only 6 or 7 blocks away from me.
- A couple dedicated to living like it’s the 1930s.
- Why indeed.
- This one has in indoor golf course of sorts.
- Everything looks odd when taken to extremes.
- Salt Lake City condo that comes with everything. D’oh.
- Budget castle in Utah.
- Most castleish house?
- It’s definitely unforgettable, I’ll give it that.
- I love the ones where everything seems to normal and then, in the last few pictures, things get kinda weird.
- Although this one’s just weird from the get-go.
- For when having your horses in the stable is just too far away.
- Treadmill stairs… how do you go down without maiming yourself?!
- Spiral staircase kit. No railing included.
- No railing except at the bottom?
- No railing. Not ever surprised anymore.
- Those look annoying and dangerous.
- Huh.
- NO.
- WHY.
- Rainbow glasses.
- Iconic.
- So you’ll definitely be able to see when the heat takes them out, I guess.
- Where was this idea when we were getting all of those aol cds in the mail?
- “Save gas every mile!“
- Kill weeds with a flamethrower. What could go wrong...
- Kraft macaroni and cheese gummies.
- Cheese-scented nail polish.
- What will be the fate of the Atom Smasher?
- This would be absolutely disgusting if you had cats.
- Build an Iron Throne for your cats out of cardboard.
- I groaned, so you have to suffer through this pun, too.
- Based on that famous photo of Vincent Prices clutching an armload of cats.
- “Destroy false idols“.
Mayhem looking out the window.
I got a Dyson fan/air purifier recently and the siblings found it puzzling.
You can almost see the question marks floating around Harry’s head!
Linkity is so ready for a long weekend
- New releases: AAR (romance)
- Linkity from Smart Bitches.
- Tsundoku.
- On the implications of Bilbo having been declared dead and then alive again.
- Tips for trapping a swarm of humans on your spaceship.
- “Electric sparkle runes“.
- “Sometimes baby owls sleep lying down“.
- Baby foxes! (Thanks, Cheryl!)
- Very cool public sculpture.
- RIP, Ray Liotta – he was so good in Something Wild.
- Fresh strawberry oatmeal cookies. Although I’d make them with dark chocolate chips…
- Clock tower penthouse.
- Unusual tiny house.
- Castle-like house… built from embalming fluid bottles.
- Nope to living in an old missile silo.
- Please just let my eyes rest somewhere.
- It’s all very bland until the last picture, which is WTF.
- If you gain weight, you’ll never be able to take a shower again.
- This is just a bit odd.
- Huh.
- Creepy.
- Oddly narrow.
- Another odd one.
- Why a pool under the bed?
- Dragon stairs!
- Dangerous stairs.
- The storage steps seem awfully tall.
- These storage steps are unpredictable, but that’s fine – the loft looks useless anyway.
- Disorienting stairs.
- I’m way too clumsy for these stairs.
- Canned vegetable salads? Nope.
- Flame, avocado, harvest.
- YIKES.
- Mr Wrangler Sportswear, 1972.
- Creepy pedicure.
- :snortlaugh:
Mayhem in the midst of shaking her ears off of her head, apparently.