Art Journaling Monday!

September 16, 2019 Chris 2 Comments

Welcome back to Art Journaling Monday! Iâ€™ve included some of my recent favorites below. You can catch up on everything on my Tumblr, if youâ€™d like. 🙂

“…zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz…” -Mayhem

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Linkity is very glad to be living on a hill

September 13, 2019 Chris 5 Comments

Bookity

Linkity from Smart Bitches.
Cover snark from Smart Bitches.
On Lynda Barry. (via Largehearted Boy)
“Breaking down the New York Times ‘ essay on politics and fan culture“.
How to pick your first book from Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series. (Don’t start with Book #1, The Colour of Magic. Just don’t.)
BBC America has cast Sam Vimes for their Terry Pratchett series The Watch.
“~~Quietly~~ angry at people who are loudly angry at Neil Gaiman…“
More on the differences between the Good Omens book and show.
25 quotes from Georgette Heyer.
“5 poems for these days of uncertainty“.
What writers are doing as they walk around the city.

Do, Think, Make, Learn

Cookity

Gluten Free

Cool

Wha…?

“Please enjoy this soothing footage of a migrating herd of wild air mattresses“.

LOL

Teh Cute

Bison and baby! Cranes and babies!

Reading Update

Look! Over there! Is that Good Omens fanfic I spy?! 😉

“How many chucks COULD a woodchuck chuck?!” -Mayhem

Art Journaling Monday!

September 9, 2019 Chris 2 Comments

Welcome back to Art Journaling Monday! Iâ€™ve included some of my recent favorites below. You can catch up on everything on my Tumblr, if youâ€™d like. 🙂

Angels dining at the Ritz.
Rainbow scribble doodle + quote.
Scribbly.
“‘I’m lost,’ I said…“
Night.
Music.
The CAUTION journal.
Ugly.
Washi3.
Hidden words.
Tell my own story. (You’ll have to click on the photos to see them in their entirety. Thanks, tumblr – not.)
Pencil.
Completed Season of Documenting journal.

“…zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz…” -Chaos

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In which linkity is surprised that it’s already September

September 6, 2019 Chris 3 Comments

Contest

Blodeuedd’s giving away a copy of Death Takes a Holiday at Pemberley by Kelly Miller. Looks like it closes on September 9 or 10, depending on where you live.

Bookity

Do, Learn, Think, Make

What happens if you leave a cup of water on the sidewalk?
“The commuting principle that shaped urban history“.
D’oh. Pet vaccination rates are dropping (in the UK, at least).
Some free online courses starting this month.
“Manage climate change anxiety with these Cold War coping techniques“.
How to pack a suitcase efficiently. Perhaps have tissues nearby…

Cookity

Chicken and cabbage stirfry. (via the Kitchn)
Balsamic strawberry chicken salad. (via the Kitchn)
5-minute brownie in a mug.
Caramel gingerbread cake. (via gilajames)

Gluten Free

Bran muffins.

Artsy Crafty

Knitting linkity from kmkat.

Cool

Cool or Wha…?

“What it’s like to fly with a service horse on an airplane“.

Wha…?

LOL

On basenjis.
Learn how to talk Minnesotan.
“How to measure things like a Canadian.”
The most extreme way to take a selfie.
I am not exactly sure what’s going on here. Thanks, kmkat!

Reading Update

Guess. 😀

*primly ignoring me* -Mayhem

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Abbreviated linkity

August 30, 2019 Chris 2 Comments

Yes, once again, it was monthly server update night for work during my linkity time, so!

Bookity

New releases: Tor.com (genre benders,Â ya sff, scifi, fantasy) and AAR (romance)
“We can be heroes: How the nerds are reinventing pop culture“.
Linkity from Smart Bitches.
Cover snark from Smart Bitches.
Which dystopian novel are we in?
“The cannon of literature“.

Think, Learn, Do, Make

How to melt the Statue of Liberty. (This one could go into multiple categories, really.)
How climate change could be beaten by 2050.

Cookity

50 no-bake desserts.

Artsy Crafty

Linkity from knittyBlog.

Wha…?

Pumpkin Spice Spam.

LOL

Reading Update

Good Omens fanfic!!!

“What’s happening?!?” -Mayhem

Art Journaling Monday!

August 26, 2019 Chris 1 Comment

Welcome back to Art Journaling Monday! Iâ€™ve included some of my favorites from the week below. You can catch up on everything on my Tumblr, if youâ€™d like. 🙂

Real tired.
First Avenue.
Early.
Dance.
Geometric rainbow.
Magic.
Dream.
Documenting process with rainbow scribble doodle.

“Why did they cut down the bird and squirrel tree, Mom???” -Mayhem

(There was a decrepit flowering dogwood outside one of the windows – it was cut down and replaced with a small shrub that doesn’t reach our windows, alas.)

Linkity linkity link, Reading, Reviewettes

In which Chaos is trying to thwart linkity’s creation by being naughty

August 23, 2019 Chris 3 Comments

Bookity

Linkity from Smart Bitches.
Linkity from Inkophile.
Linkity from the Pen Addict.
“Everyone who contributed to fanfiction site ‘Archive of Our Own’ is now a Hugo Award winner“. My sole work on AO3 is a playlist, but hey! 🙂 An action shot of the AO3 Hugo.
The complete list of Hugo Award winners.
If you enjoyed the dogfather AU, part two (the black dog) is now complete!
“Emmy contender: How Good Omens designed 6000 years of costumes for Aziraphale and Crowley“.
Good Omens and representation. Why the romance in Good Omens resonates so.

Do, Think, Learn, Make

Tips for using inclusive language and pronouns.
“Instragram chief debunks copyright apocalypse hoax“.
Is “Bohemian Rhapsody” the most successful meme? (I’m sure I’ve posted this before, but it remains awesome.)

Cookity

Gluten Free

Pizza rolls.

Artsy Crafty

Cool

Cool or Wha…?

Floating bridge.
132 kitchen gadgets. (via tinsnip)

Wha…?

LOL

What fashion companies try to sell to men and women vs what men and women want.
“I’ve No More …. To Give” by Thomas Benjamin Wild, Esq. NSFW for work – language.
Reviewing earth. Hover cursor/long-press for caption.

Teh Cute

Black kitten eating dry food!

Reading Update
Welcome to Night Vale by Joseph Fink & Jeffrey Cranor, Still not exactly sure what happened, but it was strangely compelling anyway.

“feedmefeedmefeedmefeedmefeedmefeedmefeedme” -Chaos (who has a very one-track mind…)

Art Journaling Monday!

August 19, 2019 Chris 2 Comments

Welcome back to Art Journaling Monday! Iâ€™ve included some of my favorites from the week below. You can catch up on everything on my Tumblr, if youâ€™d like. 🙂

*drowsing with eyes slightly open* -Mayhem

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Linkity looks off into the distance

August 16, 2019 Chris 3 Comments

Bookity

Think, Do, Make, Learn

Cookity

Gluten Free

Artsy Crafty

Cool

Excellent mural.
Yeah, nothing says Upper Midwest like giant fiberglass figures and “some kinda days” (local festivals of some sort).
A meme I did on tumblr.

Wha…?

“That one time Patrick Rothfuss, Chuck Tingle, John Scalzi, and Neil Gaiman created The Wise Man’s Butt“.

LOL

Moose be chillin’.
“To protect the floor“…
“Australia, do you take constructive criticism on your wildlife?“
August gothic.

Teh Cute

Baby leopards!

Reading Update
The Nice and Accurate Good Omens TV Companion: Your guide to Armageddon and the series based on the bestselling novel by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman by Matt Whyman. Wonderful resource for fans of the show! (Yes, yes, I read mostly Good Omens fanfic this past week as well…)

*slow squinty kitty love blinks* -Mayhem

Art Journaling Monday!

August 12, 2019 Chris 2 Comments

Welcome back to Art Journaling Monday! Iâ€™ve included some of my favorites from the week below. You can catch up on everything on my Tumblr, if youâ€™d like.

“Unless you have fud with you, let me sleep!” -Chaos

Art journaling, reading, knitting, and cat parenting. It's a wild life.