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Congrats to Jane(PS), who won Beyond Reckless (2nd ed) by Ava March!

Congrats to Shellirie, who won Base Over Apex (Kinky Cupid #2) by Kim Dare!

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Randonymity

• The view from my windows last Friday morning, after 10.5 inches/26.7 cm of snow overnight. That street lamp was confused for days – ice was blocking its light sensor, so it stayed lit through hours of bright sunshine.

• It doesn’t bode well when the icy conditions sign has slipped and fallen…

• If you like hockey and you’re not doing anything Friday, February 28 (aka today), at 8 pm CST, why not join the Goon rewatch party?

Contest(s)

• Blodeuedd’s giving away a three-pack of Kate Ashford books: Man of Honour, The Three Graces, and The Marriage Wager. Closes March 8.

Bookity

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

• Book and publishing news from Dear Author.

• Vacuous Minx on “credentialism and the internet”.

• “Is ‘happy for now’ happy enough for you?“

• Science finds that reading can reduce anxiety.

• Is there a relationship between book price and ratings?

• You can read some of the Nebula Award nominees for free online.

• Game of Thrones pop-up book.

• LEGO recreations of famous literary scenes. (And more!)

• Stories reduced to their main colors. (Thanks, Kristi!)

• Infographic of Kurt Vonnegut’s eight story shapes/types. (via mental_floss)

• 25 opening sentences diagrammed on a single poster.

• Book sculptures.

• Pride and Prejudice, mathematically.

• This would’ve been a helpful display when I worked at a bookstore. 🙂

• Not suitable for obsessively organized readers.

• They should probably just load ebooks on her phone.

• Sometimes there’s simply no deeper meaning.

Do, Learn, Think, Make

• “Playing Tetris may stop your food cravings“.

• Chipotle will soon have vegan tofu options all over the US.

• “Pizza math: A 12″ pizza is over twice as big as an 8″ pizza“.

• Dark chocolate is good for your heart.

• Forced arbitration is bad for consumers – why you should opt out. (Dropbox just added new terms of service that include forced arbitration, but at least they offer an online opt out.)

• Beijing’s air pollution is really bad. China’s air pollution is affecting Japan.

• “Keep the Cold War out of the Olympics“.

• More of that hilarious hockey primer. Websites for hockey news and information.

• Visualization of how many calories are in various Starbucks drinks. (via Consumerist)

• Time zones. (Hover your cursor additional text.)

• The home of time in the US.

• Rocket golf.

• “The science of sriracha“.

• Hmm. I wonder how the Great Lakes’ ice cover has progressed since this February 19 photo? (It was -11F/-23.9C with a -34F/-36.7C windchill when I woke up yesterday morning. Talk about a demotivator.)

• For the Twin Cities, it’s the coldest winter since 1979 and one of the coldest on record. (Yes, it really was colder and snowier when I was a kid, dammit.) Seems legit.

Cookity

• Decade-defining recipes: 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s. (Related: 1950s foods dinner party, via Emma Sea.)

• Espresso banana bread.

• Grilled chocolate sandwiches.

• Citrus fruit winter salad. (via The Kitchn)

• Toasted oatmeal with strawberry chia jam and coconut whipped cream. (via The Kitchn)

• Slow cooked Moroccan lentil soup. (via The Kitchn)

• Garlic shrimp and spinach tostada. (via The Kitchn)

• White chicken enchiladas with green chile sour cream sauce. (via The Kitchn)

• Stir-fry beef and broccoli. (via The Kitchn)

• Burrata BLT with spicy mayo. (via The Kitchn)

• Romaine salad with bacon, five-minute eggs, and pesto dressing.

• 9 chili recipes.

• 9 curry recipes.

• 13 eggs for dinner recipes.

• Blood orange Salty Dog. (via The Kitchn)

Gluten Free

• Pretzel turtle bars.

• Chocolate chip yogurt quick bread.

• Lemon poppyseed cookies. Lighter version.

• New Orleans-style beignets.

• Various Girl Scout-type cookies.

Crafty

• Make a custom collar for your cat.

• Learn how to arm knit.

• Arm knitting tutorial video – how to knit a scarf in 20 minutes. (via CRAFT)

Cool

• There might be Doctor Who-themed LEGO sets soon.

• More Olympic hockey hugs!

• 16 great things about George Takei.

• Classic paintings of London laid over modern street views.

• Linkity from kmkat.

Cool or Wha…?

• Sriracha-flavored Pringles.

• Metrodome implosion.

Wha…?

• “[A]rtisanal meat from celebrity tissue samples.“

• Sausages made with the aid of baby poop.

• “Neiman Marcus missed 60,000 alerts as hackers stole credit card info“.

• The relationship between selfies and lice…

• Gluten-free: you’re doing it wrong.

LOL

• Funny autocorrects from February.

• The Swedish Chef explains curling.

• What if Olympic speed skating was like Mario Kart?

• Entrepreneurial Girl Scout.

• Could be Chaos.

• *blink blink*

Teh Cute

• Moose and baby! Okapi and baby! Baby panda! Foxes! Foxes! Black kitten! Lioness and baby! Pygmy goat and babies! Baby Florida panther! Takin and baby! Sand cat and baby! Snow leopards and baby!

Reading Update

• Wait, wait, don’t tell me… 😉

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“…zzzzzzzzzzzzz…” -Chaos

Not that you can really tell in this picture, but his mouth is hanging open a bit. Classy! 🙂