Randonymity
The neighbors across the hall recently had a baby, so I knit some bibs for a baby gift.
Bookity
- New releases: Fiction Vixen (UF/romance) and Tor.com (PNR)
- Book and publishing news from Dear Author.
- “Literally” now frequently means “figuratively”. D’oh. (Thanks, Jase!)
- If 50 Shades of Grey was written by a man… (Thanks, Lorraine!)
- Poetry break: “The Sciences Sing a Lullaby” by Albert Goldbarth.
Think, Make, Do, Learn
- Neil deGrasse Tyson on how long a person would survive on each of the other planets in our solar system. (Spoiler: You’d best have your affairs in order.)
Cookity
Drinkity
Gluten Free
Crafty
Cool
- Watch hockey players dump buckets of ice water over their heads to raise awareness of ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, aka Lou Gehrig’s Disease). (The post has short videos of Sidney Crosby and Craig Adams of the Pittsburgh Penguins and what seems like most of the Boston Bruins.)
Cool or Wha…?
Wha…?
LOL
- Thesis defense done memorably. (Hover your cursor for additional text or long-press if you’re on mobile.)
Teh Cute
Reading Update
The Kid: A Season with Sidney Crosby and the New NHL by Shawna Richer. Very good account of Sidney Crosby’s rookie season with the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2005-2006. I’m pretty sure that any use of the phrase “beestung lips” is too many – this book used it three times! As a Pens’ fan, it was fascinating to discover the origin of the much-repeated taunt about Crosby diving (blame the Flyers) and disheartening to realize that several of the things Crosby knew he needed to work on during his rookie season (such as letting rival teams get him wound up to put him off his game) remain problems for him today.
Ok, it wasn’t that long ago that I took this picture, but I can’t tell exactly how much of Mayhem is there on the right. You can see one of her back paws sticking straight up in the middle, but anything to the right of that… (Sorry, Cheryl.) Anyway! It’s possible they wouldn’t feel quite so done in by the (moderate) heat if they weren’t on a fleecy blanket…
Mom’s kitties doesn’t think 30c is warm enough, so if there are no sun beams to snooze in, they hide under her duvet
o.O
Kitties are odd, cute but odd
Oh no, time to leave for work and I’ve barely made a dent!
You have heat? Finally summer, so it’s no wonder the kitties are confused (and sleepy).
The evolution of the Kindle gif was hypnotic. I have had so many generations of Kindle.
Cute bibs 🙂
I so glad that you’re having some pleasant weather and hope it stays a while for you.
I sure your neighbor appreciated the personal, handmade gifts of the cute bibs.
Chris- the weather here has been great too- not hot or humid.
OMG- Singapore Slings- I got hammered on those more times than I can count.
Two links of interest via The Book Vixen today…
I’m weddinged out (like everyone else, I’m sure), but these ideas melted my cold l’il heart for a second:
http://www.buzzfeed.com/melissaharrison/book-themed-wedding-ideas?bffbbooks
Legos as an organizational tool:
http://mashable.com/2014/07/10/lego-diy-organization/
Unhated nations, HA
You are knitting, yay! I want several of those mugs, even though I never use mugs. I jusst want them, preciousss.
My head virtually exploded when I saw only half a Mayhem. As it does whenever the word “literally” is used incorrectly.
Woah, knitting! 😉 Nice.
I now direct anyone who misuses “literally” to Weird Al’s “Word Crimes”. I refuse to accept “literally” as a new word meaning “figuratively”.
I know enough people who do woodwork for theatre… I wonder if any of them will build me a TARDIS bookcase…
Oooh, editing your work in a different font is a good idea. I think I’ll probably also edit on a different device – such as write on the iPad, edit on the laptop.
Some of those cakes look lovely, but I really only need one type of (non-cheesecake) cake: yellow cake with chocolate frosting. Yum. Though I have to say I wouldn’t ever turn down a mud pie (similar to the coffee ice cream cake).