Bookity
- New releases: Tor.com (scifi, fantasy, genre-benders) and Smart Bitches (romance)
- Some free scifi stores you can read online.
- Linkity from Smart Bitches.
- President Obama’s lists of best books and favorite songs from 2017.
- “Five weird books for the jaded reader“.
- Untranslatable words, illustrated.
- Some tips/ideas for setting up a bullet journal.
- If you’re ever stuck for journaling prompts, check out these 730 prompts from journaling-junkie.
- Some of Diana Trout’s favorite bookbinding books.
- Reading pillows.
- A few bookmarks from etsy.
- Literary quotes.
- “…the alphabet now ends at Y.“
- Neil Gaiman’s words for the new year.
Think, Learn, Make, Do
- The 1% Theory of Fandom.
- There’s a blue moon eclipse on January 31.
- “Research proves switching to the shorter line almost always backfires“.
- Sounds like climate change could be causing the seafloor to sink.
Cookity
- One-pot kale and quinoa pilaf.
- 12 hearty vegan main dishes.
- 15 breakfast muffins.
- 11 lasagna recipes.
- 14 ways to turn a can of chickpeas into dinner.
- Slow cooker butter bean minestrone.
- Slow cooker broccoli cheddar soup.
Artsy Crafty
- Create 365 Somethings in 2018. I’m doing index card collages. What are you going to do?! 🙂
- How to start/commit to an art journal.
- Knitting linkity from kmkat.
Cool
- It’s been very cold here. Some examples: Walking on a frozen lake. Biking on a frozen creek.
- Minneapolis skyline at night.
- Where embroidery meets math.
- Where The Brady Bunch meets Star Wars.
- Hmm. The perfect coffee mug?
- Indeed, it is so.
- The danger scale. Alternate version.
- Dogs herding sheep in New Zealand.
- “Relive the climactic moments of Star Wars: The Last Jedi in LEGO“.
- Linkity from kmkat.
Wha…?
- The whole “raw water” thing… :facepalm: Edit: The graphic on this article is PERFECTION!
LOL
- Completely agreed if there’s another The United States vs One T. Rex.
- Northerners do indeed talk about the weather a lot.
- If Cerberus was a cat…
- If Bilbo and Gollum were women…
- Security vulnerabilities of the Empire from the first Star Wars movie.
Teh Cute
Reading Update
Syllabus: Notes from an Accidental Professor by Lynda Barry. Excellent book about creativity and writing and drawing, presented in Barry’s signature style of illustration. I’ve tried some of the exercises and am continuing to work on the 4-minute daily diary. Definitely one I’ll be referring to in the future!
Spouse on Haunted Hill (Haunted Guesthouse #8) by EJ Copperman. After skipping the seventh book, I quite enjoyed this one. It’s possible this was the last book in the series – it sure felt like things were being tidied up that way at the end. (Ok, apparently there are more books on the way – so now I’m wondering if the series was in limbo for a bit and the tidying was just in case.)
“…zzzzzzz…” -Chaos
Chris- Totally agree with the coffee mug sentiment.
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I can’t even understand how miserable it must be for everyone in the east with very cold temps and blowing snow conditions. Hope you can stay warm and cozy!
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Now I really want a reading pillow!
Looking forward to seeing your index-card collages.
Loved the Star Wars/Brady Bunch thing!
That raw water thing is crazy. There’s an artesian well a couple of blocks from my house. The city built a tiny park around it, and have the water piped up through several constantly-running faucets. There are almost always people there collecting water in jugs, and it’s been that way for as long as I can remember. But at least the city tests the water to make sure there’s nothing evil lurking in it. I’m perfectly fine with our tap water, though.
Yes the shorter line always backfires!
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i did not even know reading pillows were a thing and now i need one!! Why have Americans hidden these from us for so many years??
Okay, I am going to try that Kale & Quinoa pilaf. I’ve discovered that I love them both separately, so they should be amazing together, right?
Love the 1% theory of fandoms. It’s especially relevant when the huge fandoms do something unexpected or majorly different. (I’m thinking female Doctor Who here…)
Thank you for sharing Neil Gaiman’s yearly hope. I found last year’s when I was setting up my journal for January, but had forgotten to look for this year’s.
I was off the webs for a while over the holidays and catcing up. Another great linking. Still snorting over if Bilbo and Gollum were women
I am very interested in 365 somethings!
It is very sad to hear about the passing of Sue Grafton. I’ve been waiting for X and Y to come down in price. You were the one who introduced me – thanks 🙂
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