Bookity
- Linkity from Smart Bitches.
- Linkity from Notebook Stories.
- Linkity from the Pen Addict.
- “The appeal of unread books, or why I don’t read the books I buy“.
- “Let’s call an ‘unauthorized’ Narnia novel what it is: fanfiction“.
- “On the cult of originality: What Byzantine literary culture can tell us about fanfiction“.
- Possible reasons Dumbledore hired Gilderoy Lockhart.
- The Little Mermaid sequel, rewritten.
- Jane Austen heroes, ranked.
- Bookish phobias.
Do, Think, Make, Learn
- Have you heard of “toxic positivity”?
- New Zealand bans assault rifles.
- Climate change visualization.
- “How to stay sharp in old age“.
- John Oliver interviews Monica Lewinsky.
Cookity
Gluten Free
Artsy Crafty
Cool
- Puzzle art.
- Changing your perspective.
- “What if humans are the only species with teeth?“
- “You’re not like the girls in my village.“
- “Still on patrol“.
- “You can watch Mr Rogers’ Neighborhood episodes online“.
- Linkity from kmkat.
Cool or Wha…?
Wha…?
LOL
- Some thoughts on bagpipes.
- Midwestern terms demystified!
- Some humor from the Monterey Bay Aquarium.
- Aliens on the human condition – now with more comics if you keep scrolling!
- Oh, that alarming/tantalizing bubble!
- Yeah, you get that with a little flooding…
- And the potholes are absolutely terrifying.
- Google trends maps. (Hover cursor/long-press for caption.)
Teh Cute
Reading Update
Marked and 
Vacant (Mindspace Investigations 3-4) by Alex Hughes. Good continuation of this series about a telepath and recovering addict who consults for the police and, under duress, the Telepath’s Guild. Unfortunately, I screwed up and read book #4 before book #3, so I spent much of book #4 thinking my memory had gotten REALLY bad when things that turned out to have happened in book #3 were mentioned…
I Shall Wear Midnight (Tiffany Aching #4) by Terry Pratchett. Very good continuation of this series as teenage Tiffany works in the Chalk amid rising anti-witch sentiment.
Discount Armageddon (InCryptid #1) by Seanan McGuire. I liked it better upon rereading than I did when I read it four years ago!
“What now?!” -Mayhem
Some great links this week! I wish male- and female-written fanfiction would be treated equally. It’s really frustrating. But the link on toxic positivity was a good read. It’s something I had heard of before, but never seen spelled out quite so accurately.
We watched the Last Week Tonight episode with the Monica Lewinsky interview. It’s crazy to think it’s been that long! And I didn’t know before that episode that she had done TED talks. I’ll need to look them up. I don’t remember much about her from the time of the scandal (I didn’t follow politics much at that time) but in her interview she was very well-spoken and had good thoughts and ideas. Kudos to her for finding the good in an awful situation, and turning it to something she could grow from.
Drat you and your reading list. 😉 Now I have a new series to add to my list; the Mindspace Investigations sound really interesting.
I so get toxic positivity, I do hate it
A recent post from blodeuedd..Audio: California Girls – Susan Mallery
Lucy (R.I.P.) refused to even go near the self-feeding water dish after it *blupped* once when she was getting a drink. She was convinced it was haunted. Frankly, I have no reason to think otherwise.
A recent post from kmkat..Fotography Friday, 3/22/19.