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.

• Pride and Prejudice engagement.

• It looks like $10 ebooks probably earn more money than $15 ebooks.

• “The right to be spoiler free“.

• Try changing the font to proofread your own writing.

• Linkity from Smart Bitches.

• Linkity from Becky Black.

• “Literally” now frequently means “figuratively”. D’oh. (Thanks, Jase!)

• The evolution of the Kindle.

• If 50 Shades of Grey was written by a man… (Thanks, Lorraine!)

• Poetry break: “The Sciences Sing a Lullaby” by Albert Goldbarth.

• Another TARDIS Little Free Library.

• Reading-themed mugs.

Think, Make, Do, Learn

• The FDA’s new gluten-free labeling standard is now in effect.

• Gluten-free cooking and baking tips from the Gluten-Free Goddess.

• 10 useful food infographics.

• A humorous high-level look at hockey stats.

• Kids reacting to a typewriter.

• 14 unusual August holidays.

• 21 slang terms from World War I.

• 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.)

• Unsurprisingly, web-connected appliances are not very secure.

Cookity

• Super moist & fudgy brownies with chocolate ganache. (via maderr)

• Double chocolate zucchini bread.

• Mango coconut icebox cake.

• 4 pie crusts that are easier than lattice.

• 11 cakes for celebrations.

• 11 make-ahead vegetarian meals.

• 17 recipes you can make with a can of chickpeas.

• Swiss chard taco wraps with cumin-lime sauce.

• Mushroom lentil tacos with tahini yogurt sauce.

• Burrata cheese with grilled nectarines. (via The Kitchn)

• Salmon with Thai curry sauce and rice noodle salad.

• Grilled chicken and asparagus salad with dilly farmers cheese dressing.

• Chicken and green bean stir-fry.

Drinkity

• Singapore Sling.

• Sparkling spiked peach lemonade.

• 17 summery cocktails.

Gluten Free

• Vegan chocolate coconut cupcakes.

• Double chocolate chip cookies.

• Easy crepe cake.

• Vanilla bean ricotta pancakes.

Crafty

• Knitting linkity from kmkat.

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.)

• From Neil Gaiman: “I think it’s one of those nights when we probably all need to watch a tiny almost-romantic video about two faerie people in dustbins missing each other.”

• A short film made from knitted scarves.

• LEGO’s female scientists line is now available.

• Suddenly…kestrel!

• Linkity from kmkat.

Cool or Wha…?

• Origami measuring spoon.

• Blue whale pasta strainer.

• Color-changing ice cream.

• TARDIS and Dalek Jell-O shots. (via The Mary Sue)

Wha…?

• “Researchers can hack airplanes through in-flight entertainment systems“.

• Slide whistle straws.

LOL

• Important information from Stats Canada.

• Poor Canada… wait.

• July’s funniest autocorrects.

• Thesis defense done memorably. (Hover your cursor for additional text or long-press if you’re on mobile.)

• How doughnuts multiply.

• Jaws summarized in a 60-second animation.

• Kitty with glasses. (via elvenenchantress)

• If I let him, Chaos would do this.

• Go figure!

• Oh oh…

Teh Cute

• Tiny bun! Kitten! Rock hyrax and babies! Kitten! Baby penguin! Leopard and babies! Tiger and baby!

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.

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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…