Hurtful, but true. STOP IT, MINNESOTA. (Another winter storm watch for this weekend! Total snow accumulation of 13 inches/33 cm possible…)
Bookity
- New releases: Book Riot (audiobooks), AAR (romance), Smart Bitches (romance), and Tor.com (scifi, fantasy, genre-benders)
- Linkity from Smart Bitches. More linkity from Smart Bitches.
- Linkity from Inkophile.
- Linkity from the Pen Addict.
- Harry Potter-inspired photoshoot.
- “The bodies of the girls who made me: Fanfic and the modern world” from Seanan McGuire.
- Neil Gaiman on fanfiction – at least scroll down to the two small text chunks above the gif at the end, starting with “Then again…”
Think, Do, Learn, Make
- Allergy myths and facts.
- Is “Lyme disease the first epidemic of climate change”? (via MCaspian)
- “State-by-state USA cryptid list“.
- Why you should turn to veterinarians in a zombie apocalypse.
- “There is nothing wrong with your house“.
- Ha! Those “warranty void if removed” stickers are meaningless. Repair away!
- On sunscreen and expiration dates.
- “Don’t let minimalists make you feel guilty about your ‘clutter’“.
- “It takes 90 hours to make a new friend“.
- Molly Ringwald on misogyny in John Hughes’ movies.
Cookity
- 25 recipes made with a can of chickpeas.
- 15 recipes using black beans.
- BBQ tofu salad bowls.
- Easy slow cooker bean soup.
- Vietnamese-style chicken and noodle salad.
- Slow cooker spinach and artichoke chicken.
- Orange-baked rhubarb.
- Three different one-bowl brownie recipes.
- Easy chocolate biscuit bombs.
- 10 easy, fancy single layer cakes.
- Peanut butter sheet cake with chocolate cream cheese frosting.
Gluten Free
Artsy Crafty
- Definitely read this review before rushing out to buy the new Tombow Play Color Dot Markers. My favorite line: “Alas, I cannot dot all the things.”
- Knitting linkity from kmkat.
Cool
- Massive LEGO chimera. (via maderr)
- From the life of a retired villain…
- “Death comes for Minerva McGonagall“…
- “When real sports become a sports movie“.
- Kids singing Cloud Cult’s song “Chemicals Collide”.
- New glow-in-the-dark coin from the Royal Canadian Mint.
- Yes.
- Linkity from kmkat. Linkity from Bookwyrm-Knits.
Cool or Wha…?
- “Harry Potter dream castle for sale in downtown Minneapolis” – and it’s right around the corner from the Minnesota Center for Book Arts! 🙂
- LEGO mosaic of King Richard III.
- Plush Dave Bowman (from 2001: A Space Odyssey).
- MIT has a headset that listens to your thoughts.
Wha…?
LOL
- Members of The Breakfast Club as social media platforms.
- Arnulf the disruptive sheep.
- “One reason to root against every team in the Stanley Cup Playoffs“.
- On birds and men and flirting.
- New Simon’s Cat film. Or two!
- Some words of wisdom from Captain America.
- “OS born to be“.
- Interesting theory about Australia and Mad Max.
Teh Cute
Reading Update
The Art of Expressive Collage: Techniques for Creating with Paper and Glue by Crystal Neubauer. Reread: I appreciated this book more the second time and bumped my rating from three to four stars.
“Still no birds. Woe.” -Mayhem
I am all for minimalism…but not when it comes to clothes and books haha
A recent post from blodeuedd..Audio. Starry Eyes – Jenn Bennett
“Reindeer fawns are born with dark fur that absorbs radiant heat from the sun, which is important in the chilly northern regions where Reindeer live. ”
I like learning new things 🙂
I saw that bird/men/flirting thing the other day. Sooo funny! And so true.
I like dejunking, but that minimalism stuff is just too extreme.
Thanks to the show “Fortitude”, I learned about muscimol. I will never think of reindeer in the same way again.
More snow and ‘nearly impossible travel conditions’! Oh, poor you.
(It’s probably not the best time to mention that here the blossom is coming out on the trees, the daffodils are blooming, and the birdsong is deafening.)
Alas, poor May. Woe.
I love Neil Gaiman for his defense of fanfiction. I love his reaction to it. But I truly adore that bit at the end. 😀
And I love Seanan McGuire for slapping some sense into me. I had typed in my reply about Gaiman’s link that I don’t read fanfic. That’s not actually true. I read (and love) fairy tale retellings, and what are those if not fanfic? I’m going to spread the McGuire link about a bit more. Fanfic gets a bad rap, but it’s part of who we ALL are, like it or not.
Lastly… I love that “Death comes for Minerva McGonagall” link. I didn’t want to read it because it sounded sad… but it is perfect.
A recent post from Nicole..3 Quotes 3 Days Tag ~ Day 3
Another fine April morning browsing linkity. I loved the reasons to root against every team in the Playoffs. Then I ended up many links away at documents I need to gather before I die…
A recent post from Mary Lou..Turoa Mitts Loft Skein Winner!