Bookity
- New releases: Tor.com (fantasy, scifi, YA SFF, “25 most anticipated” SFF books of 2020), Smart Bitches (romance)
- Linkity from Smart Bitches.
- Best Smart Bitches’ Cover Snark from 2019.
- Linkity from the Pen Addict.
- Lovely Twitter thread from Michael Sheen (Aziraphale) about the Good Omens fandom.
- Very, very detailed post about “The implosion of the RWA” (being updated as things continue to develop).
- Interesting post following Tolkien’s writing process as the One Ring changed from a minor item to a character.
- “The Tao of Sir Terry: Philosophy in Pratchett“.
- “Inventing folklore: The origins of the Green Man“.
- Neil Gaiman’s New Year’s post.
- Illustrated version of “What You Need to be Warm” by Neil Gaiman.
Do, Learn, Think, Make
- Some of NASA’s space images from 2019.
- The battle against reproductive rights and women’s body autonomy in the US continues to escalate.
- The horrifying tale of the Fischer-Price Rock’n’Play Sleeper.
- An addendum to the post about both 1980 and 2000 seeming as if they were 20 years ago for those of us of a certain age.
- The movies, music, and books that entered the public domain yesterday.
- “Neuroscientists have discovered a new kind of signal in the human brain“.
- 50 things to declutter.
Gluten Free
Artsy Crafty
Cool
- Stunning wood and resin jewelry.
- Vanessa Stockard’s series of Kevin the Kitten.
- Black cats compared to black big cats.
- Linkity from kmkat.
- Linkity from bookwyrmknits.
Wha…?
Reading Update
The Collage Ideas Book by Alannah Moore. Very good look at many different ways to do collage using examples from collage artists. This is definitely an inspiration book rather than a how-to.
Discovering Gluebooks: How to Stop Focusing on Products and Start Making More Art by Lisa Vollrath. Good overview, examples, and gluebook how-tos. (You make a gluebook by collaging things you already have, such as junk mail, magazines, glue sticks, etc. No special products or expertise required.)
“…zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz…” -Chaos (he’s in the background, upper left)
*not quite awake* -Mayhem
We always knew you had little panthers.
Ugh. The 1980’s thing. I hadn’t really thought about it, but yes. It does feel that recent, and I think the thing you linked is related to why. We’re still easily able to access the 80’s… so it can’t be that long ago. (Actually, we’re better able to access 80’s pop culture NOW then we were IN THE 80’s. It’s a trip.)
Thanks for the linkity link! Scritches to the kittehs. Sorry, I mean the mini panthers.
And um. That list of things to declutter. It me.
A recent post from Nicole..2019 Reading Wrap-Up
OMG 2000 is 20 years ago. NO EFFING WAY
OK, for those of you worried about the 1980/2000 thingy, here’s what you have to look forward to:
You’re walking down the street and you see someone you went to high school with. You know, the one with the really young parents that all you kids were hot for? But why is your friend still 16?
Then you remember how, shall we say adventurous, that friend was. Said adventuring resulting in a child before graduation (just fact, not shaming). But your friend’s child still couldn’t be the person you’re looking at.
No, in fact, since it seems like youthful adventuring was a tradition in that family, the child of your long lost friend is the Grandparent of the 16 year old you’re looking at now.
Yes, a variation of this story has happened to me. And yes, my friend is a Great Grandparent. And yes, I’m a couple months older than they.
And no, I’m not on Social security yet, but will be, sooner than I like to think about. Happy New Decade everyone.