Randonymity
- So, we got 10.5 inches/26.67 cm of snow last Friday. Then it got sunny and warmer and the snow was completely gone by Sunday afternoon. This video will help you share some of that experience: Are You MN Enough? Winter Sucks.
- Saturday night I dragged Jeanne to see Cloud Cult at the Fitzgerald Theater. It was awesome.
Here’s a great song of theirs (“Armor and Calla Lilies”) that sadly wasn’t played.
- Less than awesome was Chaos managing to scrape one of his corneas again (scroll down to the cat picture and note below it) on Wednesday. Ointment four times each day and back to the vet Tuesday for a recheck. Ugh.
Contest(s)
- Blodeuedd’s giving away a copy of Dance Until Dawn by Berni Stevens. Closes April 12.
Bookity
- New releases: Fiction Vixen (UF/romance) and Tor.com (PNR)
- Book and publishing news from Dear Author.
- One reader’s tale of switching from iPhone to Android. (One of her complaints was that Mailbox wasn’t available for Android, but it is now.)
- “Spoilers for every book ever“. (Thanks, Kate!)
- ‘Tis a bitter moment in the fanfic reader’s life, this. Time to reread!
Think, Do, Make, Learn
- You probably need to change some passwords because of the Heartbleed security bug. Good luck figuring out which sites have properly updated and reissued their security certificates so that it’s safe to change your password. (“Safe” as in you won’t have to change it at that same site again right away because they weren’t completely done with the fix.) Some black humor to help you through. (Hover your cursor for additional text.) And an explanation of Heartbleed from xkcd. (Again with the hovering.)
- Lots of vehicle recalls this week – this post about BMW’s recall has links to Ford and Toyota’s as well. “What to do if your car is recalled: An explainer“.
Cookity
Gluten Free
- 10 parve Passover desserts. (I haven’t confirmed that each of the recipes is gf, but it’s very likely that most, if not all, are. Beware any matzo.)
Crafty
Cool
- Game of Meows. (via The Mary Sue) And Game of Cats.
- All of the onscreen deaths (5179) in Game of Thrones… so far. (I’m going to guess this contains spoilers……)
Cool or Wha…?
Wha…?
LOL
- What does the type of coffee you order say about you? (It’s spot-on for me with the mocha!)
Teh Cute
- Jaguar and baby! Otters and babies! Cranes and baby! Kitten! Muskox and baby! Baby tiger! Baby agouti! Baby penguins!
Reading Update
- It’s almost time for the playoffs!
*kitty meditation* -Mayhem
Chris- Minty fresh jeans. Whatever next?
Healing thoughts to Chaos.
This week was a good week for GF recipes. Mayhem, you look very regal (as usual).
*Pets Chaos* *Hugs Chris*
Lol at the parent texts
I weep for Minnesota. And Minnesotans.
Poor Chaos!
The parent texts nearly made me pee my pants. Maybe I need some minty fresh ones.
I was actually hanging out with one of your fellow Minnesotans in Orlando at the Gluten-Free Living Conference when she heard from her family about the snow. She was pretty darned happy to be in the land of warmth and sunshine, let me tell you! Sure hope that was the last one for you all. It’s been a few weeks since our last snow and we are very grateful.
Enjoyed your links as always! Thanks so much for linking up to my March Muffin Madness roundup, Chris.
The contributors outdid themselves with those recipes, and with 31 of them, there’s bound to be something for everyone. 
Beaming you sunshine and warmth from Virginia!
Shirley
A recent post from Shirley @ gfe&AGFD..Gluten-Free Wednesdays ~ 4-9-14
Aw, poor Chaos. Good luck with the ointment application, Chris!
That coffee chart is spooky!!
A week ago we got 10+” of snow. Yesterday it was (almost) 70Ëš. Yup, that’s MN/WI for you.
That “how to tell who painted a painting is spot-on. I sent the link to another art history major (she is almost done) and she replied, “Because I am a total geek; the reason Michelangelo’s women were so muscular is because the Latin ideal of virtu was a masculine concept. So, if you were a virtuous woman, you must be muscular.”
So now you know.
Winter just doesn’t want to leave MN from the Youtube video. Hopefully warmer weather is coming soon. Do you have double pane windows in MN for most houses?
Poor Chaos, does he tolerate you putting the ointment in his eye?
I love the yarn dragon hoard!
I am on cute overload after the otters and the baby musk ox. I really liked that the dragon was knitting with his talons.
Hope Chaos is feeling better.