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Linkity’s back for a week, then on break for Thanksgiving next week

November 22, 2019 Chris 3 Comments

Bookity

Do, Learn, Think, Make

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Gluten Free

Artsy Crafty

Cool

Wha…?

LOL

Teh Cute

Baby red panda!

Reading Update
Revenge of the Babysat (Calvin & Hobbes #5) by Bill Watterson. Found it in a Little Free Library and had happy flashbacks rereading it.
Living Color: Painting, Writing, and the Bones of Seeing by Natalie Goldberg. What it says on the tin. This took me a while to get into, but I ended up quite liking it.

*IGNORING* -Chaos & Mayhem

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Linkity hopes the possibility of snow this weekend has been greatly exaggerated

October 11, 2019 Chris 3 Comments

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Think, Make, Do, Learn

Cookity

Gluten Free

Bread pudding.

Artsy Crafty

Cool

Wha…?

“Chernobyl’s infamous Reactor 4 control room is now open to tourists“.

LOL

Reading Update
Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fiction and Illusions by Neil Gaiman. More horroresque than I’m really fond of.

*glaring glarefully* -Chaos

“Yeah! What the big kitty’s doing!!” -Mayhem

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Linkity was running the air one day and the heat the next

October 4, 2019 Chris 4 Comments

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Think, Learn, Do, Make

Cookity

Cool

Cool or Wha…?

Fanfic for Untitled Goose Game. (Well, then – there are also fics for it on AO3.)
A musical from Microsoft interns.

Wha…?

Halloween dachshund skeleton. (I checked and yes, this is a real thing.)
“Bishop worried that college will make women smarter than their husbands“.

LOL

Teh Cute

Baby red pandas.

Reading Update
Fragile Things by Neil Gaiman. My favorite of this collection was the American Gods short story about Shadow in the UK.

“Happy birthday to MEEEEEEEEEE!” -Chaos

And now he’s 16 years old. Ack! (Please don’t try to count his teeth – I can’t remember how many he had pulled…)

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Linkity is pleased that second summer has arrived in Minneapolis

September 20, 2019 Chris 4 Comments

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Do, Make, Think, Learn

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Gluten Free

Artsy Crafty

Nothing to do this weekend? Perhaps you could knit yourself a Shetland lace fence.
Or teach yourself the strawberry stitch, which looks like it might be one of the most fussy things ever.
Knitting linkity from kmkat.

Cool

Cool or Wha…?

Smash Mouth’s “All Star” done in the style of an English madrigal… by sight-reading music teachers.

Wha…?

LOL

The most black cat thing ever.

Teh Cute

Baby lions! Baby red pandas!

Reading Update
American Gods Tenth Anniversary Edition by Neil Gaiman. I wonder how many times I’ll have to read this to completely grok what’s going on? Maybe that’s not even possible. ANYWAY. There’s a short story about Shadow in Fragile Things, too.

“Hey Mom Hey Mom Hey Mom Hey Mom…” -Chaos

Look at how white his whiskers and paws are getting!

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In which Chaos is trying to thwart linkity’s creation by being naughty

August 23, 2019 Chris 3 Comments

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Linkity from Smart Bitches.
Linkity from Inkophile.
Linkity from the Pen Addict.
“Everyone who contributed to fanfiction site ‘Archive of Our Own’ is now a Hugo Award winner“. My sole work on AO3 is a playlist, but hey! 🙂 An action shot of the AO3 Hugo.
The complete list of Hugo Award winners.
If you enjoyed the dogfather AU, part two (the black dog) is now complete!
“Emmy contender: How Good Omens designed 6000 years of costumes for Aziraphale and Crowley“.
Good Omens and representation. Why the romance in Good Omens resonates so.

Do, Think, Learn, Make

Tips for using inclusive language and pronouns.
“Instragram chief debunks copyright apocalypse hoax“.
Is “Bohemian Rhapsody” the most successful meme? (I’m sure I’ve posted this before, but it remains awesome.)

Cookity

Gluten Free

Pizza rolls.

Artsy Crafty

Cool

Cool or Wha…?

Floating bridge.
132 kitchen gadgets. (via tinsnip)

Wha…?

LOL

What fashion companies try to sell to men and women vs what men and women want.
“I’ve No More …. To Give” by Thomas Benjamin Wild, Esq. NSFW for work – language.
Reviewing earth. Hover cursor/long-press for caption.

Teh Cute

Black kitten eating dry food!

Reading Update
Welcome to Night Vale by Joseph Fink & Jeffrey Cranor, Still not exactly sure what happened, but it was strangely compelling anyway.

“feedmefeedmefeedmefeedmefeedmefeedmefeedme” -Chaos (who has a very one-track mind…)

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Linkity looks off into the distance

August 16, 2019 Chris 3 Comments

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Think, Do, Make, Learn

Cookity

Gluten Free

Artsy Crafty

Cool

Excellent mural.
Yeah, nothing says Upper Midwest like giant fiberglass figures and “some kinda days” (local festivals of some sort).
A meme I did on tumblr.

Wha…?

“That one time Patrick Rothfuss, Chuck Tingle, John Scalzi, and Neil Gaiman created The Wise Man’s Butt“.

LOL

Moose be chillin’.
“To protect the floor“…
“Australia, do you take constructive criticism on your wildlife?“
August gothic.

Teh Cute

Baby leopards!

Reading Update
The Nice and Accurate Good Omens TV Companion: Your guide to Armageddon and the series based on the bestselling novel by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman by Matt Whyman. Wonderful resource for fans of the show! (Yes, yes, I read mostly Good Omens fanfic this past week as well…)

*slow squinty kitty love blinks* -Mayhem

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Linkity can’t think of a title, hi ho, hi ho

August 9, 2019 Chris 3 Comments

Bookish

RIP, Toni Morrison.
New releases: Tor.com (genre benders)
Linkity from Smart Bitches.
Linkity from ReaderWriterville.
Linkity from the Pen Addict.
“‘Your interpretation is valid’ is not a cop-out“.
On who’s the moral center of Good Omens.
How Good Omens handles emotional trauma, “particularly as it relates to toxic relationships, and childhood emotional and psychological abuse”.
A thread that started with Seanan McGuire begging people not to send her headcanons (after someone sent her a headcanon).
The tomb of Jules Verne.
On the book Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury.
“Poem vending machines raise money, awareness for writers in Minnesota prisons“. (via matresist)
Famous poems rewritten as limericks.

Think, Do, Learn, Make

Cookity

Gluten Free

Cinnamon swirl bread.

Artsy Crafty

Cool

Linkity from kmkat.

Wha…?

“Toilet explosions: More common than you might think“.

LOL

“How do you pronounce gyrfalcon?“
Regional gothic.
The truth about cat brains.
How cats play.
“It has pockets.“
Expiration date high score. Hover cursor/long-press for caption

Teh Cute

Lioness and baby!

Reading Update
Amidst all the Good Omens fanfic, I did finish my table-reading book!

The Secret Lives of Color by Kassia St Clair. Filled with 75 fascinating short anecdotes about a wide array of colors, from heliotrope to mummy.

“MINE.” -Mayhem

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Ineffable linkity

July 12, 2019 Chris 3 Comments

Bookity

New releases: Gizmodo (SFF), Smart Bitches (romance), Book Riot (ya), Tor (genre benders)
Linkity from Smart Bitches. And more.
Cover snark (mullets) from Smart Bitches.
Linkity from ReaderWriterVille. And more.
Linkity from the Pen Addict.
Oh no, Seanan McGuire is starting another new series.
On fandom.
The love between Aziraphale and Crowley in the Good Omens TV miniseries.
Tribute to Terry Pratchett, a “Good Omens official featurette”.
Neil Gaiman’s Sandman will be a series on Netflix.

Think, Learn, Do, Make

Cookity

Gluten Free

Artsy Crafty

Cool

Cool or Wha…?

Wha…?

LOL

Oh, Minnesota.
D’oh.
Training a neural net. Hover cursor/long-press for caption.
Coordinate precision. Hover cursor/long-press for caption.

Teh Cute

Koala and baby! Baby penguins! Baby penguin!

Reading Update
Maskerade (Discworld #18) by Terry Pratchett. Nanny Ogg and Granny Weatherwax in the big bad city, helping out a fellow witch who’s resisting her witching destiny by singing with opera.
Carpe Jugulum (Discworld #23) by Terry Pratchett. Not a favorite – there are too many inconsistencies with how Agnes Nitt was portrayed in #18 vs here.
That Ain’t Witchcraft (InCryptid #8) by Seanan McGuire. The crossroads vs everyone!
Night Watch (Discworld #29) by Terry Pratchett. reread. I enjoyed this the first time I read it, but I liked it even more on the reread.
The Quite Nice and Fairly Accurate Good Omens Script Book by Neil Gaiman. Boom! I am lost to the Good Omens fandom and have been reading nothing but Good Omens fanfic since this one… 😀 (And yes, THIS is exactly what’s happening on tumblr. It is glorious!)

Just a girl napping on her rainbow ‘nip toy…

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Linkity is apparently living in the lush green rainforest of Minneapolis, MN

June 28, 2019 Chris 3 Comments

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New releases: Tor (YA SFF, scifi, fantasy), AAR (romance)
Linkity from Smart Bitches. Cover snark from Smart Bitches.
Linkity from the Pen Addict.
Linkity from Inkophile.
15 poems about happiness.
Joy Harjo is the new US Poet Laureate.
Choose your own Jane Austen adventure. (via The Mary Sue)
Merriam-Webster’s “Time Traveler” feature. I was born the same year as “ranch dressing”, “multitasking”, and “found poem”…
“When fandom is the problem“.
Neil Gaiman on canon and fanfic and such.
Netflix ‘cancels’ Good Omens.
Cute Good Omens/Noah comic.
Another cute Good Omens comic.
“Paradise Lost is fanfic of the Bible…“

Do, Learn, Make, Think

Cookity

Double chocolate oatmeal cookies with cranberries.

Gluten Free

Artsy Crafty

Cool

Wha…?

I’m going to just assume that’s photoshopped, because downtown Minneapolis doesn’t usually get that wild.

Teh Cute

Otters and babies! Baby penguin!

Reading Update
Going Postal, Making Money, and Raising Steam (Discworld 33, 36, 40) by Terry Pratchett. Six months ago, if you’d tried to tell me I’d really enjoy reading two books about a guy whose first name is “Moist”, I would’ve backed slowly away from you. Raising Steam was a dnf. It… was not readable as a Terry Pratchett book. 🙁
The Light Fantastic (Discworld #2) by Terry Pratchett. The continuing adventures of Rincewind, Twoflower, and the Luggage.
Sourcery, Interesting Times, and The Last Continent (Discworld 5, 17, 22) by Terry Pratchett. More Rincewind and the wizards of Unseen University.

*ignoring* -Chaos

(Ha! His ears are giving away his ignoring FAIL.) (Also, you can see the fur regrowth progress on the back of his head there.)

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A little skimpy on the linkity, a little heavy on the reviewettes

June 21, 2019 Chris 3 Comments

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Cookity

31 zucchini recipes.
10 cold noodle bowls.
10-minute chopped Thai satay salad.
5-ingredient Thai peanut beef. (via The Kitchn)
Chicken enchilada pasta. (via The Kitchn)
Earthquake cake.

Gluten Free

Artsy Crafty

Linkity from knittyBlog. And more.

Cool

Cool or Wha…?

“Revisit the sounds of your favorite old analog gear“.

Wha…?

Wine water.
“Salad frosting“.

LOL

Millennials. (Hover cursor/long-press for caption.) (Due to folding Gen-Z into Millenials, things get a little weird.)

Teh Cute

Baby mountain lions! Baby penguins!

Reading Update
Equal Rites (Discworld #3)Â by Terry Pratchett. Whoa, Granny Weatherwax changes a LOT between this one and the next Witches book. Glad Nanny Ogg was added for the next Witches book, too. And what the heck happens to Esk, anyway?! I think she maybe gets mentioned in a Tiffany Aching book, but…
Witches Abroad (Discworld #12)Â by Terry Pratchett. Ah, yes, this was a proper Witches book! 🙂
Thief of Time (Discworld #26) by Terry Pratchett. The Monks of Time, plus Susan and Death and Death of Rats!
Eric (Discworld #9), Lords and Ladies (Discworld #14), Moving Pictures (Discworld #10) and Unseen Academicals (Discworld #37) by Terry Pratchett. None of these were very memorable, but they were enjoyable. Well. Other than Eric. That was not very good at all.
Theatre of Cruelty (Discworld #14.5) by Terry Pratchett. Online freebie. VERY SHORT.
Monstrous Regiment (Discworld #31) by Terry Pratchett. Loved this one, and not just because Commander Sam Vimes and the City Watch were lurking about backstage throughout.
Guards! Guards! (Discworld #8) and Men at Arms (Discworld #15) by Terry Pratchett. I read all of the other City Watch books before Guards! Guards!, the first City Watch book. :shrugs: It was great to see how things got to be how they were in later books! And then I had to reread Men at Arms immediately.
Mort (Discworld #4) by Terry Pratchett. Since I read the later Death books before this one, I knew the gist of this story, but I felt more sympathetic to Mort than I expected I would.
A Blink of the Screen: Collected Shorter Fiction by Terry Pratchett. I just read the Discworld stories…
Alice Payne Arrives by Kate Heartfield. Very good book about a war being fought via time travel as two rival factions seek to wipe each other out by changing history. I would’ve liked a tidier ending, but at least there’s another book…
Under Attack, Under Suspicion, Under the Gun, and Under a Spell (Underworld Detective Agency 2-5) by Hannah Jayne. Really not sure why I kept reading these…