Morning Coffee (5/6/16)

Happy Friday! You know what that means: Taking a break from current events for some lighter links.

Me elsewhere: Kacey Rohl talks Wayward Pines and your Thursday Daily Read.

Well, this may not be happy, depending on your point of view, but Alden Ehrenreich is your new Young Han Solo. For what it's worth, I thought he did a good job with a vaguely similar laconic-with-hidden-depths role in Beautiful Creatures. I am at most a casual Star Wars fan, however, and I'm sure many of you have many more feelings about this than I do.

Taylor Swift and Tom Hiddleston danced at the Met Gala and I WOULD READ THIS FANFIC. (Okay, I probably wouldn't; I think shipping real people is creepy. But YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.)

Will and Kate recently celebrated their fifth anniversary, and the Fug Girls really came through with this annotated slideshow of 125 pictures of them, which may be just the thing your Friday needs.

Speaking of: This gallery of 100 years of wedding trends would also make a good Friday distraction.

I am reading Massie's Nicholas and Alexandra right now so this was RIGHT UP MY ALLEY: Quiz: Which Romanov Daughter Are You? (Tatiana, obviously.)

Hey West Wing fans: Allison Janney and Bradley Whitford appeared on The Late Late Show together and the show's YouTube channel has a bunch of delightful videos; start here.

5 Books You Must Read to Truly Get This Season of Penny Dreadful I love when my TV comes with homework! (...no, really, I do.)

PRETTY STATIONERY AND DESK ACCESSORIES

I just love this headline: Silicon Valley CEO Debuts Her Trophy Boyfriend

Let's go to Northern Ireland. Or watch Game of Thrones. One of those goals is probably more attainable than the other.

Texts from Samuel Coleridge

Morning Coffee (5/5/16)

Me elsewhere: Doctor Thorne is coming to Amazon and Wednesday's Daily Read.

This is soothing: Bernie Sanders fans may not love Hillary Clinton. But they won't vote for Donald Trump.

So is this: Donald Trump Isn’t Going to Be President

We need to keep talking about white supremacists and Donald Trump.

Fascinating: Chinese Feminism’s Long Journey Takes Two Paths at Bookstores

Andrew Jackson’s Adopted Indian Son

Wow: Big Ben to Fall Silent During Renovation

Allison Janney did a White House press briefing!!!

I don't actually have much interest in getting "a thousand likes" on my food Instagrams but this piece has some good food photography pointers in general.

Vladimir Putin Tells F1's Nico Rosberg Good Job, 'If You Can Call It A Job' Oh, Putin.

I can't believe Timothy Parker still has a job.

I've never seen Ghostbusters and I don't recall ever drinking Ecto Cooler but somehow the news that it's coming back made me say "Aw, yay!"

Morning Coffee (1/10/14)

Happy Friday!

You probably want to start your Friday with Ringo Starr's Powerpuff Girls music video.

Interesting: Steve McQueen (the British one) and the BBC are making a drama series about the black experience in Britain.

Well, this is quite the cast.

The Bitter Feud That Gave Us the Brontosaurus

I'm not sure how "forgotten" some of these women are, but these eyeshadows based on historical women are awesome.

Aww, nifty: What Harry Potter book covers from all over the world look like

18 Things Women [or anyone, really] Shouldn't Have to Justify

Every Felony Committed in Decemberist Albums

Morning Coffee (9/20/13)

Happy Friday!

Pope Francis did a huge, fascinating interview in which he suggested some quite liberal views. (I mean, for a pope.)

Here are the National Book Awards fiction and nonfiction longlists.

Matt Bomer is going to play Montgomery Clift.

West Wing fans, this is not a drill: Allison Janney performed "The Jackal" on the Arsenio Hall Show the other night.

Maru has a new kitten!

I love old maps with sea monsters.

And this cat wears a bow tie and works in a Russian library.

Rubik's Cheese Cube!

This Is How Many Kids Jennifer Aniston Has in a Parallel Universe

The Bloggess is always a fun read, but this entry was particularly delightful.