Morning Coffee (2/6/14)

Figure skating coverage starts tonight! Interesting read: The Real Reason Ashley Wagner Made The U.S. Olympic Figure Skating Team

9 Scandals that Rocked the Figure Skating World

Good news: CVS Will Stop Selling Tobacco Products by October

Clay Aiken is really running for Congress.

Charlie Chaplin's only novel is finally being published.

You probably want to see Benedict Cumberbatch on Sesame Street.

Having date night tomorrow? Olive Garden will pay for baby-sitting if you eat there.

What J.K. Rowling’s Ron And Hermione Bombshell Tells Us About True Love And ‘Harry Potter’

Morning Coffee (12/3/13)

Huh. Someone has been killed in an armed police operation in Iceland for the first time.

Mary McDonnell's take on sexuality and Major Crimes is interesting and rings true to me as well.

Amazon drones? Check out Waterstones' O.W.L.S.

A Linguist Explains the Rules of Summoning Benedict Cumberbatch

Books and Booze: 5 Delicious Pairings

The Slate staff picks its best books of the year.

The Nuclear Secrets of a Farnborough Morris Dancer

A British Teacher's Archive of Confiscated Toys

Morning Coffee (3/20/12)

Happy First Day of Spring! It's ridiculously warm here.

Today in "the BBC must be creating their shows literally from my dreams:" British procedural. Historical drama. Jack the Ripper. Matthew Macfadyen. All in one show. I'm beside myself.

James Fallows has interesting and important things to say about The Sad and Infuriating Mike Daisey Case.

10 Years Later: The Tragedy of Andrea Yates

Alarming story of the day: Gadhafi’s Son Built a Ship With Deadly Shark Tank Inside

Round 2 of TV Showrunner Madness has many fewer difficult decisions.

Otters Who Look Like Benedict Cumberbatch

I'm sure the better-informed have many more feelings than I do about the first image from Arrow.

Idris Elba as Imhotep and an astronomer in the future? Awesome.

Interesting: the ubiquity of QWERTY keyboards is changing the meaning of words.