Morning Coffee (4/21/19)

Oh no: Blasts at Churches and Hotels in Sri Lanka Said to Kill Almost 200

Lyra McKee: Two teenage men arrested in connection with journalist's killing

Alexandra Petri, great as always: My book report on ‘The Mueller Report’

The Trump 2020 campaign is going after older people with immigration ads on Facebook

Pete Buttigieg, Barack Obama, and the psychology of liberalism

UNH Study: Bobcat Territory Has Moved With Human Development

Ooh: The Boys in the Band Coming to Netflix From Ryan Murphy; Entire Broadway Cast of All-Gay Actors Set to Return

Ben-Fur: Romans brought rabbits to Britain, experts discover

Ukrainian Pysanka – the Writing on the Egg

Perfect. (Yes, The Onion.) Happy Easter! Peeps Unveils New Boneless, Skinless Marshmallow Breasts

Morning Coffee (4/1/18)

(Happy Easter! I'm visiting my family so I wrote this on Friday and have missed a dozen news cycles, I'm sure. Back tomorrow.)

Uh... Trump being told he doesn't need a communications director or chief of staff

Trump World in Full-Blown Mueller Panic

Oh: Romanian court tells man he is not alive

A timely read: Trouble in candy land: How Peeps, pensions and a lawsuit threaten to upend the American retirement system

Oh cool: Helmet-shaped brain scanner allows wearers to move around

This is a great idea: Grindr App to Offer H.I.V. Test Reminders

Breffu: a slave, a rebel, a fighter – and a woman almost invisible to history

A Star Grazed Our Solar System When Neanderthals and Modern Humans Shared the Earth

What? Stop stealing cacti! So Many Cacti Are Getting Stolen From Arizona's National Park, They're Being Microchipped

WHAT NO DON'T DO THIS

Afternoon Tea (3/30/18)

This is a great interview: 'Failing Up' With Leslie Odom, Jr.

This soundtrack is GREAT: Jack Antonoff on the Love, Simon soundtrack: 'I wanted to go all-in'

The American Girl Doll Magazine Made Me a Feminist

The Trailblazing Woman Who Dreamed of Cheese

Fascinating: Some Anglo-Saxon Easter Customs

The Greatest Easter Album of All Time

Weirdly enough, this is not about classical liturgical music, much as I love it. (In fact, if you would like to receive a special Good Friday playlist tomorrow of nothing but various Stabat Mater settings through the ages, go sign up for Band level or above on my Patreon. I sure know how to market myself with popular things the people absolutely want, huh?) Anyway. The actual greatest Easter album of all time is Peter Cottontail from Peter Pan Records. As best as I can glean from The Internet, this children's record originally came out in the sixties and was reprinted in the seventies, and my parents somehow found it in the early eighties, and I was OBSESSED. Unfortunately, so far as I can tell, it never made it to CD nor digital/streaming. (It is none of the albums entitled Peter Cottontail on Spotify. Trust me; I have checked.)

However! Some HERO has uploaded the songs to YouTube and made a playlist. PLEASE ENJOY. This should start at the beginning but I'm not positive if it will play through the playlist. (If not, click the link.)



And allow me to also suggest one of my favorites, "Betty Bunny's Birthday Day," which, as the title suggests, is not actually an Easter song at all:



Welcome to the earworm my parents and I have had for over thirty years.

Morning Coffee (3/23/18)

We made it to Friday! Time for happy links.

ICYMI, yesterday I recommended Love, Simon.

Michelle Obama’s Portrait Is So Popular, the Museum Moved It to a Bigger Room

Hahahaha: Ambridge Analytica: the spoof account that’s combine-harvesting data

I love this: Mysterious Road Signs to Fictional Places Have Appeared in Didcot, England

Important information: Ruth Bader Ginsburg's "Best" Scrunchies Are From Switzerland

Very excited to watch this: 'Jamestown': Preview the New Period Drama from 'Downton Abbey' Producers

This Woman Wrote Her Novel At A Tire Store And Now They Are Her Biggest Fans

These are very cute: 14 Egg-ceptional Easter Egg Nail Art Ideas

Hallmark to debut 34 new Christmas movies in 2018

How Well Do You Know Your Generic Network Dramas? (Embarrassingly well.)

This Post Is Literally Just Celebrities Holding Dogs

Morning Coffee (3/16/18)

Time for Friday happy links!

ICYMI, yesterday I wrote about why I liked A Wrinkle in Time so much!

Aaaah, great news from my friend Steph! Netflix is making a movie of her YA horror novel There's Someone Inside Your House. (I generally avoid horror but I really loved this one.)

Hahaha: National Trust apologises to Cornish after appearing to endorse putting cream on scones first

7 Books to Read After Seeing Black Panther

Aw, look at today's George Peabody Google doodle!

Ooh, pretty: These L’Occitane Easter Eggs Are Even Better Than Chocolate Eggs

The Amy Poehler/Nick Offerman crafting show is premiering ON MY BIRTHDAY. That's very thoughtful of them.

Perfect: If Jane Austen Got Feedback From Some Guy In A Writing Workshop

I'm not particularly into animated series but this is quite the voice cast.

The Solo movie is doing some kind of promotion with Solo cups and that's HILARIOUS.

Mae Whitman Is Ready for Taylor Kitsch to Play Her Boyfriend Now I mean, who isn't?

Morning Coffee (4/16/17)

Happy Easter!

Heh: Crucified man had prior run-in with authorities

The Patents and Trademarks Behind Jelly Beans

What Would Jesus Eat This Easter? A First Century Menu For The Last Supper

A hunt for medieval Easter eggs

'We are not slaves': Europe's most repressive state is re​awakening

Turkey in Turmoil and Chaos Since Purge Aimed at Dissenters

Something is breaking American politics, but it's not social media

Make Virginia Great Again

Donald Trump's New World Disorder

Ooh: NASA finds ingredients for life spewing out of Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus

Divers in Italy Are Searching for Caligula’s Last, Lost Pleasure Ship

Ancient Romans depicted Huns as barbarians. Their bones tell a different story.

Morning Coffee (3/9/15)

Okay, getting back to normal this week. Here's your weekly TV news!

This actually has good advice applicable to a lot of situations: I Hate Myself Because I Don't Work For BuzzFeed

Oh no: Everybody Panic: Peeps-Flavored Milk Is Here

Hee: A Letter of Apology from the State of Maine to Lev Grossman

Aah! Hang out with tiny Mulder and Scully in their miniature X-Files office

Share Your Story of How Agatha Christie Changed Your Life

Look at this Harry Potter dress!

British ‘chocolate greenhouse’ saving the world’s cocoa

32 Things Someone From New England Might Have To Explain To An Out-Of-Towner

Morning Coffee (4/9/13)

Happy Free Cone Day!

Margaret Thatcher vs. Pop Culture

Why June Thomas hated Maggie

The BBC is making an Australian origin story drama and a WWI series, because they love me.

Chocolate and slavery in São Tomé and Príncipe

Chainsaw man caught stealing tusk from Louis XIV elephant in Paris

9 Reasons to Be Depressed That You'll Never Marry Adam Levine

I love this sort of thing: Easter pictures from around the world

Morning Coffee (3/29/13)

Happy Friday!

Why a Failed Pilot Actually Means Success

Greatest Dad Ever Creates a Calvin & Hobbes Nursery Complete with Tree Fort

History Quiz - Easter Bunnies

Prince William Getting a Reality Show, Sort Of

The cutest quiz ever: Do you know Bo?

A fish merchant amassed an amazing collection of Irish historical artifacts.

The 5 Cheesiest Tips You'll Ever Need

And a lavender cocktail sounds like a nice way to end Friday.

Morning Coffee (3/28/13)

Obituary of the day: Rabbi Who Cried to the Jews of Buchenwald: ‘You Are Free’

This is a fascinating interview about Coronation Street, and now I want to start watching.

These Peeps dioramas are just incredible.

Your dumb publishing article of the day: "With a name like Gone Girl, you’d imagine the novel might only appeal to women. . . ." FFS.

Oooh, Sara Bareilles is releasing an album this summer!

With this week's 'Wolverine' and 'Iron Man 3' trailers, has our spoiler culture reached an event horizon?

Is Sherlock Holmes in the public domain?

This Edwardian Opulence exhibit sounds great. Can't wait to go.

Bo Obama Hunts Easter Eggs

Awwww.