Morning Coffee (9/9/15)

Me elsewhere: I'm not sure how to feel about the Shannara trailer.

Today Queen Elizabeth II becomes England's longest reigning monarch, passing Queen Victoria. Let's look at some rarely seen pictures of the young Elizabeth. (You know you pay too much attention to these things when almost all the "rarely seen pictures" look familiar.)

Fascinating and important: Jihad and Girl Power: How ISIS Lured 3 London Girls

NOPE: "Trump said that his experience at the New York Military Academy, an expensive prep school where his parents had sent him to correct poor behavior, gave him 'more training militarily than a lot of the guys that go into the military.'"

Speaking of: Nixon sent Trump a letter in 1987 saying Pat Nixon thought he should run for office. SO. (Yes, Dad, this one was for you.)

Sam Smith is doing the new Bond song. I am . . . underwhelmed by the choice, but had to bring you an article that features someone called Barbara Broccoli who is apparently a real person and not a Sesame Street character.

I really feel like Julie Plec understands me on a deep level.

I'm excited about PBS's new Civil War drama Mercy Street, but it's going to take some time to see Josh Radnor as an old timey surgeon without just giggling. (In the video linked there he says his character is arrogant. That must have been SUCH A STRETCH for him.) (I mean, because of his HIMYM character. I have no reason to think Radnor himself is anything but delightful.)

"hi i’m so sorry to bother you
it’s me
Dante Alighieri
from life?
from being alive?"

Morning Coffee (3/2/15)

Classic Alice's funding campaign ends FRIDAY. If we get to $50k, something MAGICAL will happen. That's under $14k to go. Can you help? Just a little? Please?

How Designers Recreated Alan Turing's Top-Secret, Code-Cracking World In "The Imitation Game"

I desperately wanted this story to be about a lawsuit about an actual typo made by Ryan Seacrest.

I'm excited about Rebecca Onion's new history stuff at Slate.

Hee: Martha Stewart CANNOT With These "Fifty Shades of Grey" Questions

The Evolution of Julie Plec

Learn How Agent Carter‘s Costume Designer Made All Of Peggy’s Outfits Battle Ready

Veronica Mars meets Gillian Flynn? Yes please.

Fun: Pick the U.S. Presidents (Without Missing One)

Morning Coffee (4/11/14)

Happy Friday!

Eeee, here's the Masterpiece summer schedule!

If you're wondering about the fate of your favorite yet-to-be-renewed show, Dan Fienberg's write-up is very good.

I want Ayelet Waldman and Michael Chabon's bookcase risers.

Wife insists Welsh dragon must go

Previously.tv's Firefly theme remix series is great. Here's yacht rock and polka.

This is your brain on knitting

This look at TV writer Julie Plec's office and work routine is great.

Klingon beer, anyone?

The Onion: All Of Man’s Time-Wasting Websites Exhausted Before Lunch