Morning Coffee (5/22/18)

Ugh: Supreme Court Decision Delivers Blow To Workers' Rights

Trump Grappling With Risks of Proceeding With North Korea Meeting

I believe it's morally abhorrent to call ANY group of people "animals", and especially alarming when it comes from the government.

Diplomats Are Getting Away With Abusing Their Children's Nannies

Good for her: Instead of a moment of silence for gun violence victims, Kelly Clarkson went off-script

What an amazing story: Dovey Johnson Roundtree, Barrier-Breaking Lawyer, Dies at 104

What It’s Like to Be an Abortion-Rights Activist in Ireland

It's finally official: Obamas Ink Producing Deal With Netflix

Heh: The Royal Wedding's Most Remarkable Photo Features 10 Small Kids Actually Sitting Still

Whoa: Asteroid from another star system found orbiting wrong way near Jupiter

Morning Coffee (11/3/17)

Time for some happy Friday links.

New Taylor!!

Tom Hughes is making a spy movie with Judi Dench and I'm into everything about this.

Your Friday probably needs a Channing Tatum dance break. (I just finally saw Magic Mike XXL so I am particularly into Channing Tatum dance breaks right now.)

In other late night TV news, Kelly Clarkson sang "Since U Been Gone" backwards and it's amazing.

Aw: NICU Nurse Spends Months Knitting Adorable Halloween Costumes for Preemies

I assume you saw Justin Trudeau as Superman but just in case.

I loved the book so I'm so excited for this! Love, Simon: Your first look at 2018's major studio gay teen romance

Reddit's crowdsourced playlist of beautiful songs is a thing that is not on fire and will not hurt you

!! We went to the McDonald's owned by the Queen — and it's one of the poshest we've ever seen

I think we all need some Cute Pets on Bookstagram.

Morning Coffee (5/16/17)

Me elsewhere: Lots of TV news this week.

Trump revealed highly classified information to Russian foreign minister and ambassador

And BuzzFeed has corroboration: Trump Revealed Highly Classified Information To Russians During White House Visit

Uh: When President Trump’s bodyguard revealed Jim Mattis’s private cellphone number

How Trump Gets His Fake News

This is wild and SO VERMONTY: FBI: Theft from [Cabot] cheese company for maple biz

Ooh, 2016 baby name data is out!

Aw, this is why this kind of thing actually matters: Rise in Veterans Seeking Help After Prince Harry’s Mental Health Confession

Well, this is quite a statement of Kelly Clarkson's feelings on the return of American Idol.

Ooh: Christie's to auction the Rockefeller emerald: a potentially record-breaking stone with a prestigious provenance

Morning Coffee (3/13/15)

Happy Friday!

Are you near Lowell and like arty things? Check this out.

Your Friday probably needs 9 adorable royal babies and toddlers around the world.

Whoa: Watch these artists 3D print animation into reality

Related: You can print a Hillary Clinton action figure.

The Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction longlist looks good. I'm reading one of those books right now!

An Interview With A Regular Watch

8 Magical and Delicious Harry Potter Cocktails

Josh Groban and Kelly Clarkson doing "All I Ask of You"? Yes please.

Here's your Tumblr of the day.

Ooh, bookshelf masking tape.

Morning Coffee (1/13/15)

I'm running late but SO MUCH EXCITEMENT today. Okay.

First: New Avengers trailer!

Second: Holly Black's The Darkest Part of the Forest is out today and it's incredible and you should go read it immediately.

Third: Robin Wasserman's first adult book is coming out next year and I am already beside myself with excitement.

Fourth: Get your Converse ready to win a copy of Susan Adrian's awesome debut novel Tunnel Vision next Tuesday!

Fifth: Colbert's Late Show will premiere on September 8th!

Sixth: New Kelly Clarkson song!

Seventh: Arthur is doing Downton Abbey!!

Eighth: Don't forget to save Alice!!!

Morning Coffee (10/23/13)

This is probably the most amazing thing you will see today. Warning: It had me sobbing into my coffee.

CBS, always popular with the youngsters, is airing an I Love Lucy Christmas special.

Bones fans should absolutely read this great interview with the writer of the wedding episode.

Aww, the wedding video Kelly Clarkson shared is adorable.

This quiz everyone's been doing actually matched me to the state I'm from. Whoa.

Jessica Valenti's essay "Sunday Sauce, Saving Me" is beautiful and powerful.

Wow. This is an extreme reaction to messing up your wedding planning.

Sigh: Boy Scout Leaders Get Booted for Knocking Over Ancient Rock Formation (And Recording It, Obviously)

Morning Coffee (10/21/13)

There's a new Taylor Swift song at iTunes!

Kelly Clarkson is doing a Christmas TV special based on A Christmas Carol, because NBC is apparently programming directly from my dreams.

Not programming from my dreams: ABC, who is sullying its Muppets Christmas special by pairing them with Lady Gaga.

This Ripper Street series two trailer is pretty great.

The ‘Fifty Shades Of Grey’ Debate And Why Being Objectified Is Different Than Being Admired

This Tastykakes ranking is surprisingly okay-ish, though it leaves out a few of my favorites.

A Shockingly Small Amount Of Money From Pink NFL Merchandise Sales Goes To Breast Cancer Research

Bring Back Home Ec!

Morning Coffee (10/15/13)

HA: How the Media Would Have Covered Columbus’s Discovery of the New World

Kelly Clarkson's Christmas album is coming out at the end of the month, and this snippet of her cover of "White Christmas" is amazing.

Speaking of, ABC Family has unveiled its 25 Days of Christmas programming lineup.

Seth Gabel (Lincoln from Fringe) is playing Cotton Mather in the new Salem Witch Trials show!?!?!? Cotton Mather?

The AV Club's article about Charlie Hunnam leaving Fifty Shades is pretty hilarious.

Laura Lippman on being Female in Public

Everything Jonathan Franzen Currently Hates

This is fun, but several selections made me say "No, it's NOT!" - The Most Famous Book Set in Every State

Morning Coffee (9/26/13)

Elsewhere: I looked at ABC's new comedy Back in the Game at TheTelevixen.com.

Need a good summary of the Ted Cruz nonsense? Read Dave Weigel.

The uproar in the book world yesterday: This dude doesn't think books by women are worth teaching in his courses.

Maureen Johnson responds: It is entirely possible to be a good writer and an asshole.

Gilmour digs himself deeper: "I’m the only guy in North America who teaches Truman Capote." Um.

Can a Gay, Catholic Leftist Actually Squelch Corruption in Sicily?

Kelly Clarkson is not being allowed to keep the Jane Austen ring she bought after all.

A fascinating story about crime and cage fighting: Tomato Can Blues

How Edith Windsor fell in love, got married, and won a landmark case for gay marriage.

Morning Coffee (8/13/13)

How Laura Poitras Helped Snowden Spill His Secrets

Alabama Is Still Removing Segregationist Language from Their Constitution

The prime minister of Norway drove a cab for a day.

Oh no: Priceless 15th century medieval panels 'hacked out' of church

Here's an update on the Jane Austen/Kelly Clarkson drama, which is not a phrase I ever particularly expected to write.

I haven't had a chance to read this yet, but I'm sure it's fascinating (ha): The New Yorker has a long review of a history of publishing house Farrar, Straus & Giroux.

The case against blog tours.

You might want to see these pictures of the Prince of Wales making strawberry tarts.

Morning Coffee (8/5/13)

Good news that broke while I was away: The Old Reader is sticking around!

Not news, but I was telling a friend about this site for mystery readers this weekend, and it's such a useful resource that I like just putting it out there occasionally: Stop, You're Killing Me!

Your Monday morning probably needs this: Fox Steals Cell Phone, Sends Text in Language of the Foxes

Today in unexpected headlines: Singer Kelly Clarkson prevented from taking Jane Austen's ring from UK

This is an article about an indexing feud. That is all.

10 Highbrow Authors Who Gave Acting a Try

NASA photo, meant to inspire, sparks useless government investigation

Here's George R.R. Martin on the Targaryen Civil War.

Morning Coffee (5/7/13)

Seriously. Did anyone actually read The Great Gatsby? Because it's getting hard to tell.

"(In fact, some of the knights in the Vale speak with Welsh accents, which, Jesus.)" Amazing.

Old news I'd missed: Kelly Clarkson is making a Christmas album!

Armor And Anxiety: Tony Stark Is The New Captain America

Huh: Hollywood conservative unmasked as notorious Holocaust revisionist

How Scandal became the perfect distillation of America’s political nightmares

Why Do NPR Reporters Have Such Great Names?

I must admit I'm all in favor of banning terrible baby names. Yay New Zealand.

Morning Coffee (2/21/13)

Nebula and Norton Nominees!

This story about Norwegian firewood and a book and TV show about it is probably the best thing you'll read all day.

If you're up in arms about the Hilary Mantel/Duchess of Cambridge thing, read this. Short version: Mantel was mostly criticizing the media coverage of the royal family, not any individual.

Kelly Clarkson and the Simple Economics of Marginalizing the White House Press Corps

On Charlotte Lucas's Choice

Did you know there was a record for world's longest curly fry? Neither did I.

I now desperately want a Mahler biopic starring Colbert.

Some good choices here: G-Rated Moments of Swoon

Morning Coffee (1/31/13)

How is it the last day of January already?

Whoa: Hackers in China Attacked The Times for Last 4 Months

Look look look! The cover for Robin Wasserman's The Waking Dark has been revealed.

You must listen to Jewel and Kelly Clarkson duetting on "Foolish Games."

Prince Charles and Camilla rode the Tube for the first time.

Never forget that Ryan Seacrest is really darn good at his job.

How Smash Became TV's Biggest Train Wreck

Robert Frost: Darkness or Light?

Artist Uses Kittens to Recreate Classic Album Covers

Morning Coffee (1/10/13)

Your delightful single-purpose Tumblr of the day: Are John Green's Books Movies Yet?

Kelly Clarkson will be singing at the Inauguration. Awesome.

How Scotch whisky conquered the world

I'm a bad fan, so I find this Star Trek Character Names & Roles chart to be extremely useful.

The Onion, funny cause it's true: Attempt To Meet Different Types Of People Thwarted By Partygoer Who Also Watches 'Friday Night Lights'

News for Avonlea/Ramona fans: Sarah Polley just won the Toronto Film Critics' Association documentary award, and her movie sounds fascinating.

Ten Notable Classical-Music Recordings of 2012

10 Book Series So Addictive, You Never Want Them to End