Morning Coffee (10/27/17)

Time for some happy Friday links!

This xkcd is the MOST ME.

Lulu the CIA dog who wouldn’t sniff bombs is the week’s most adorable internet hero

What the world needs now: Prince William and The Great British Bake Off’s Mary Berry Join Forces

The Queen to open Windsor Castle and Palace of Holyroodhouse for Christmas LET'S GO.

I'm sort of surprised he wasn't ALREADY but this is fun: Frozen's Olaf to debut as a balloon in Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

Amazing: Barbra Streisand Was So Convinced She’d Be Famous As a Teen That She Hid Her Face at Work

You can — but shouldn’t — play Tetris right on the dash of this Russian truck

Ranking Meg Ryan’s Best Autumnal Rom-Com Outfits

Let's shop for trench coats.

Escape This Wretched Earth With Google's Sweet New Solar System Maps

Morning Coffee (8/2/17)

This is long but worth reading (and really well written): Why the Scariest Nuclear Threat May Be Coming from Inside the White House

Ughhh: Nashua Telegraph’s Executive Editor Fired; City Editor Gives Notice "Bucknam said he was fired at 1:30 p.m. by publisher Heather Goodwin Henline for refusing to increase the hours of three salaried employees who are already each putting in about 60 hours a week to avoid paying overtime."

¯\_(ツ)_/¯ State Department considers scrubbing democracy promotion from its mission

Of course they are: "The Trump administration is preparing to redirect resources of the Justice Department’s civil rights division toward investigating and suing universities over affirmative action admissions policies deemed to discriminate against white applicants."

This is important to understand, especially given the incorrect stuff going around: John McCain did not kill Obamacare repeal for good. It could still come back.

Success of North Korean Missile Test Is Thrown Into Question

Awful: Premier League youth players targeted by Snapchat groomers posing as agents

Finally some good news! Britain's Best Cook: Mary Berry to judge new BBC cooking contest

Interesting: Amazon's race to make Alexa smarter

Ancient statue unearthed at Cambodia's Angkor temple complex

Morning Coffee (11/18/16)

Let's take a break for some happy Friday links.

National Book Award winners! I want to read all of them.

I'm glad the BBC understands that what the world needs now is more Mary Berry.

Oh, this could be fun: Broadway's 'She Loves Me' to Screen in Movie Theaters (I went when they did something similar with Company and it was great.)

!!! Dan Stevens & Christopher Plummer To Star In Charles Dickens Tale ‘The Man Who Invented Christmas’

This is an amazing headline: Cats colonized most of the planet by boat

A great escapist read if you like this kind of thing: Sex, Drugs, and Bestsellers: The Legend of the Literary Brat Pack

I haven't had a change to start watching The Crown yet but here's some good background info.

Let's go curl up with some tea and blankets and read the books that shaped President Obama.

I bet you need to see a polar bear petting a dog.

MATH KNITTING