Morning Coffee (2/24/18)

ICYMI, yesterday's Oscar Project posts: Knife Skills and The Breadwinner

Rick Gates, Trump Campaign Aide, Pleads Guilty in Mueller Inquiry and Will Cooperate

And here's what "conspiracy against the United States" actually means. (It's not treason or anything.)

Robert Mueller’s new indictment of Paul Manafort and Rick Gates, explained

What Pennsylvania’s new congressional map means for 2018

Italy election: violence and harassment rise in echo of 1970s unrest

Gross: NRA’s Dana Loesch, Sitcom Star? ‘NCIS’ Producer Says He Got The Pitch

Sigh: Oscar Recognition for Women Showing ‘Little Progress,’ Report Finds

If I were a real competitor in this sport I would be INFURIATED by this nonsense: The Winter Olympics Feature 2,951 Of The World’s Greatest Athletes, And Also This Woman

The Fascinating Reason Why Apple Wants Its Own Supply of Cobalt

Neat: Copies of Mary Shelley's original Frankenstein text to be published

Morning Coffee (6/22/16)

Donald Trump accused of raping 13-year-old in federal lawsuit

The Weird Story Behind The Trump Campaign’s $35,000 Payment To ‘Draper Sterling’

And Slate went and knocked on the door to see what was happening.

The Trump Campaign Raised Less Money in May Than the Veronica Mars Movie Kickstarter

This is great: Clinton’s new line on Trump’s business career: “He’s Mitt Romney but bad at his job”

Horrifying: "Daniel Stolzfus, the girl’s father, told police he gave their daughter to Kaplan after 'researching the legality of the exchange on the internet.'"

‘UnREAL’s’ exposé of ‘The Bachelor’ is the most politically dangerous show on TV

Aging Japanese Women Find a Resigned Solace in South Korea

Vladimir Putin Backs $4 Billion Theme Park The Magical World of Russia I... want to go there?

Frankenstein, the Baroness, and the Climate Refugees of 1816

Morning Coffee (1/23/15)

Happy Friday! Won't you go help Classic Alice? If they get funded, I'll stop asking!

15 Gorgeous Little Free Libraries

Tolstoy’s Macaroni and Cheese and Other Recipes from Classic Authors

Whoa: 365 Days of YA: A 2015 Reading Calendar!

LOOK at these royalty cross stitch patterns. WANT.

This new kids' book series about Ada Lovelace and Mary Shelley forming a detective agency is everything I never knew I wanted.

All of my Issues With the “Goodnight Moon” Bedroom

The Onion: Man Too Deep Into Sentence To Avoid Saying Word He Can’t Pronounce

Here are some more great history links from my friend Christine.

Morning Coffee (1/17/14)

Happy Friday!

Need Valentine's cards? Check out these pretty ones to benefit ShelterBoxUSA, which is a great charity I've worked with.

TV news you need today: Showtime has picked up a show starring Joshua Jackson, Dominic West, Maura Tierney, Ruth Wilson, and Julia Goldani Telles, and Netflix has one starring Kyle Chandler.

I don't like Pizza Hut, but I am all for by-the-slice delivery becoming a general thing.

Professor discovers previously unpublished Mary Shelley letters

East Lothian's Broxmouth fort reveals edge of steel

The 5 Best Punctuation Marks in Literature

Famous Movie Quotes as Charts

6 Tips for Editing Your Life List