Morning Coffee (3/25/16)

Happy Friday! (As usual, my Friday links are positive/light/funny/cute; we'll return to the usual misery tomorrow.)

If you are a Patreon backer! You should have gotten my March update yesterday, complete with a survey on what content you'd like to see here.

ICYMI, my thoughts on Tana French's Faithful Place.

It's Friday: Let's watch President Obama dance the tango. (He did well enough that I wonder if someone prepped him a bit, just in case this situation came up on this trip to Argentina.)

It's Friday: Let's ogle Prince Harry with a beard and a hat and an adorable baby in Nepal.

It's Friday: Let's watch the Hamilton cast do one of their songs as a scene from The West Wing IN THE WHITE HOUSE.

It's Friday: Go look at my friends' adorable new puppy. (I envy Nicole Cliffe her daily dog pictures in her link roundups on The Toast - do you read those? You should - but not enough to actually get a dog, so.)

I pretty much want one of everything from the new Liberty London line for Uniqlo.

This is just PERFECT and hilarious: Debilitating illnesses in literature, ranked

If you need an ego boost, this Which Jewish Woman Writer Are You? quiz gives GREAT results. I'm Dorothy Parker! My friends all seem to be Nora Ephron or Judy Blume! There is no downside here!

Ooh, a new Cole Porter musical may be headed to Broadway!

If you're watching The People vs. O.J. Simpson (and you should be!) check out this interview with the production designer and set decorator.

Keep Track of Every Mission Throughout the Solar System with This Handy Map (It's also GORGEOUS.)

I would have LOVED AltSchool as a kid.

This is so cool: How Gallaudet University’s Architects Are Redefining Deaf Space

Morning Coffee (2/19/15)

Happy Lunar New Year! The Google doodle is very cute. (Sheep-related, of course!)

Classic Alice creator Kate Hackett wrote an interesting financial breakdown of what exactly goes into making the show. Even if you don't watch this specific show, behind-the-scenes stuff like this is enlightening.

Obviously nothing about ISIS is funny, but . . . this is funny. CNN Uncovers ISIS’s Dastardly Scheme to Lure Western Women With Kittens and Nutella

Amazing: Pinterest deleted Rand Paul's fake Hillary Clinton page for a terms of service violation

New England's ridiculous winter, in 6 photos

Hillary Clinton's uncontested nomination is dangerous for her and her party

Apparently Nora Ephron hated blue. I guess everyone has to have some flaw.

17 Things From Target No Human Can Resist Buying

The Onion: Area Woman Not Good Enough Artist To Justify Eccentricities

Morning Coffee (4/8/13)

Breaking news this morning: Margaret Thatcher has died.

Oooh, a Bone Wars movie.

Should you buy a book?

Don't forget that tomorrow is Free Cone Day.

New Imprint to Reissue Forgotten YA Literature

Test your John Le Carre knowledge.

Well, a Nora Ephron documentary could be wonderful or terrible, depending.

TV Guide Magazine's 60th Anniversary Special: The Past, Present and Future of Television

Morning Coffee (3/11/13)

Happy Monday? Blergh. I hate DST, because yesterday just felt weird and then this morning my alarm clock went off and WHY WAS IT THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT?

Not to start the week on a down note, but I'm still so sad that this third season of The Hour isn't happening.

For International Women's Day (belatedly): Women's political rights around the world

And here's the annual look at whether women's books are being reviewed.

Inside Adam Levine's $35 Million-Plus a Year Empire

Fascinating and heartbreaking and hopeful: Nora Ephron's Final Act

Belgium is making their stamps taste like chocolate.

Have you seen Lady Clementina Hawarden's photographs? You should.

Wow: The Professor, the Bikini Model, and the Suitcase Full of Trouble

Morning Coffee (6/29/12)

FRIDAY. Finally.

People are saying they'll move to Canada to avoid universal health care. Good luck with that!

A beautiful piece of writing: Lena Dunham on Nora Ephron. Also: Nora Ephron's Hollywood ending.

Magic Mike comes out today! Check out Magic Mike: The Gathering cards, and the rules of magic in Magic Mike. Hee.

I honestly don't understand authors who want to limit the ways people can read.

Whoa! Brazil is letting some prisoners shorten their sentences by reading.

War on women: Afghanistan edition.

Slang: Older than you thought.

A Palestinian Village Tries to Protect a Terraced Ancient Wonder of Agriculture