I LOVE this. The ordering is useful but it also gets at exactly why I love le Carré's work: The Best Way to Read John le Carré’s George Smiley Books
I'm a little behind on Outlander, but if you aren't, I guarantee you should be reading Nicole Cliffe's recaps: "Outlander is an EPIC ROMANCE about high-quality knitwear and incredible sex, it is not about Scottish history, and no one will convince me otherwise, including Diana Gabaldon."
Shades of Noir: My Hunt for an Eclipse Glasses Villain
Castle of the Sealand kings: Discovering ancient Iraq’s rebel rulers
What the Rich Won’t Tell You
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Showing posts with label Outlander. Show all posts
Tuesday, September 12, 2017
Friday, June 3, 2016
Morning Coffee (6/3/16)
Happy Friday! As usual, we'll go with some lighter links today.
Me elsewhere: Some thoughts on the Outlander renewal and a new episode of The Fourth Wall!
!!!!!!!!!!! Netflix Sets ‘Julie’s Greenroom’ Preschool Series From Julie Andrews, Jim Henson Co.
I have never watched The Bachelorette but this guy is my new hero.
This xkcd showing how to estimate the dates of maps is amazing and hilarious.
New emoji are coming! I'm excited about some of the food ones.
You had me at Post-It note war.
The Rolling Stone feature on Hamilton and accompanying interview with Lin-Manuel Miranda are worth a read.
As is Esquire's delightful profile of Daveed Diggs, who plays Lafayette and Jefferson. (And I feel like in all the talk about him having the fasted rapping on Broadway, people don't even MENTION that it's in a non-native accent! [French, as Lafayette.])
This will sound familiar to anyone who has tried to get a toddler to pose for a formal picture: Mike Tindall opens up about daughter Mia's scene-stealing handbag moment in the Queen's 90th birthday portrait And of course the Queen was the one to realize how to get her to behave, because this is the kind of thing she's dealt with constantly her whole life. Never say Her Majesty isn't good at her job.
Heh: Kate Middleton May Have Called Prince William “Babe”: What Does It Mean?
Perfect: How To Tell If You Are In A Transcendentalist Essay
Me elsewhere: Some thoughts on the Outlander renewal and a new episode of The Fourth Wall!
!!!!!!!!!!! Netflix Sets ‘Julie’s Greenroom’ Preschool Series From Julie Andrews, Jim Henson Co.
I have never watched The Bachelorette but this guy is my new hero.
This xkcd showing how to estimate the dates of maps is amazing and hilarious.
New emoji are coming! I'm excited about some of the food ones.
You had me at Post-It note war.
The Rolling Stone feature on Hamilton and accompanying interview with Lin-Manuel Miranda are worth a read.
As is Esquire's delightful profile of Daveed Diggs, who plays Lafayette and Jefferson. (And I feel like in all the talk about him having the fasted rapping on Broadway, people don't even MENTION that it's in a non-native accent! [French, as Lafayette.])
This will sound familiar to anyone who has tried to get a toddler to pose for a formal picture: Mike Tindall opens up about daughter Mia's scene-stealing handbag moment in the Queen's 90th birthday portrait And of course the Queen was the one to realize how to get her to behave, because this is the kind of thing she's dealt with constantly her whole life. Never say Her Majesty isn't good at her job.
Heh: Kate Middleton May Have Called Prince William “Babe”: What Does It Mean?
Perfect: How To Tell If You Are In A Transcendentalist Essay
Saturday, April 16, 2016
Morning Coffee (4/16/16)
Me elsewhere: Your Friday afternoon Daily Read.
This story about an interview hoax involving the Ukrainian president is SO WACKY. God, I love Russia. (As far as... wackiness, not their actual political situation or anything.)
SPEAKING OF: Putin-themed cafe opens in Siberia
Also wacky: Sweden, though generally in more benign ways than Russia.
I assume you all already heard about the Ted Cruz soup story but JUST IN CASE. Because you do not want to miss this one.
The Guardian study's hidden lesson: trolls reinforce white male dominance in journalism (I'm not sure how "hidden" this is, really, but this piece makes important points.)
How “Nina” Became A Disaster Movie
TELEVISION WITHOUT PITY IS COMING BACK TO US. (I realize we should probably wait for more information before getting too excited.)
I would watch a movie about... all of this, really: Archbishop of Canterbury Says DNA Test Shows His Father Was Churchill’s Private Secretary
The Fug Girls have started recapping Outlander and obviously that is great news.
I'm sure I would have watched How I Met Your Dad but I'm not unhappy the decision was taken out of our hands.
This story about an interview hoax involving the Ukrainian president is SO WACKY. God, I love Russia. (As far as... wackiness, not their actual political situation or anything.)
SPEAKING OF: Putin-themed cafe opens in Siberia
Also wacky: Sweden, though generally in more benign ways than Russia.
I assume you all already heard about the Ted Cruz soup story but JUST IN CASE. Because you do not want to miss this one.
The Guardian study's hidden lesson: trolls reinforce white male dominance in journalism (I'm not sure how "hidden" this is, really, but this piece makes important points.)
How “Nina” Became A Disaster Movie
TELEVISION WITHOUT PITY IS COMING BACK TO US. (I realize we should probably wait for more information before getting too excited.)
I would watch a movie about... all of this, really: Archbishop of Canterbury Says DNA Test Shows His Father Was Churchill’s Private Secretary
The Fug Girls have started recapping Outlander and obviously that is great news.
I'm sure I would have watched How I Met Your Dad but I'm not unhappy the decision was taken out of our hands.
Friday, March 4, 2016
Morning Coffee (3/4/16)
Happy Friday!
It's been QUITE A WEEK, so I'm pretty sure you need shirtless Irish farmers snuggling baby animals. You're welcome.
This piece on what it's like to host a presidential debate has a lot of interesting logistics (my favorite!) and also a very heartwarming Hillary Clinton story.
Go JJ Abrams: "Bad Robot will reportedly work with its agency partner CAA and studios Warner Bros and Paramount to ensure women and minorities are submitted for writing, directing and acting jobs for the company in direct proportion to their representation among the US population."
The Outlander stars are being very pretty for Saks, and I plan to make a friend in New York and/or Los Angeles go take pictures of their Outlander-themed windows for me. (Or I guess they'll probably turn up online.) I LOVE DEPARTMENT STORE WINDOWS.
I'm not even that into video games, but this piece on video game market research was fascinating, if tonally odd - it seemed to spend a lot of time justifying the existence of market research in the first place, and surely that's a no-brainer? Anyway, I enjoy any article about GIANT DATABASES OF MINUTIAE.
Awards show best-dressed list, explained (Brie Larson's dress still looks like a weird optical illusion to me in almost every picture. Help.)
Someone try this and let me know how it is: Amazon Echo Now Lets You Investigate the Murder of Bruce Wayne’s Parents
STRESS-RELIEVING BALLET PUPPIES
Why yes, I do want to read about 16 Perfect Lip Balms. (My current lip balm obsession is Perfectly Posh's Santa Monica Smooth.)
How to Tell If You Are in a Du Maurier Novel: "You have escaped disaster, and things have for the most part ended well, and yet you cannot shake a sense of dread and foreboding.
Someone is crushing your spirit. You try as hard as you can not to inconvenience them while they do it."
It's been QUITE A WEEK, so I'm pretty sure you need shirtless Irish farmers snuggling baby animals. You're welcome.
This piece on what it's like to host a presidential debate has a lot of interesting logistics (my favorite!) and also a very heartwarming Hillary Clinton story.
Go JJ Abrams: "Bad Robot will reportedly work with its agency partner CAA and studios Warner Bros and Paramount to ensure women and minorities are submitted for writing, directing and acting jobs for the company in direct proportion to their representation among the US population."
The Outlander stars are being very pretty for Saks, and I plan to make a friend in New York and/or Los Angeles go take pictures of their Outlander-themed windows for me. (Or I guess they'll probably turn up online.) I LOVE DEPARTMENT STORE WINDOWS.
I'm not even that into video games, but this piece on video game market research was fascinating, if tonally odd - it seemed to spend a lot of time justifying the existence of market research in the first place, and surely that's a no-brainer? Anyway, I enjoy any article about GIANT DATABASES OF MINUTIAE.
Awards show best-dressed list, explained (Brie Larson's dress still looks like a weird optical illusion to me in almost every picture. Help.)
Someone try this and let me know how it is: Amazon Echo Now Lets You Investigate the Murder of Bruce Wayne’s Parents
STRESS-RELIEVING BALLET PUPPIES
Why yes, I do want to read about 16 Perfect Lip Balms. (My current lip balm obsession is Perfectly Posh's Santa Monica Smooth.)
How to Tell If You Are in a Du Maurier Novel: "You have escaped disaster, and things have for the most part ended well, and yet you cannot shake a sense of dread and foreboding.
Someone is crushing your spirit. You try as hard as you can not to inconvenience them while they do it."
Sunday, January 31, 2016
Morning Coffee (1/31/16)
Sorry so late. Turns out paying attention to four depressing movies in a row is exhausting.
Whoa. Chuck Grassley's voting streak is amazing.
Hrm: The X-Files Episodes Are Airing Out of Order — And Here's Why
Aw: Gina Rodriguez's 'Sisterhood of the Traveling Golden Globes Dress'
Quite a story: The Dark Underside of the Show-Dog World
Here is a list of all the shows on TV last year. THERE ARE A LOT.
Delightful: Cooking for the Queen
The Rebel Virgins and Desert Mothers Who Have Been Written Out of Christianity's Early History
Perhaps your Sunday needs Sam Heughan reading you love poems.
Meet Bruce Baskin, the Bedroom Blogger of Mexican Baseball
Women Inexplicably Aroused By Waves in Art
Whoa. Chuck Grassley's voting streak is amazing.
Hrm: The X-Files Episodes Are Airing Out of Order — And Here's Why
Aw: Gina Rodriguez's 'Sisterhood of the Traveling Golden Globes Dress'
Quite a story: The Dark Underside of the Show-Dog World
Here is a list of all the shows on TV last year. THERE ARE A LOT.
Delightful: Cooking for the Queen
The Rebel Virgins and Desert Mothers Who Have Been Written Out of Christianity's Early History
Perhaps your Sunday needs Sam Heughan reading you love poems.
Meet Bruce Baskin, the Bedroom Blogger of Mexican Baseball
Women Inexplicably Aroused By Waves in Art
Friday, April 24, 2015
Morning Coffee (4/24/15)
Happy Friday!
Check out this great project funding a camp for girls that combines story and STEM skills.
Have you seen the new GeekyCon music video "Get Your Geek On" yet? No? You should probably do that. (I love that I get to work with a company that comes up with stuff like this.)
Aww, this is awesome: Sign Of The Times: Straight High School Student Asks His Gay Best Friend To The Prom
This Robin Hood situation is out of control but I can't exactly say I MIND.
Neat idea for a fundraiser: Scale model of Chester Cathedral to be made in Lego
The Real Deal on Tartan, Kilts, and Outlander Costumes
Speaking of costumes: Dress worn by Vivien Leigh in Gone With The Wind sold for $137,000
This actually is hilarious: 25 Hilarious Tumblr Moments That Sum Up Classical Music
Check out this great project funding a camp for girls that combines story and STEM skills.
Have you seen the new GeekyCon music video "Get Your Geek On" yet? No? You should probably do that. (I love that I get to work with a company that comes up with stuff like this.)
Aww, this is awesome: Sign Of The Times: Straight High School Student Asks His Gay Best Friend To The Prom
This Robin Hood situation is out of control but I can't exactly say I MIND.
Neat idea for a fundraiser: Scale model of Chester Cathedral to be made in Lego
The Real Deal on Tartan, Kilts, and Outlander Costumes
Speaking of costumes: Dress worn by Vivien Leigh in Gone With The Wind sold for $137,000
This actually is hilarious: 25 Hilarious Tumblr Moments That Sum Up Classical Music
Tuesday, September 30, 2014
Morning Coffee (9/30/14)
Here are a few thoughts on the Outlander midseason finale.
Whoa: Publisher Ellora's Cave has sued blog Dear Author over this post.
Aw, remember the Yahoo! directory? It's finally getting shut down.
The Guardian has redesigned their liveblogs and it's fine I guess but I hate change.
Literary Biography of Jonathan Franzen to Appear Next Year, because of course. "Mr. Franzen doesn’t appear to have led an especially noteworthy life," but remember: When a white man writes about his "ultrasensitive childhood" and "troubled marriage," it's deep.
Nifty: When the Great War became World War I, in one chart
Firefighters Save Family of Hamsters With Tiny Oxygen Masks
I did embarrassingly badly on this Queens of England quiz.
Dirtbag Zeus
Whoa: Publisher Ellora's Cave has sued blog Dear Author over this post.
Aw, remember the Yahoo! directory? It's finally getting shut down.
The Guardian has redesigned their liveblogs and it's fine I guess but I hate change.
Literary Biography of Jonathan Franzen to Appear Next Year, because of course. "Mr. Franzen doesn’t appear to have led an especially noteworthy life," but remember: When a white man writes about his "ultrasensitive childhood" and "troubled marriage," it's deep.
Nifty: When the Great War became World War I, in one chart
Firefighters Save Family of Hamsters With Tiny Oxygen Masks
I did embarrassingly badly on this Queens of England quiz.
Dirtbag Zeus
Friday, September 26, 2014
Morning Coffee (9/26/14)
Happy Friday!
New show thoughts: Black-ish. And a few (belated) thoughts on the Outlander wedding episode.
Great news: Science Says A Glass Of Red Wine May Be Equivalent To An Hour At The Gym
The tweet at the top of this made me laugh for a really long time yesterday, and the replies are great too.
I love Sarah Rees Brennan's writing tips.
I can't believe I didn't know about this British Detectives Tumblr until yesterday. It has series! British Detectives Leaning on Cars. British Detectives Thinking. This is everything I've ever wanted.
Perfect: How to Pretend You Read That Article in The New Yorker
30 Awkward Moments Every Short Girl Understands
Signs The Book You’re Reading Is Going To Be A Good One
Visualising Stonehenge
The Onion: Reclusive Deity Hasn’t Written A New Book In 2,000 Years
New show thoughts: Black-ish. And a few (belated) thoughts on the Outlander wedding episode.
Great news: Science Says A Glass Of Red Wine May Be Equivalent To An Hour At The Gym
The tweet at the top of this made me laugh for a really long time yesterday, and the replies are great too.
I love Sarah Rees Brennan's writing tips.
I can't believe I didn't know about this British Detectives Tumblr until yesterday. It has series! British Detectives Leaning on Cars. British Detectives Thinking. This is everything I've ever wanted.
Perfect: How to Pretend You Read That Article in The New Yorker
30 Awkward Moments Every Short Girl Understands
Signs The Book You’re Reading Is Going To Be A Good One
Visualising Stonehenge
The Onion: Reclusive Deity Hasn’t Written A New Book In 2,000 Years
Friday, August 29, 2014
Morning Coffee (8/29/14)
Happy Friday!
Crisis averted: Hello Kitty is a cat after all. Sort of. Basically.
This dog, however, is also a cat. Sort of. Technically.
"The pumpkin spice latte tastes like the man of your dreams coming up to you on the sidewalk and saying he thinks the Oxford comma should be standard."
Related: Here's how to make Levi's Pumpkin Mocha Breve from Fangirl.
Emma Approved fans, go vote for Show of the Year in the Streamy Awards.
Eee, Gwenda Bond is writing a Lois Lane YA novel!
Delightful Tumblr of the day: Mugs of NPR
I'm looking forward to starting this Forever YA Photo-A-Day thing on Monday.
Classic First Lines of Novels in Emojis: A Quiz
Documentary The Mystery of Agatha Christie is airing on PBS soon and looks intriguing.
McDonald's is testing mozzarella sticks!
The Outlander Drinking Game
Crisis averted: Hello Kitty is a cat after all. Sort of. Basically.
This dog, however, is also a cat. Sort of. Technically.
"The pumpkin spice latte tastes like the man of your dreams coming up to you on the sidewalk and saying he thinks the Oxford comma should be standard."
Related: Here's how to make Levi's Pumpkin Mocha Breve from Fangirl.
Emma Approved fans, go vote for Show of the Year in the Streamy Awards.
Eee, Gwenda Bond is writing a Lois Lane YA novel!
Delightful Tumblr of the day: Mugs of NPR
I'm looking forward to starting this Forever YA Photo-A-Day thing on Monday.
Classic First Lines of Novels in Emojis: A Quiz
Documentary The Mystery of Agatha Christie is airing on PBS soon and looks intriguing.
McDonald's is testing mozzarella sticks!
The Outlander Drinking Game
Monday, January 13, 2014
Morning Coffee (1/13/14)
Happy Monday!
Here are all the Golden Globes winners.
Look at the Veronica Mars movie poster! I love it.
Outlander fans, did you see the first trailer released over the weekend?
I don't do this here often, but if you didn't watch new comedy Enlisted on Friday, I really really really think you should. Watch it free right here.
The Murderer and the Manuscript
Why Women Aren't Welcome on the Internet
Let's Be Real: Online Harassment Isn't 'Virtual' for Women
This site isn't new, but a friend just showed me Unfuck Your Habitat and I'm kind of loving it.
Here are all the Golden Globes winners.
Look at the Veronica Mars movie poster! I love it.
Outlander fans, did you see the first trailer released over the weekend?
I don't do this here often, but if you didn't watch new comedy Enlisted on Friday, I really really really think you should. Watch it free right here.
The Murderer and the Manuscript
Why Women Aren't Welcome on the Internet
Let's Be Real: Online Harassment Isn't 'Virtual' for Women
This site isn't new, but a friend just showed me Unfuck Your Habitat and I'm kind of loving it.
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