Morning Coffee (4/22/16)

Happy Friday! Time for some lighter links...

Me elsewhere: We have a trailer for The Girl on the Train and Game of Thrones was renewed, plus your Daily Read.

Whoa! Books by earliest women writers in English on display together for first time

Ooh: The only known footage of Louis Armstrong in a recording studio.

NASA Celebrates Hubble's 26th Birthday With Some Spectacular New Space Porn

The palace released pictures by Annie Leibovitz for the Queen's 90th birthday and they're GREAT. (It didn't strike me until I was typing this that she's the same age as my grandfather; we had a big party for his 90th in February.)

I'm very excited that Sally Wainwright is doing a Bronte sisters drama.

Shirley Temple stamps!

73 Questions with Taylor Swift is delightful; I love her house and I LOVE her delivery of "I am a very spontaneous person." I suspect she is roughly as spontaneous as I am, which is to say not at all.

Some of these sound really good: 17 Cocktails Every “Game Of Thrones” Lover Must Try

Disney Channel is marathoning all its original movies! (Let's be honest: I mostly just care about Rip Girls, which held up surprisingly well when I rewatched it a few years ago.)

I haven't had a chance to dig into Julian Fellowes's Belgravia, but I'm intrigued.

Morning Coffee (3/10/14)

Magna Carta is coming to Boston! I'm excited.

Kermit as Smiley in Animal, Piggy, Frog, Spy has just shot pretty far up on the list of "things I want most out of life."

Nice: Parents push to end gender division of boys' and girls' books

This full context makes much more sense than the earlier version going around: Favorite Artists vs Distinctive Artists by State

An interesting read: Sparkle, Shirley, Sparkle! (I really do recommend Temple's memoir. Fascinating.)

My friend Jessie wrote a great essay about The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe.

The Onion: Arm & Hammer Representative Starting To Wonder What He's Doing At SXSW

Which Fandom Do You Actually Belong In? (I got the Whedonverse, which isn't the most wrong answer, I guess.)

Morning Coffee (2/12/14)

TCM is airing a Shirley Temple marathon on March 9th.

Hugh Jackman will host this year's Tony Awards.

These Lego Olympic moments are great.

Ooh, a cider tap room is coming to Boston.

A show in which Robin Hood and the Sheriff of Nottingham are the same person? Sign me up.

How Pluto explains the solar system

Here's the Duchess of Cornwall with an original Archers cast picture, just because it makes me happy.

It’s A Bunch of Years After The War And Everything Is Different

Morning Coffee (2/11/14)

Sad sad news: Shirley Temple Black has died.

This was lovely and made me tear up: The Beatles, As America First Loved Them

Here's an interesting comparison of Jackie Robinson and Michael Sam.

A&E has ordered more Wahlburgers, which makes me happy because that's actually the one "reality" show I'm watching right now.

An Interview With The Bag On Shia LaBeouf's Head

Scarily correct, at least for me: Which Jane Austen Heroine Are You?

Where's Nessie?

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