Morning Coffee (11/12/14)

Me elsewhere: Sleepy Hollow thoughts

Amazon won the auction for the .book domain. I'm sure you'll be shocked to hear that people are freaking out about this.

An important read: “Did You Ever Mind It?”: On Race and Adoption

The Online Legacy of a Suicide Cult and the Webmasters Who Stayed Behind

Michael Chabon is now a lyricist.

Here's the trailer for the Grumpy Cat Christmas movie, if you're into that kind of thing.

I am totally this person: Man Has No Idea What To Do With Visiting Friend Between Meals

What Shakespeare character are you?

Sorry I Murdered Everyone, But I’m An Introvert

Morning Coffee (11/5/14)

Me elsewhere: Thoughts on the most recent episodes of Sleepy Hollow and Elementary

Local people, check out this charity event with Amber Benson in Lawrence.

An interesting take: The Right to a Sexual Narrative: On the Lena Dunham Abuse Claims

Should Boston Become A City Of Canals? Sure! Sounds fun!

Nifty: The British Museum Will Now Let You 3D Print Copies Of Its Artifacts

Whoa: My Grandma the Poisoner

Feast Your Eyes on This Beautiful Linguistic Family Tree

This Is What Happens When You Send Tinder Guys The Emails From “You’ve Got Mail”

WARWICK: will your marriage settle the question of succession?
EDWARD IV: oh my god no not at all
her name is Elizabeth and she’s literally nobody
WARWICK: why did y–
EDWARD IV: idk
she seems nice
itll work out

Halloween Morning Coffee (10/31/14)

Happy Halloween!

Me elsewhere: Haven recap

I love these L.L. Bean jack-o'-lanterns.

I bet your Halloween also needs Tom Mison and John Noble in a pumpkin patch.

What if your favorite books were Halloween candy?

Eeee! AMC picked up that John Le Carre limited series starring Hugh Laurie and Tom Hiddleston.

I want these Kate Spade for GapKids gift bow flats with every fiber of my being.

I love the cover of Sarah Dessen's next book.

LOOK AT THIS ANNE OF GREEN GABLES WEDDING PHOTOSHOOT.

Trust me, you probably want to watch this behind-the-scenes video by the director of Taylor Swift's Diet Coke kittens ad. (Hint: The director is a cat.)

How Well Can You Decode Taylor Swift Songs Through Emoji? I had an embarrassingly hard time with some of these.

The Taylor Swift/San Francisco Giants conspiracy, explained

I love England: 'Tree of the Year' competition finalists announced

Morning Coffee (10/30/14)

Me elsewhere: Review of this week's Sleepy Hollow

Tim Cook: "So if hearing that the CEO of Apple is gay can help someone struggling to come to terms with who he or she is, or bring comfort to anyone who feels alone, or inspire people to insist on their equality, then it’s worth the trade-off with my own privacy."

Oh good: Suspect named in national park vandalism across 4 states

Do you know about Jian?

Intriguing: A documentary is claiming that some of Bach's most famous music was written by his wife.

John Green's Zena Sutherland lecture on the state of YA is worth a read.

Person from a portrait: Ira Frederick Aldridge, the first black Othello

Perfect: The Secret Fantasies of Adults

Women Having A Terrible Time At Parties In Western Art History

Morning Coffee (10/22/14)

Me elsewhere: Thoughts on this week's Sleepy Hollow.

Ben Bradlee has died at 93.

Fashion designer Oscar de la Renta has also passed away, and Go Fug Yourself has a great retrospective.

And in even more death news (sorry), I'm very curious to see what happens with the Duke of Marlborough's estate.

In case you were concerned, the Hallmark Channel has named an official commissioner of the Feline Football League.

Taylor Swift Just Went to No. 1 on iTunes Canada With Eight Seconds of Static

Interesting: What we get wrong about Lord Elgin

Your day could probably use these pictures of Prince Harry.

Hee: Songs From A Decemberists Album Where Nobody Gets Murdered

Morning Coffee (10/15/14)

Me elsewhere: My pilot post on Jane the Virgin (which I loved!) and thoughts on this week's Sleepy Hollow.

'Massacre' threat forces Anita Sarkeesian to cancel university talk

Let's all put this on our Christmas lists: Washington Post Dismisses 500-Page Civil War Nonfiction Book As Girly

Noreen Malone's takedown of "basic bitch" is great.

11 ways race isn't real

The Evolution of Nobel Prize Betting

Senate Control Could Come Down To Whole Foods vs. Cracker Barrel

Fascinating: In Spain, Politics Via Reddit

Ooh, dishy: Confederate Officer's Wartime Diary Decoded

Morning Coffee (10/8/14)

Me elsewhere: A look at new show Mulaney; thoughts on this week's Sleepy Hollow.

The inventors of blue LEDs won the Nobel Prize in physics.

Why We Need To Fight Online Trolls, Not Just Ignore Them

Don't Love or Hate Lena Dunham. Create More of Her.

Here's Alan Sepinwall on the VERY quick rise and fall of the Say Anything remake.

Ooh! FCC fines Marriott $600,000 for jamming hotel Wi-Fi

Matters of Privacy

Did you know that there is a UK Roundabout Appreciation Society? And that they name a Roundabout of the Year? Here's this year's winner!

People Almost Playing Sports In Luxury Advertisements

Morning Coffee (10/1/14)

Happy October!

Me elsewhere: The Karen Gillan/John Cho vehicle Selfie could be good if it ditches its entire premise; a review of this week's Sleepy Hollow.

Whoa: FCC will consider punishing broadcasters for saying 'Redskins'

Sigh: NFL penalizes Muslim player for praying; league says it was wrong

The Toast is hiring Roxane Gay to head up a sister site, The Butter!

‘Twilight’ Will Be Revived via Short Films on Facebook - but perhaps most importantly, they'll be made by aspiring female directors. I know a lot of people are scoffing at more Twilight, but I think it's wonderful that Stephenie Meyer is using her power and platform to help other women in a male-dominated industry.

Sports journalism doesn’t need a girl’s league

Some possibly good publishing news: Someone bought Angry Robot and says he will keep it publishing, save everyone's jobs, etc.

Someone stole an uninsured Degas in Cyprus.

My lawyer friend Christine nitpicks How to Get Away with Murder for you.

Remember the kid who wanted his cat in his yearbook picture? Now his principal (and her dog) are in on it.

Morning Coffee (9/25/14)

My new show reviews continue: NCIS: New Orleans

And here are a few thoughts on the Sleepy Hollow premiere.

I'm very proud of the work my dad has done here: A Refuge and a Resource for Veterans

Here's yet another layer of the Emma Watson photo countdown hoax. None of this actually makes it better.

Nigella Lawson's next cookbook has a chapter called "Bowlfood" so therefore I AM IN.

How Gary Hart’s Downfall Forever Changed American Politics

I like Rebecca WAY more than I like Gone Girl but this was interesting anyway: The Original Gone Girl: On Daphne du Maurier and Her Rebecca

Whoa: Napoléon and Joséphine’s marriage contract sold at auction

Let's Talk About the Books You've Pretended to Read (Confession: I call Jane Austen my favorite author but I haven't read Northanger Abbey and I don't think I've ever finished Mansfield Park.)

Morning Coffee (9/12/14)

Happy Friday!

If you need to smile, please watch the DuckTales intro recreated with real ducks.

Would you like Tom Mison to read you "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" for free? I thought you might.

More from Rolling Stone: 22 Things You Learn Hanging Out With Taylor Swift. (I LOVE HER. That's not a thing you learn, just an observation.)

This is a lovely profile of Alexander McQueen's Sarah Burton. I now want to be her when I grow up.

Let's ogle the brooch the Queen has worn to the Braemar Gathering for fourteen years straight. Because they gave it to her. She's considerate like that.

Hilarious, especially for Pride and Prejudice fans: On Ideals of Feminine Accomplishment

Ooh: Smithsonian to x-ray and analyse 1796 George Washington portrait

Do you pine after the food in Harry Potter, but you don't eat meat? Dumbledore's Vegan Army is here for you.

Morning Coffee (3/20/14)

So I guess it's theoretically spring. This Winter Wasn’t the Coldest, But It Was One of the Most Miserable.

Whoa: The Observer is no longer pink.

Veronica Mars fans, here's a fascinating interview with the movie's costume designer.

Six Reasons You Need To Watch 'Enlisted'

This is fascinating and talks about Sleepy Hollow a lot: A Linguist Explains What Old-School British Accents Sounded Like

Adorable: During breaks on the Trophy Wife set, Marcia Gay Harden reads Harry Potter books to Albert Tsai. And does the voices.

Think that "bulletproof" screen protector is really bulletproof? Nope. (They actually shot at it!)

Which TV/Movie High School Would You Attend?

Morning Coffee (1/27/14)

The White House is doing a real (online) Big Block of Cheese Day, and they got Bradley Whitford and Josh Malina for the video.

Ezra Klein, Matt Yglesias, Dylan Matthews, and Melissa Bell are founding a new publication at Vox.

This quick video interview with Sleepy Hollow's Tom Mison is basically the most charming thing I've ever seen.

Ooh, they made an arrest in that Goodfellas Lufthansa robbery.

Oh, Blackberry. Pentagon says 'absolutely no new orders have been placed' for BlackBerry phones.

Heh: FiOS customer discovers the limits of “unlimited” data: 77TB a month

Utah is Ending Homelessness by Giving People Homes

I second all of this about Fangirl.

Morning Coffee (1/22/14)

Wow. “Dear subscriber, you are registered as a participant in a mass disturbance.”

Till death do us part: The forgotten US victims of forced marriage

Bosnia Opens Library to House Ancient Manuscripts

Take a look at life in the coldest city in the world.

Here's the second part of the Fug Girls' Sleepy Hollow costume series.

13 Famous Authors’ Mugshots

How To Tell If You Are In A Brontë Novel

The Onion: Report: Imagine How Good It Would Feel To Just Crawl Back Into Bed Right Now

Morning Coffee (1/21/14)

Sad news: Conductor Claudio Abbado has died.

This this this: It’s Elementary, Sherlock: How the CBS procedural surpassed the BBC drama

Ha. Candy Crush is trying to copyright the word "candy," more or less.

The Fug Girls visited the Sleepy Hollow costuming department.

Important: "If you want to be in fandom, you gotta figure out the healthy way for you to engage in the discussion anyway."

A few of my favorites are among these overlooked books by famous authors.

How did toast become the latest artisanal food craze?

Miniature world food art

Morning Coffee (11/27/13)

Happy Thanksgiving Eve! I'm headed to Connecticut today to spend the rest of the week with my family, so regular posting will return on Monday. I hope those of you celebrating enjoy the holiday!

If you don't need to get anything done today, try GeoGuessr. (No, really. It's amazing and very addictive.)

Here's the trailer for NBC's live Sound of Music telecast. And it . . . looks pretty okay? I'm entirely saying this because they're so insistent that this is a production of the stage show, not a remake of the movie, but . . . yeah. I'm willing to give them a chance. (And there's a making-of special on NBC tonight, if you're curious.)

John Noble is back on Sleepy Hollow next week. Do you want to see pictures? Of course you do.

June Thomas on why you probably should be watching more international TV.

Intriguing: When These Complete Strangers Pose as Family Something Fascinating Happens

Some of these British attempts at labeling U.S. states are witty and hilarious, and I guarantee Americans would do worse at, say, labeling British counties.

The 50 States of Lego are both adorable and gently snarky.

How Food Network Created and Lost Foodies

Morning Coffee (11/5/13)

Ooh, the Dating in LA and Other Urban Myths sizzle reel is out!

Grantland has a fun Q&A with Sleepy Hollow creator Phillip Iscove.

Dylan's Candy Bar is selling Candy Crush candy and I really want some.

Here's some well-deserved praise for Holly Black's The Coldest Girl in Coldtown, which you should really read.

WHOA: Game Of Thrones Meets Little Miss/Mr. Men Series

The Hairpin is imagining where Love, Actually characters are ten years later.

And that led me to this older piece of theirs about why many of the stories in that movie are actually pretty terrible. Which is completely true, even though we all love it.

Edgar Allan Poe Tried and Failed to Crack the Mysterious Murder Case of Mary Rogers

Morning Coffee (10/2/13)

Elsewhere: I wrote about this week's episodes of Bones and Sleepy Hollow at Read the Screen.

Okay, this I'll watch: ABC is doing a Christmas decorating reality competition show.

Was Neville Chamberlain right?

Ooh! Iron Age fort and Bronze Age burial mounds uncovered in New Forest

American Girl fashion

Love this sort of thing: King's Cross then and now

15 Things You Need to Know About Whiskey

Fascinating: Mapping a Lost City

Art, Science, and Butterfly Metamorphosis: How a 17th-Century Woman Laid the Foundations of Modern Entomology

Morning Coffee (9/25/13)

Elsewhere: At TheTelevixen.com, I wrote about the premieres of The Blacklist, Lucky 7, Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., The Goldbergs, and Trophy Wife. And at Read the Screen, I wrote about this week's episodes of Bones and Sleepy Hollow. (Yeah, I'm pretty tired this week.)

Oooh: Popular Science is shutting off its comments. Because they're bad for science.

Want some of George Orwell's blood? Ugh, that's . . . a little weird.

Jason Segal in a Canadian maple syrup heist comedy? Yes please.

Hillary in Midair

Because of course this exists: 50 Shades of Grey wine. Sigh.

The mystery behind @horse_ebooks has been revealed.

How to Design a City for Women

The Guardian is doing a 100 best novels thing, but with explanatory essays, not just a list, and so I'm really excited.

Morning Coffee (9/18/13)

Me, elsewhere: I wrote about new Fox comedies Brooklyn Nine-Nine (good) and Dads (not good) at TheTelevixen.com
And I reviewed the Sleepy Hollow pilot and wrote up a few thoughts on the Bones premiere at Read the Screen.

Why The New Fox Comedy “Dads” Is Actually Evil

Here's the Bryan Goldberg piece you've been wanting.

Ooh, here's the trailer for the Grace of Monaco biopic.

Delightful: Literary Trysts It Gives Me Great Joy To Think About: Oscar Wilde and Walt Whitman

A Chat With Rainbow Rowell About Love and Censorship (Eleanor and Park is great. You should read it.)

This gorgeous chart attempts to represent the whole Civil War.

Dog: Medieval Man's Best Friend

Pretty Pincushions, Embroidered by British Soldiers in WWI and Sent To Their Sweethearts Back Home

Where I'm Writing About TV This Fall

Well, this sort of crept up on me. The first fall season show that I write about comes back tonight. So I figured it was time for a little roundup of where and about what I'll be writing this year!

At The Televixen, I will again be recapping each episode of Haven and Castle. I'll be aiming to have the recaps up either the night the show airs or early the next day, so by Saturday morning for Haven and Tuesday morning for Castle. I'll also be reviewing the first episode of almost every new show there, to help you get an idea of whether you should try it, and my Sunday morning TV news column and other occasional features will continue as well.

At Read the Screen, I'll be reviewing (though not recapping) each episode of Sleepy Hollow and Dracula. The Sleepy Hollow posts will probably be the first post on Tuesdays (so at about 11 Eastern), and Dracula posts will go up at some point over the weekend, depending on my schedule. I'll also be covering news about and occasionally checking in on other shows based on books or comics, including Elementary, Arrow, The Vampire Diaries, Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Once Upon a Time in Wonderland, and more.

At Vampire-Diaries.net, my colleagues and I will be continuing to cover all things Vampire Diaries, along with new spinoff The Originals. (We have awesome recaps there. I don't write them. That's part of why they're so awesome.)

And here? I'm thinking of writing about Beauty and the Beast, because I thought season one was really problematic in ways I didn't see anyone writing about much. I'm not committing to weekly posts on anything else, because I need to sleep sometime, but I'll probably write about whatever else strikes my fancy. But are there any specific shows you want my thoughts on? I'd rather write things people want to read.

And my other question: Do you want me to post links here to my reviews and recaps elsewhere? I don't want to be obnoxiously self-promoting, but I also don't want to expect people to check three or four different sites if they want to find my writing. So. Opinions? If I do post links here, should I give them their own posts or just throw them in the next day's Morning Coffee? Tell me in the comments!