Afternoon Tea (5/29/18)

Under The Skin: Why That 'Arrested Development' Interview Is So Bad

Searching for Dinosaurs in a Seaside English Town

Will Shoppers Ever Really Care About Sustainability?

Finding the Backdrop of ‘Gatsby’ in Connecticut, Not Long Island

Will the real Venerable Bede please stand up?

Morning Coffee (5/30/13)

Kerfuffle Politics: The Statement Adam Levine Shouldn't Need To Make

I love Maine: Missing Man Found After Walking Up To Reporter Reporting On How He Was Missing

I love England: Our love-hate relationship with garden gnomes

I would like to try a cronut.

I would also like to try ShopHouse.

25 Signs You're Addicted to Books

This has Titanic and Great Gatsby spoilers, but it's amazing.

Do Not Buy Newsweek

Morning Coffee (5/9/13)

It's started: Fox picked up nine new shows last night.

If you want to keep up with all the network announcements, my TV reference spreadsheet is now live and frequently updated.

Important: Are We Laughing With Charles Ramsey?

Confessions of a John Le Carre Devotee

5 Reasons Your Great Gatsby Themed Wedding Is Doomed

I like the Bloggess's Rules for Life.

Ugh, the whole fake geek girls thing is so frustrating.

Here's an update on that airport diamond heist.

Morning Coffee (5/8/13)

This is really important: My marvelous boss Maureen Johnson wrote about gendered book covers and hosted a contest for gender-flipped covers of well-known books. The results were pretty amazing.

Headline I did not expect to see this morning: Gary Oldman, Marion Cotillard Star in David Bowie Video

There exists a news broadcast in Latin. Why didn't anyone TELL me?

This slideshow of Gatsby covers is great.

The trailer for the new season of The Killing makes me ridiculously happy.

The Cinderella cast album is out this week, and you can listen to it streaming here. I saw the show last month and loved it. Highly recommended!

Warner Bros. is making a new D&D movie, so . . . that's a thing that is happening.

Terrifying Vintage Workplace Safety Posters From the Netherlands

Morning Coffee (5/7/13)

Seriously. Did anyone actually read The Great Gatsby? Because it's getting hard to tell.

"(In fact, some of the knights in the Vale speak with Welsh accents, which, Jesus.)" Amazing.

Old news I'd missed: Kelly Clarkson is making a Christmas album!

Armor And Anxiety: Tony Stark Is The New Captain America

Huh: Hollywood conservative unmasked as notorious Holocaust revisionist

How Scandal became the perfect distillation of America’s political nightmares

Why Do NPR Reporters Have Such Great Names?

I must admit I'm all in favor of banning terrible baby names. Yay New Zealand.

Morning Coffee (4/23/13)

Josh Charles was apparently cooking Italian food on The Chew yesterday. I haven't had a chance to watch it yet, but I thought it might be just what your Tuesday morning needs.

In praise of the long celebrity profile

Aaah, trailer for season two of Copper! Season one is now streaming on Netflix if you need to catch up.

The 14 Best Hodor Quotes From "Game Of Thrones"

Speaking of, check out Matt Yglesias's new series Economics of Ice and Fire.

Oh my gosh. It's an old Nintendo-style Great Gatsby game. This is amazing.

This web series about real teen mothers (to counter Teen Mom et al.) in nearby Holyoke, MA looks interesting.

These Friends-style Battlestar Galactica credits just made my morning.

New Gatsby Trailer!

Want want want want want RIGHT NOW PLEASE.


(Can anyone ID the version of "Happy Together"?)

Fans should also check out these gorgeous character posters.

Morning Coffee (9/21/12)

YAY FRIDAY.

Before tonight's Haven premiere, read my feature with the cast: Haven Stars Talk Troubles, Timeslots & Triangles

The new release date for The Great Gatsby is May 10.

Interesting: For Young Jews, a Service Says, ‘Please, Do Text’

Real ale revival sees most breweries in Britain since the war

Stop killing reindeer while you're snow-kiting (??). Santa is displeased.

Ooh, new Demotic Egyptian dictionary!

Massive Luftwaffe plane wreck 'found off Sardinian coast'

I need to try making refrigerator jam.

Morning Coffee (6/4/12)

Trying to get back into the swing of things on this rainy Monday...

I loved Anne Applebaum's take on the Jubilee.

Unfortunately, this is not particularly surprising: Vanderbilt Football Coach Will Not Hire Assistants Until He’s Seen What Their Wives Look Like.

Author Beth Revis has a great viewpoint on negative reviews.

This is a little old but I just came across it and it's interesting: Imported by Justin Bieber: Carly Rae Jepsen and Transnational Stardom

The Great Gatsby trailer: The My Little Pony version.

Trailer: The Great Gatsby

I remember that the book was incredible, of course, but my memory of the details is too hazy to know how outraged I should be by this. Guess I know what I'm reading at the beach this weekend!