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

Morning Coffee (2/24/15)

Me elsewhere: A few thoughts on 50 Shades of Grey

No, You Absolutely Do Not Have to Love Your Job

The War for the Soul of Geek Culture

Notorious Revenge Porn Asshole Hunter Moore Is Finally Going to Prison

5 stories that prove the rules of the Oscars are even weirder than you thought

This would . . . not be my guess for fastest selling Playmobil.

Oh, right, it's ALL THE SITES DO RANDOM BRACKETS season. But Forever YA's Teen Heartthrob Madness looks fun.

Spin the Globe, Sri Lanka: The Two Faces of Paradise

I Dedicate This Novel to the Man Who Convinced Me to Stop Writing Silly Genre Fiction and Crank out a Thinly Veiled Memoir

Morning Coffee (8/12/14)

Sad news: Robin Williams has died.

Good for Jezebel: We Have a Rape Gif Problem and Gawker Media Won't Do Anything About It

Fascinating and important: You’re 16. You’re a Pedophile. You Don’t Want to Hurt Anyone. What Do You Do Now?

Google backs an undersea cable that will give the internet a big speed boost

Make sure you check out today's meteor shower Google doodle.

The cosplay at LeakyCon WAS delightfully geeky.

Hee: What Will Taylor Swift’s New Album Be About?

New Amazon pilots are coming!

Morning Coffee (5/28/14)

Very important: Your Princess Is in Another Castle: Misogyny, Entitlement, and Nerds

Related: When Women Refuse

Eight facts about violence against women everyone should know

The Onion, but basically completely sincere: ‘No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens

Cornelia G. Kennedy, a Pioneering Federal Judge, Dies at 90

Once Allies, Ex-Obama Aides Face Off in British Campaign

The Fug Girls have highlights and lowlights from Cannes.

George Clooney and Amal Alamuddin may be getting married at Highclere. a.k.a. Downtown Abbey. Hee.

Morning Coffee (5/8/14)

The drug cocktail used in Clayton Lockett's execution last week? Banned for use on animals in some places because it's inhumane.

Sotomayor Finds Her Voice Among Justices

Interesting: Even as U.S. Hispanics Lift Catholicism, Many Are Leaving the Church Behind

A reality check from Linda Holmes: Once More Into The Jaws Of The TV Dinosaur Known As Upfrontasaurus

16th century 'vampire' grave unearthed in Poland

"In that way, Hillsong is a lot like the BuzzFeed of Christianity."

Fake Geek Guys: A Message to Men About Sexual Harassment

I loved Reza Aslan's Zealot, and this interview with him is great.

Why I Stopped Speaking to My Daughter in Hebrew

Morning Coffee (4/14/14)

Forget Obamacare: Vermont wants to bring single payer to America

Scottish Town Raises $8,000 for Statue of Stray Cat

Game of Thrones fans, make sure you read this Maisie Williams profile.

Hee: Five Slightly More Plausible Dystopias We'd Love to See in YA Novels

Surprisingly enough, this isn't the local thing that was actually on X-Files.

How We Won the War on Dungeons & Dragons

This look at the music theory behind a Katy Perry hit is interesting.

Which Little Woman Are You?

Morning Coffee (2/10/14)

NFL prospect Michael Sam has come out as gay.

And here's the behind-the-scenes story: 'The eagle has landed'

This little feature about Meryl Davis and Charlie White's mothers was cute.

Oh, neat: Former figure skating champ Kimmie Meissner is working for NBC as a researcher.

'Borgen' Is Denmark's 'West Wing' (But Even Better)

Ice-T records 'Dungeons & Dragons' audiobook, calls it 'impossible to read'

Whoa: In Japan, a Beloved Deaf Composer Appears to Be None of the Above

How to Dress for Things You Hate

Morning Coffee (7/26/13)

Good news from BBC America: Law and Order: UK returns on August 7th and Ripper Street on December 1st.

My boss Maureen Johnson did an interview with the AV Club, and I can confirm that yes, this is what she's like.

Virginia Johnson has died.

Can You Name These Cities by Their Starbucks Locations?

World's biggest dinosaur park!

HAHAHA. Here is Bill Clinton singing "Blurred Lines." (Not really. But it's hilarious.

After San Diego Comic-Con, Continuing The Conversation About Women’s Place In Geekdom

Live in a stately home – just don't get too settled in

Morning Coffee (7/24/13)

I really like a lot of this supposed casting for the Into the Woods movie, but Johnny Depp as the wolf? Really? Sigh.

Great read: Pretentiousness Bingo

Fascinating: A Day Inside Comic-Con's Hall H

Various people give advice to the new Prince of Cambridge.

J.K. Rowling on her Galbraith alter ego

Royal baby pizza!

And cake!

And my favorite non-baby-obsessed Brit weighs in on why all the "this baby is everything wrong with the world" nonsense annoys him anyway.

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 (12/3/12)

Ah, Monday, here we are again.

I desperately want a geeky skirt or six.

Jane Austen Bandaids!

This story about INTRIGUE and SCANDAL at the 1962 National Book Awards is completely fascinating.

Well. THIS is quite a voice cast.

Apparently Flavorwire wants to drive people nuts, because they rated New York's 100 Most Important Living Writers.

Should Missy Franklin be allowed to continue on her school's swim team?

Not good: Greeks turn to the forests for fuel as winter nears

Remains Of World War II Military Pigeon Ignites Code Mystery