Morning Coffee (10/26/18)

FRIDAY HAPPY LINKS.

‘Outlaw King’: David Mackenzie’s Improved, Recut ‘Braveheart’-Esque Drama Gets A New Trailer

Yaaay, SiriusXM holiday channel info is up!

This is perfect: Salem Saberhagen [the cat] walked the red carpet at ‘The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina’ premiere

Important news: There's a Cheese Advent Calendar Coming to Target for $20

How to Find the Perfect Reading Chair

Craving Some Americana? The Saturday Evening Post Archive Is Online

Bookish Costume Inspiration for a Literary Halloween

23 Halloween Treats: Spooky, Scary, Savory, and Sweet

13 Cute Halloween Manicure Ideas, Because Not Everything Has To Be Scary

Cute: We Went Trick-or-Treating at the Houses of Literary Families—Here’s What We Scored

Afternoon Tea (10/22/18)

What a story: They were a gay, interracial couple in an age of relentless bigotry. The two Harolds didn’t flinch.

Isidore Zimmerman: The Man the System Couldn't Break

Can This Cast-Iron Skillet Be Saved?

10 YA Fantasy Books Inspired By Asian Mythology — And Written By Female Authors

Heh: The 13 Worst Boston Accents in the History of Crime Movies

Bonus Rec: Target Clog Clearing Gel

You are getting a second recommendation this week and it is . . . a cleaning product! Sexy. But seriously, if any of you have long curly hair like mine, you know that keeping the shower draining is a CONSTANT ONGOING STRUGGLE. I've tried the various products from the two big brands, mostly based on what was on sale or had a coupon, and never been happy with any of them. This week I grabbed the generic Target Clog Clearing Gel and . . . it worked?!?! I honestly did not expect that! So. Hot tip: buy the cheap Target version.

This sounds like an ad but it is not. I'm just REALLY EXCITED about it. But hey, if Target wanted to send me some for free I wouldn't object.

Afternoon Tea (8/16/18)

This report on how murders of trans people are handled is really important: Deadnamed

When a Stranger Decides to Destroy Your Life

Every word of this is true: Open floor plans are terrible for entertaining

The Most Daring Impostors in Fiction

Alewives: The Women Who Crafted Beer and Split Hell Wide Open

Morning Coffee (4/6/18)

Time for some Friday happy links!

The Beatles’ ‘Yellow Submarine’ Film Returns To Theaters In Honor Of Its 50th Anniversary

Sarah Rees Brennan's amazing In Other Lands is a finalist for Best Young Adult Book at the Hugo awards and in celebration she wrote a parody of The Last Jedi I think you'll enjoy.

This is quite the cast: Josh Charles To Make Broadway Debut In ‘Straight White Men’ With Armie Hammer

!!! NASA Plans to Put Robot Bees on Mars

Whoa: Europe's Highest Escape Room Will Lock You in a Cable Car Thousands of Feet in the Air

Ooh: 23,500 items to be put online to show Prince Albert’s influence on the Victorian Age

11 Cheese Shops You Have to Follow on Instagram

More Reasons to Drink Water: Pretty Glassware

This is a great idea: 6 Supermarket Chocolate Bars for Better Baking

The New Neon Nail Colors

Afternoon Tea (2/21/18)

A chilling, important piece by a friend of Kim Wall: The Final, Terrible Voyage of the Nautilus

And a heartbreaking story about grief and the Olympics: "I Haven't Moved On"

Okay, something cheerful! Mallory Ortberg Asks Author Jasmine Guillory a Bunch of Questions

HEAR, HEAR: The Case Against Open Kitchens

Thank These Master Alchemists for the Magic of Alcohol

Afternoon Tea (11/14/17)

This is fascinating and this book immediately went onto my Christmas list: The First Woman to Translate the ‘Odyssey’ Into English

Aww, my friend Tim! Shopping for a Life He Didn’t Yet Have

The Secret History of Cricket Magazine, the ‘New Yorker for Children’

I wish to read a romance novel series about these brothers immediately: When He Needs Advice, a Philadelphia Flyer Turns to His Brother the Dancer

The Ancient Roman Cult That Continues to Vex Scholars (The Precession of the Equinox takes down another copyeditor, I see.)

Afternoon Tea (11/10/17)

Margaret Trudeau’s Long, Strange, Canadian Trip

Romance Novelist Beverly Jenkins Talks Normalizing Diversity in Her Genre

This is a delightful interview: Michelle Kwan Hates Tights

Important service journalism: Mission: Make an Extremely Large Cinnamon Roll

Everything You Need to Turn Your Apartment Into a Cozy Sanctuary

Morning Coffee (9/15/17)

As usual, we're going to put current events mostly on hold and find some happy links to celebrate Friday!

Me elsewhere: Holly and I recorded an episode of The Fourth Wall about Fall TV and the Emmys. Come listen to us have opinions on TV we haven't seen!

Oooh, here's the National Book Award Nonfiction longlist. Some interesting stuff on there I want to read!

This was a complete delight and I don't even particularly care about Harrison Ford: Harrison Ford on Star Wars, Blade Runner, and Punching Ryan Gosling in the Face

LOOK AT PBTEEN'S NEW HARRY POTTER COLLECTION. I guess I don't ACTUALLY want a themed bedroom, but it's tempting.

Oh, I love this list every year! Top 5 Baby Names By State For Births In 2016

Amazing: Danielle Steel’s Desk Is Unlike Anything You’ve Ever Seen

Cool! Uno is finally getting a colorblind-friendly edition

Here’s the World’s Best Honey Cake, According to Science

Beauty and the Beast Le Creuset is totally the kind of thing I would buy if I had lots of extra money lying around.

!! 16 Gifts Every Cheese Lover Will Obsess Over

Morning Coffee (9/8/17)

It's Friday, so let's have some lighter links! Back to the miseries of the world tomorrow, I promise.

Prince George started school! SO CUTE.

The Man Who Invented Christmas, with Dan Stevens as Dickens and Christopher Plummer as Scrooge, looks more insane than I'd dreamed and now I'm pretty excited for it!

Ooh, trailer for the new Magic School Bus show! Yes, that's Lin-Manuel Miranda singing, because the man apparently doesn't need sleep.

Perhaps your Friday would be improved by ogling Matt Bomer's Todd Snyder ads. It's A LOT.

I want to go there: China’s Seaside Library Mimics the Rhythms of the Ocean

Whoa: World’s tallest sandcastle rises in Germany

Look at these amazing hotel bathrooms.

12 Cozy Blankets You'll Wanna Snuggle Under All Year Long

These Disney Villain Lip Smackers Will Make You Very Excited For Halloween

Awww: Sophie Turner Basically Just Adopted Her Own Direwolf

Morning Coffee (8/26/16)

Let's take a break for some happy Friday links!

Important international military news: Penguin Sir Nils Olav III promoted to Brigadier in Royal Norwegian Guard

This is not THAT kind of Penguin, but: Penguin-branded bookstore opens in Toronto

Vulture's Fall Entertainment Generator is nifty.

!!! BBC Greenlights Seven New Agatha Christie Adaptations

The Best Desk Décor: From Belgian Stationery to Japanese Scissors

The Fug Girls understand me on a deep level: A Summer of Celebrities in Stripes

And then: Translating the Trends for Fall 2016: Plaid/Tartan

Whoa: Insane D&D Diorama

Prince Alexander is very cute.

This mansion is perfect if you like being emotionless in the desert (I... I might? Because part of me LOVES THAT.)

Morning Coffee (12/16/14)

Check out today's Kandinsky Google doodle.

17 Cosy Reading Nooks To Get You Through The Winter I WANT ONE.

The New Cosmopolitan & the Slow Climb Out of Lipstick-and-Lasagna Land

Go Fug Yourself's Holiday Gift Guide is always a delight.

There's another great book-related gift guide at Novel Novice.

This is mesmerizing: What Colour Is It?

I kind of want to make these Anna and Elsa stockings just for MYSELF.

Doctors Performing Surgery For The First Time In Western Art History