Morning Coffee (8/28/17)

Me elsewhere: TV news for the week!

Joe Biden: 'We Are Living Through a Battle for the Soul of This Nation'

"Specifically, if the Sanders-Trump voters in Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania had voted for Clinton, or even stayed home on Election Day, those states would have swung to Clinton."

What Makes a Terrorist?

Welp: Trump's cybersecurity advisors resign en masse

These quieter stories are very important: Is Anybody Home at HUD?

Wheee, new Taylor Swift video!

Shakespeare or Shakespear? That is the question surrounding USC's new statue in $700-million USC Village

Ooh: It's Snowing on Mars at Night, Research Suggests

Go Behind the Glass of Churchill’s Underground War Rooms

Morning Coffee (3/25/15)

DROP EVERYTHING. THE X-FILES IS COMING BACK YOU GUYS.

I'm sure you've seen this already, but just in case: This Harry Potter parody of "Uptown Funk" is INCREDIBLE.

Five Important Ways Ted Cruz Will Drive The GOP 2016 Field To The Right

Ooh: Sweden adds gender-neutral pronoun to dictionary

There have been some developments in the UVA rape case story this week, and I found this timeline very helpful.

Issues of church and state are particularly fascinating in Italy.

Having a referendum on the Boston Olympics bid seems wise. Those of us just over the border will be counting on you to do the right thing, Massachusetts!

The most perfect thing ever written: Every Argument About “Buffy” On The Internet, From 1998 Until Now

Morning Coffee (11/11/14)

Happy Veterans' Day, and thank you to all who have served. The Google doodle for today is cute.

And it's a good day to show you the video from the NatPro race my family participated in to benefit the Veterans' Oasis my dad is involved with at the college where he works. (Well, my brother and his fiancee participated. My parents and I volunteered.)

The new Taylor Swift video is amazing. (And filmed at the Royal Pains house!)

Martha Stewart has some great-looking meatless Thanksgiving recipes.

Ooh, you can stream Kristin Chenoweth's new album.

I want to go to The Last Bookstore.

Whoa: Jennifer Lawrence Hunger Games cake wins gold

"Out of the Woods on a Snowy Evening"

Morning Coffee (8/19/14)

It's the long-awaited day - Whole Foods is opening in Nashua!

Eeee, here's the new Taylor Swift video! Love it.

If you, like me, never like Greek yogurt as much as you want to, I recommend Stonyfield Petite Creme. (They're not paying me to say that. I just tried it yesterday and was delighted.)

Former Sen. Jim Jeffords has died.

Children’s Place Responds Terribly To Complaints Of Gamora-Less Guardians Shirt

This story is about lawsuits, knitting, and bleak Danish TV. Basically everything I like.

I want to go to the National Lighthouse Museum.

Super-cheery vacation idea: Attic that inspired Jane Eyre's 'madwoman in the attic' Bertha open for public tours

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

My 5 Favorite Albums of 2012

First: I am making no claims that these albums are the best, by any artistic or technical standard. Or that my choices are in any way interesting or sophisticated. These are all mainstream pop, but they're the albums this year that I listened to over and over, that I kept coming back to, that got me through happiness and sadness and stress and lots of long car rides. I've included my favorite song from each so you can get a taste.

1. Red by Taylor Swift
I unapologetically love Taylor. Speak Now stayed in my car CD player for 99% of the time until Red came out. Her early songs played like perfect tiny young adult novels, and I'm delighted by the way she's moving into adult subject material.


2. Some Nights by fun.
This was hands down the best "listen to during those afternoon hours when I have to keep working and don't want to" album of the year.


3. Overexposed by Maroon 5
And this was the best dancey, energetic, "must clean the house and bake cookies even though it's midnight" option.


4. The Truth About Love by P!nk
This one doesn't feel very cohesive as an album, but it has a lot of songs I love on it, and it's great for singing along in the car.


5. Babel by Mumford & Sons
This sophomore offering didn't grab me in quite the same way Sigh No More did, but it's still extremely good.

New Taylor Swift Video - I Knew You Were Trouble

Okay, sure, it's ridiculous and overwrought and randomly post-apocalyptic, but that's what things feel like sometimes. And I kind of love it.

Friday Music Break: "Man Like That"

Bones Premiere Music Break: "Ho Hey"

A few people have asked me about the song playing over the closing montage of the Bones season premiere, so! After extensive research that consisted entirely of IMing "Hey, what was that song?" to my friend Marisa, I can completely non-exclusively tell you that the song is "Ho Hey" by The Lumineers, from their eponymous album released earlier this year. Here it is.

Music Video: "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together"

So. 1) I love Taylor wholeheartedly and love this song and find everything she does inexplicably charming even if I would hate it from anyone else. 2) But even I can say that this is really weird, especially those giant . . . stuffed animals come to life? Is that what they are? 3) But her pajamas are really cute. 4) BUT THE IMPORTANT THING HERE - her wallpaper is knitting. Knitting. Cables. I don't even know what to do with that.

Song of the Day: "Who Says"

Selena Gomez's new album is out today, and I must admit I completely unironically love this feel-good song.

Morning Coffee (6/22/11)

It's Wednesday. But it's my Thursday! Because I'm taking Friday off. So. That's something.

Read Dave Weigel on Jon Huntsman.

Check out Alyssa Rosenberg's guide to women-centered culture for guys.

Be confused and/or impressed by this New York Times-scented candle.

Watch a sneak peek of Selena Gomez's surreal new video (via Hollywood Life):