Morning Coffee (1/21/15)

Need some State of the Union coverage? Vox has a ton.

It was a big day for Classic Alice yesterday too, so I encourage you to check it out even more than I already was. (And Save Alice!)

Big Block of Cheese Day Is Back, and It's Feta Than Ever Groan.

Important: Happy Penguin Awareness Day! Don't knit them any more sweaters.

Hey, movies, don't blow up bookstores.

9 questions about Nickelodeon slime you were too embarrassed to ask

How the Oreo Was Invented

Women Listening To Men Play Music At Them In Western Art History

Morning Coffee (1/20/15)

Hey! My friend Susan Adrian's book Tunnel Vision is out today and it's awesome! And if you post a picture of your Chucks and tag it #TunnelVision you may win a free copy!

Bored with cheap books you can keep forever? For just $300k you can get one that explodes!

Or if you give a FRACTION of that to Save Alice, Tony will get a tattoo of the show's logo (at $120k) and, you know, we get more of an awesome show and FEWER BOOKS WILL BE HARMED. I think.

Speaking of: 10 Ways Classic Alice Taught Us How to Kiss

Come choose the February book for Brain Soup Goes Gilmore!

Aww: Yoko Nagae Ceschina, Countess and Fairy Godmother to the Arts, Dies at 82

This list is PERFECT: 24 Things No One Tells You About Book Publishing

If Hermione Were The Main Character In “Harry Potter”

Morning Coffee (1/16/15)

Yesterday at Read the Screen, I wrote a review of Classic Alice. It's approximately a million words long (okay, 800) and uses fancy phrases like "interrogate the text," so you know I care a lot about this. SO you can go read it all AND/OR just accept that this is really important to me and go pitch in a bit just because you like me. ($5! $2! Anything helps!)

The Oscar nominations mean I'm going to give you a few links that are NOT Happy Friday:

Selma was snubbed because the average Oscar voter is a 63-year-old white man

This Is What The Oscar Nominations Look Like Without All The Men

Moving on! It Is One Thing To Date Your Father But There Is No Excuse For Not Knowing The Difference Between The Tudors And The Hapsburgs. (Seriously, I read that whole incest interview and it was insane, but I too was most struck by the ridiculous misinformation about Henry VIII, so I'm glad Mallory is on this.)

Princess Michael of Kent's 70th birthday portrait involves a tiara and a cat.

Tom Hanks: I Owe It All to Community College

Whoa: Ben & Jerry's Just Released Cookie Butter Core Ice Cream

Aah! The Princess Bride Is Now a Mobile Game as You Wish(ed)

Morning Coffee (1/15/15)

A Woman Has Pressed Charges Against Bill Cosby That Could Lead To Prosecution

Amazon’s deal with Woody Allen is historic — and remarkably stupid

Why Political Dynasties Are Good for Women

Why a Generation of Adoptees Is Returning to South Korea

Harry Potter author mocks Rupert Murdoch for ignorant tweets about Islamic terrorism

What Happens When a Woman Walks Like a Man?

This Thomas Hardy infographic is the greatest thing I have ever seen. It's called BLEAKNESS IS MY WEAKNESS.

Quiz: Can you name a city just by looking at its streets?

Don't forget to save Alice!

Morning Coffee (1/14/15)

Save Alice!

I'm so proud to know some of the people involved in this: How ‘Harry Potter’ fans won a four-year fight against child slavery

Alessandra Stanley’s Troubling Reaction to Transparent’s Golden Globe Wins

Aaah, look at the cover for the Fug Girls' forthcoming The Royal We!

I am extremely excited for season two of Penny Dreadful.

There's going to be an Amazing Amy book with the Gone Girl Blu-Ray, because of course there is. I'm actually mildly surprised that they're not publishing it on its own as well.

Whoa, look at this Map of Physics.

How to Interview a Woman Writer

The Onion: HR Director Reminds Employees That Any Crying Done At Office Must Be Work-Related

Morning Coffee (1/13/15)

I'm running late but SO MUCH EXCITEMENT today. Okay.

First: New Avengers trailer!

Second: Holly Black's The Darkest Part of the Forest is out today and it's incredible and you should go read it immediately.

Third: Robin Wasserman's first adult book is coming out next year and I am already beside myself with excitement.

Fourth: Get your Converse ready to win a copy of Susan Adrian's awesome debut novel Tunnel Vision next Tuesday!

Fifth: Colbert's Late Show will premiere on September 8th!

Sixth: New Kelly Clarkson song!

Seventh: Arthur is doing Downton Abbey!!

Eighth: Don't forget to save Alice!!!

Morning Coffee (1/12/15)

I'll have A WHOLE POST about this for you soon, because I feel very strongly, but Classic Alice is a web series that deserves your attention and any spare change you could throw its way.

Wondering what you need to know from the Golden Globes? Vox has you covered.

Have you seen the new Brain Soup Goes Gilmore book club, run by Emma Approved actress Dayeanne Hutton? This month's book is Emma!

WHAT. All Girls' High School Retouches Photos to Make Students Look Thinner

Ha. Hacked L.A. Traffic Sign Wants You To “Read A F*cking Book”

What's the first piece of recorded music you ever purchased? (Midori's Encore, I think.)

Classic literature gets a facelift in Russian bookstores

The New York Times Accidentally Invented a New Country, and the Internet's in Love

The Comments Section For Every Video Where Someone Does A Pushup

Morning Coffee (1/8/15)

A vitally important quiz to start your Thursday: Which YA make out scene are you?

Okay, on to some serious stuff for a moment:

Here's Vox's very useful page for the Charlie Hebdo attacks.

It Sadly Unclear Whether This Article Will Put Lives At Risk

Back to the . . . less serious:

Wow: Lawmaker’s Facebook rant threatens media for “unauthorized” use of his name

Look, the royal baby twins!

That's So Joe: How The Senate Swearing-In Became Must-See TV

The Genius of Taylor Swift's Girlfriend Collection

DINOSAUR DEATH TRAP

Morning Coffee (1/7/15)

Ooooh: Tomb of unknown queen discovered in Egypt

Here's What Earth Looked Like at the Start of the New Year

BBC Radio 4 is doing a Magna Carta series hosted by Melvyn Bragg!!

Saudi Arabia’s Succession Time Bomb

This Is The Video CNN Will Play When The World Ends

Sarah MacLean, the Romance Writer Who Will Surprise You Every Time

This Is The Mad Tea Party Of Disney-Themed Weddings

i know im not wearing any pants
im a GOD
like from OLYMPUS
you think i cant tell if ive got pants on me?
dont be stuck up

Morning Coffee (1/5/15)

2014: The Year in Emoji

Monsters in America: a cryptozoological map of the USA

Snowflakes come in 35 different shapes. And some of them are really odd.

I generally don't have any interest in smart watches, but to do lists are a nifty functionality for them.

Navy Develops ‘GhostSwimmer’ Drone That Looks Like a Shark

These Beautiful Women in Science Art Prints Feature Rad As Heck Ladies

Interesting: The 10 must-read German books of 2014

“God-night, Rune”: An Old English Translation