Morning Coffee (12/31/14)

Happy New Year's Eve! You should check out the Google Doodle, of course.

John Green has a great video up about systemic racism.

More evidence Mayan civilization collapsed because of drought

Aaah, Wolf Hall trailer!

11 Muppets You Wouldn’t Invite To A New Year’s Eve Party

How late the world stays up on New Year’s, in one map

The science and magic of mulled wine

Here's some interesting stuff about Kindle Unlimited.

Charles Dickens’ Internet Search History

Morning Coffee (12/30/14)

(Hello out there!)

Here's another great story about my neighbor Mae Keane, the last of the radium girls.

No, Argentina's president did not adopt a Jewish child to stop him turning into a werewolf

Breaking news: Ladies can drink whiskey too!

Our Windowless Megachurches Are Killing the Stained Glass Industry

Wow: NORAD's Santa Tracker Began With A Typo And A Good Sport

OH MY GOD Tom Hiddleston Sang a Christmas Carol with Puppy in His Lap

Deck the halls with Nobel physicists

The Cost of Things in Taylor Swift’s ‘Blank Space’ Music Video

Morning Coffee (12/19/14)

Why Sony Was Wrong to Pull The Interview

Probably a LOT of us could benefit from taking a break and reading this right now: The Holiday Hellidays Stress Test Shit Show: Starring You!

Someone Invited a Vegetarian for Dinner? DON'T PANIC

I'm so excited about the new Judy Blume book.

Moving wind forecast puts beautiful weather in your browser

A New British Show Will Feature a Space Ark Piloted by an Android Bear

Oooh, book socks.

How to Tell If You Are in a Baby-Sitters Club Book

Morning Coffee (12/18/14)

Sony won't release The Interview Christmas Day after all

Why we're reporting on Sony's leaked info

The Doomed Sandy Hook Lawsuit

The Trouble with Teaching Rape Law

Church of England Names Libby Lane as First Female Bishop

Questions were raised about The Toast's contract terms earlier this week, and I'm impressed with how they're handling it.

Funny but also useful: Your Quick & Easy Guide To The 5 New Instagram Filters (And What To Use Them For)

Instacart and Di Bruno: Because Sometimes You Just REALLY Need Your Cheese Delivered to You in an Hour (My cousin works for them in Philadelphia and obvious I am very impressed with her work. CHEESE DELIVERY.)

Amazing: A Spinster’s Holiday Gift Guide: What To Buy For The Woman Who Loves Solitude

Morning Coffee (12/17/14)

Please check out this very important op-ed by my mother and her colleagues: Connecticut is dismantling its system of mental health care for children

Sorry, But You Can't Wear Your Pats Jersey To The Aaron Hernandez Trial

Whoa. SUPPOSEDLY Comcast is going to let Roku have the HBO and Showtime apps. I'll believe it when I see it, but this would be awesome.

This piece about the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominees is interesting. I didn't know there was DISCO CONTROVERSY.

Worth hours of fun: Google's year in search.

Huh: The fastest-growing job in each state

Sarah Wendell of the great romance fiction site Smart Bitches, Trashy Books has a new Hanukkah romance out and it's only 99 cents.

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they told me to leave her here
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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

Morning Coffee (12/15/14)

Me elsewhere: TV news for the week!

I love Vox's list of Books to Read to Understand the World.

So, Northeastern's radio station has been playing Oasis 'Don't Look Back In Anger' on a loop for hours

"Soon we'll have a peppermint bark origin story. Very dark. Very gritty. I worry about franchise dilution. It used to be about the BARK, man."

Quiz: Which Disney Heroine Are You? (Belle, of course.)

Here are some fun book-related gift ideas.

The Whole Foods Holiday Help site is pretty great.

Whoa: Tiny Flip Books Create A Miniature World In Your Hands

Signs You May Be At Risk For “Space Madness”

Morning Coffee (12/11/14)

Make sure you check out today's Annie Jump Cannon Google doodle.

Enlisted is coming to DVD!!

Shocker: That DNA Evidence Identifying Jack the Ripper Was Wrong After All

"There is no need for the child playing princess to imagine herself as Henry Potter's secret twin sister Henrietta to make herself the hero: the princess is already the hero."

The Elf on the Shelf is the greatest fraud ever pulled on children

I just read and loved Claire Legrand's Nutcracker retelling Winterspell, and she's doing an awesome giveaway.

The Fictional Spinster Classification Index

Hee: Millions Of Holiday Travelers Return From Parents’ Homes All Caught Up On ‘The Mentalist’ (Full disclosure: I watch The Mentalist and my parents do not.)

Morning Coffee (12/10/14)

Yes, Virginia, there is a system of injustice.

How Paperbacks Helped the U.S. Win World War II

NPR's Book Concierge is my favorite.

Cecilia Grant is one of my favorite historical romance authors, and she's got a free Christmas novella out.

Ooh, a Frozen short is coming before Cinderella.

Important Agent Carter information! I will be picking up the nail polish, at least.

Hey Ladies are back!! "My only teeny tiny ish is I would literally never wear a floppy hat."

Heh: Disheartened Man Expected At Least One Text While Checking Phone After Flight

Morning Coffee (12/9/14)

Here's President Obama on The Colbert Report.

Hasidic Enclave Keeps Its Secrets Amid Elusive Rebbe's Tight Control

I need to get reading: I've read none of the Times's 100 notable books of the year and only two of the notable children's books.

Emails Where Shit Got Real

The Comprehensive Guide to Dating a Book Nerd

These statistics about common names are interesting but I'd like to see it with different spellings of the same name combined, as well.

How Well Do You Know “You’ve Got Mail?” (I got two wrong and I'm so ashamed.)

Heee: Local Woman Asked to Leave Friend Group Due to ‘Weak Personal Brand’