Author Archives: Robert

Happy Fourth of July!

Posted on 4 July 2013 by Robert

Happy Fourth of July to all Americans here and abroad! ♦ FIREWORKS!

Posted in Happy Fourth of July | Tagged cocktails, Duct Tape Surfing, firecracker cakelettes, fireworks, gay rights, Mark Tipple, New York City, Pascale Honore, Pop Rocks, smoothies, Star-Spangled Banner Bars, Statue of Liberty, Tyron Swan, Venn pieagram | Comments Off

Magpie Monday on Wednesday: Someone’s in the Kitchen….

Posted on 3 July 2013 by Robert

Let’s stuff ourselves full today, shall we? You know, for Liberty. ♦ HELPFUL TIPS. Typically, people use a little citric acid (lemon juice, sometimes lime, I suppose) to keep fruit from browning, like apples, pears, or avocados (or even potatoes). … Continue reading →

Posted in Magpie Monday | Tagged Alice in Wonderland (cakes), America's Test Kitchen, baby carrots, bacon & mac dog, bacon egg and toast cups, bacon potato pie, burriot rolling, Calvin & Hobbes (cakes), Charm City Cakes, cocktails, Cookie Cowgirl, dinner rolls, Doctor Who (cookies), donut cake, foaming toilet candy, granola (homemade), honey-water bath, iced coffee, Japan, John Green, lemon drop, Lord of the Rings (cupcakes), McDonald's, Neil Gaiman, oreo, paninis, popsicles, portabello mushrooms, preventing fruit from browning, recipes, rice paddy art, s'mores, scones, Sno Ball, summer rolls, The Bunny Baker, The Ocean at the End of the Lane, Twinkie, Wir Machen Cupcakes | Comments Off

Magpie Monday on Tuesday: The Book Nook

Posted on 2 July 2013 by Robert

Today is a magpie’s nest of book links! ♦ SHELF BY SHELF. I need more bookshelves, stat! Like the floor-to-ceiling kind. Like yesterday. Like these fine examples right here:

Posted in Magpie Monday | Tagged A Clockwork Orange, A.S. Byatt, Angela Carter, Angela Carter's Book of Wayward Girls and Wicked Women, Angels & Insects, Anthony Burgess, book cover art, Book Mania!, book shelves, bookcases, Bookfession, card catalogs, Edward Burne-Jones, Elvis Presley, EmilyTemple, Flavorwire, Frankenstein, Franz Kafka, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Jane Austen, Kate Chopin, Kazu Kibuishi, literary calendars, Mary Shelley, Mira Stout, Naomi Shiek, Nicholas Shakespeare, Possession: A Romance, Pride and Prejudice, Share Your Shelf, sweettasteofbitter, The Awakening, The Beguiling of Merlin, The Children's Hour, The Metamorphosis | Comments Off

Magpie Monday

Posted on 1 July 2013 by Robert

All that was bright and shiny in my eye last week…. *I’ll have a full slate of posts again this week, so check back tomorrow, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday for more tantalizing tidbits. ♦ TURN THE PAGE. Looking for a … Continue reading →

Posted in About Writing, Magpie Monday | Tagged A Softer World, Andrew Gilstrap, Anne Tyler, aspect ratio, Audrey Tautou, author photos, Bart van Es, Batman, Batman/Superman (preview), Bee Wilson, bees, bidets, Bill Bernbach, Boing Boing, book promotion, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Byzantium (film), calories, Cate Blanchett, Catwoman, chatelaine, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Chuck Wendig, Consider the Fork, Daily Science Fiction, Dalek dress, Dave Hax, Dave McKean, deer doing odd things, Elizabeth I, Elizabeth Spann Craig, Elizabeth: The Golden Age, elves, Emily Horne, Erin Morgenstern, Erin Underwood, Ernest Hemingway, escapism, Farah Mendlesohn, Fascinating, fetuses, film trailers, flax-golden tales, Gail Carriger, Grá Linnaea, Hall and Oates, Harry Potter, Heiresses of Russ, Helen Mirren, Hogarth Shakespeare, io9, Iron Man 3, J.M. Sidorova, James McAdam, Jeanette Winterson, Jeff Pruitt, Jem and the Holograms, Joey Comeau, John Hess, Joseph Campbell, Jug Face (film), lava, Leonard Woolf, Letters of Note, lightning deaths, Luca Parmitano, Madéleine ♥ Flores, Madeline Ashby, mantis shrimp, Marissa Meyer, Matt Smith, Melissa Mead, memory, Monomyth, motivational penguin, Neil Gaiman, Neil Jordan, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, outlining, Paula Treick DeBoard, Radio Free Other, Red 2, Richard Lee Byers, Robin Mizell, Safe Bedside Table, Seinfeld, Shirley Jackson, shirt folding, snow leopards, Spock, Superman, Tara Calaby, Terry Jacks, The DeFranco Family, The Fall (film), The Film Doctor, The Hobbit (film), The Mourning Hours, The Ocean at the End of the Lane, The Sandman, The Super Team Family Blog, The Wasp, Thérèse, Toni Tesori, Tor.com, universe colliding, Virginia Woolf, Vita Sackville-West, William Shakespeare, Wonder Woman, World War Z | Comments Off

Video Friday

Posted on 28 June 2013 by Robert

This Friday also brings more animation. I thought these shorts were fun to watch and well made to boot. Happy Friday, everyone! First is Full Moon, a short by Guy Garibian and Revital Laufer that was their “graduation film for … Continue reading →

Posted in Video Friday | Tagged Alfred Skimmy Celebrates Christmas (short film), Alfred Skimmy's Catch of the Day (short film), animation, Antoine Robert, Dorianne Fibleuil, Erick Oh, Full Moon (short film), Guy Garibian, Heart (short film), Le Taxidermiste (short film), Maud Sertour, Paulin Cointot, Peter Lowey, Revital Laufer, stop-motion animation | Comments Off

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