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Magpie Monday
Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ Just before the holiday break, I took the official Myers-Briggs Type Indicator through our Career Services office. Many years ago, I’d taken an online version and scored as an … Continue reading
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Tagged At the First Touch of Winter, Awesome People Hanging Out Together, C.A. Belmond, Cabinet des Fees, Chuck Wendig, Daniel James Cox, David Lynch, David Malki!, Elizabeth Hand, fantasy, Galactus, Galactus and the Surfer, Hans Christian Andersen, Hey Oscar Wilde! It's Clobberin' Time, Indyanimation, INFJ, INTJ, io9, Jeff Gurwood, John H. Stevens, Kirsty Stonell Walker, Michael Cho, Michael Oeming, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, Paradise Lost, Parsifal, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Rose Theatre, Russell Brand, Scheherezade's Bequest, Sean Ferrell, Su Blackwell, Summer Fades Away, The Kissed Mouth, The Snow Queen, Theodora Goss, Valentine Cameron Prinsep, Wonder Woman, Wonder Woman Flies over Themiscyra, Wondermark, writing
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Magpie Monday
Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ Kyle Bean made the London Underground map out of drinking straws (click to see larger). Via. ♦ This post has been making the rounds, but I first found it … Continue reading
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Tagged A Girl You Should Date, A Winter Garden, Archibald Lampman, Bill Watterson, Calvin & Hobbes, Gahan Wilson, H.P. Lovecraft, Haruki Murakami, Jeff VanderMeer, Jim Frommeyer, Kate Beaton, Kristy Bowen, Kyle Bean, Laika, Leslie Klinger, Lindsey Stirling, London Underground, Loreena McKennitt, Microeconomics of Poetry, Neil Gaiman, Nick Mamatas, Nnedi Okorafor, Paul Graham, Rachel Friedman, Ralf Hildebrandt, Rosemarie Urquico, Snow, stuff, Teague Chrystie, The Annotated Sandman, The Legend of Zelda, Theodora Goss, To Drive the Cold Winter Away, World Fantasy Award, Wunderkammer, Wuthering Heights
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Magpie Monday
Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ One of my favorite Christmas specials is the Rankin/Bass delight ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas, which I don’t think has ever been as popular as I think it should be. … Continue reading
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Tagged 'Twas the Night Before Christmas, Carl King, Daniel Abraham, Hobo Lobo of Hamelin, Introverts, io9, Joel Grey, Kate Beaton, Kris Kringle, Madame Macabre Shop, Nick Mamatas, Pageant of the Masters, Rankin/Bass, Stevan Živadinović, The Pied Piper, The Rules of Magic, Theodora Goss, Unstuck, Wonder Woman
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Magpie Monday
Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ This week’s Postcard Story by my friend Will Ludwigsen is one of my favorites so far, and I’m not just saying that because he was inspired by a photograph … Continue reading
Posted in About Writing, Magpie Monday
Tagged Baba Yaga, Daniel Clowes, Drive, fantasy, Forest Rogers, Kat Howard, Lev Grossman, National Student Poets program, Peter Orullian, Petrograd, Philip Gelatt, Rasputin, Ryan Gosling, Scott Musgrove, The Daily Superpower, The Snow Maiden, Theodora Goss, Tyler Crook, Will Ludwigsen
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Magpie Monday
Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ At left is my favorite book cover of the week for What It Means to Be Human: Historical Reflections from 1791 to the Present by Joanna Bourke (click to … Continue reading
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Tagged Alison Richards, Cameron Cook, Ellen Kushner, Geoff Ryman, Grimm Brothers Brewhouse, Jo Walton, Joanna Bourke, Little Red Cap, Madolyn, magpie, Neil Gaiman, pie, Pop Art, POV, Roy Lichtenstein, style, The Simpsons, The Warrior Who Carried Life, The Witches of Lublin, Theodora Goss, What It Means to Be Human
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