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Magpie Monday

Posted on 15 July 2013 by Robert

Happy Magpie Monday, everyone! ♦ THE NINTH ART. For me, the big comics news last week (well, the week before last; I ran out of space and time to post everything I wanted to last week) was the reveal of … Continue reading →

Posted in Magpie Monday | Tagged Adam Hughes, Angel, Austenland, Barbara A. Barnett, Barefoot Contessa, Batman: Hoarder, beer-flavored marshmallows, Beware the Batman, Bite Club, Black Canary, Blade Runner, Bon Appétit, book trailers, Cake Central, Cartoon Network, Cécile Cristofari, chocolate peanut butter truffle pie, Clyde S. Shield, coconut cupcakes, coconut mojitos, coconut sorbet, crispy chocolate marshmallow treats, Daily Science Fiction, Dame Helen Mirren, Damn Fine Coffee, David G. Uffelman, DC Nation Shorts, Death Star, eating alone, Edgar Wright, Erin Morgenstern, Everyday Food, flax-golden tales, frozen strawberry bars, Geoff Johns, George Pérez, Gina Torres, Harry Potter, Hawgirl, Holly Black, How Sweet It Is, J.H. Williams III, J.K. Rowling, Jabba the Hutt (cake) AT-AT (cake), Jay Larson, Joy the Baker, Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Kazu Kibuishi, Kerry Callen, lasagna grilled cheese, Letters of Note, Machine Man, Mailbooks for Good, Martha Stewart, Matt Mikalatos, Melissa Mead, mint sugar, Mockingbird, neOnicO, oneoffkritik, OpenBook Chair, Pastry Affair, pie, Pokémon, PopChartLab, pub snacks, raspberry shortcakes, Rorscharch, s'mores, Saga, Sandman, sandwiches, Speedrun, Studio Tilt, Super Punch, Susan Palwick, Teen Titans, The Atom, The Coldest Girl in Coldtown, The Giant-Size Omnibus of Superpowers, The Grandmaster, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, The Phantom Stranger, The Sandman: Overture, The Super Team Family Blog, The World's End, Tor.com, Toxic Sweets Shop, Trinity War, Twin Peaks, Two Delighted, Wonder Woman | Comments Off

Magpie Monday on Thursday: Art Objects

Posted on 11 July 2013 by Robert

For Angela Still, who celebrates another year of fabulousness today! ◊ BABA YAGA. As you know, I adore Baba Yaga. I can’t tell you why, but I do. And I also adore Forest Rogers’ work, and I especially adore her … Continue reading →

Posted in Magpie Monday | Tagged 20000 Leagues Under the Sea, A Game of Thrones, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Amherst College, Andy Warhol, Angela Deufresne, assemblage sculpture, Baba Yaga, Bela Borsodi, Benjamin Lacombe, Bill Viola, Bleeding Cool, Boing Boing, book trailers, Bruce Nauman, Chantal Akerman, Chris Burden, Christian Marclay, clockwork, Coco Fusco and Paula Heredia, Colin Campbell, collage, Cory Arcangel, Dan Graham, David Hall, Eija-Liisa Ahtila, Ellie Lane, Flavorwire, Forest Rogers, Gary Hill, General Idea, Gillian Wearing, Illustration Master Class, Jamie Diamond, Jeremy Meyer, Joan Jonas, John Baldessari, John William Keedy, Jon Uriarte, Joseph Beuys, Justin Gershenson-Gates, Kevin LCK, Lisa Steele, Little Red Riding Hood, mantis, Marina Abramovic and Ulay, Martha Rosler, Matthew Barney, Matthew Rose, Meg Cowell, Memory Palace, Miranda July, Modern Eden Gallery, My Modern Met, Nam Jun Paik, Omer Fast, Paco Pomet, Peter Campus, Peter Weibel, Pipilotti Rist, Richard Serra, Scott McCloud, sculpture, Soey Milk, surrealism, The Graveyard Book, The Nostalgist, The Ocean at the End of the Lane, The Unwrapped Sky, Tom Gauld, Tor.com, Vasilisa, video art, Vito Acconci, VLP, William Wegman, Wolf Vostell | Comments Off

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

Posted on 10 July 2013 by Robert

Tasty tidbits to make hump day humpalicious! ◊ ANGRY WATERMELONS. Fans of watermelon might enjoy this Angry Birds watermelon carving from the National Watermelon Promotion Board. Are Angry Birds still “in”? And did anyone know we had a National Watermelon … Continue reading →

Posted in Magpie Monday | Tagged 2-Ethylphenol, Aaron Hamburger, Angry Birds, Anything But Vanilla, bourbon, cake, chicken and waffles, Cinnabons, citrus iced tea (recipe), coffee, Conjurer's Kitchen, cupcakes, Dexter (cake), Dexter (TV series), Everyday Food, food carving, Game of Thrones, Half-Baked Harvest, ice-cream sandwiches, Japan, Joy the Baker, ketchup, marshmallows, melons, milkshakes, Miss Cakehead, Mom on Timeout, National Watermelon Promotion Board, nectarine sorbet, Pastry Affair, pizza, potato salad, Putrescine, s'mores, Serious Eats, sugar skulls, tarts, Thug Kitchen, Tikkido, Up (film), watermelon, wedding cakes, Will Ludwigsen, Yoda | Comments Off

Magpie Monday on Tuesday: Viewers’ Paradise & Science!

Posted on 9 July 2013 by Robert

Fun film and TV bits (with special science guests at the end of the post): ◊ TRAILERS! Anne Fontaine’s Adore looks to be intense and uncomfortable, as well as intensely uncomfortable and uncomfortably intense. The subject matter may put off … Continue reading →

Posted in Magpie Monday | Tagged 3D-printed cast, Adore (film), AFI, Alisa Stern, American Film Institute, Andrei Tarkovsky, Ann Makosinski, Anne Fontaine, birds, Cameron Cook, cognitive decline, creepy, Dave Franco, David Lynch, Doctor Who, Dorothy Michaels, Dustan Hoffman, Evangeline Lilly, film trailers, Francesca Ramos, hawkmoths, Helen Mirren, Inland Empire, James Cameron, James Franco, Joan Crawford, John Hurt, King Cobra, Laika, Lee Daniels, morning breath, Naomi Watts, North Pole, Nuri Bilge Ceylan, plagiarism, Possessed (1931), puppets, reading, Robin Wright, Sharknado, sterility, stop-motion animation, sugary foods, The BoxTrolls, The Butler, The Doctor Puppet, The Hobbit (film), thermoelectics, Thuriel, Tootsie | Comments Off

Magpie Monday

Posted on 8 July 2013 by Robert

Monday morning has broken, like the first morning Magpie has spoken, like the first bird* Welcome to another week-long Magpie Monday fest (well, Friday is only Video Friday, but a week full of posts!). Please to enjoy these dainty dishes … Continue reading →

Posted in About Writing, Magpie Monday | Tagged A Series of Unfortunate Events, Alice Munro, Ampisound, Amy Winfrey, Andi Smith, Apex Magazine, armor, Benjamin Roy Lambert, bonsai trees, book shelves, bookcases, Brit Mandelo, Cat Stevens, Catherynne M. Valente, Cathy Day, Christopher Barzak, Colin Heck, Convos with My 2-Year Old, Daily Science Fiction, Dale Irby, Damien Walters Grintalis, Das ist mir Wurst (This is sausage to me), Dave Waite, Derrick Brown, Dominique Whitten, Edward & Amelia vs The Vampire King, Erin Morgenstern, female power, first-draft maps, flax-golden tales, Georgina Bruce, Gloria Bigelow, Grant Lyon, Grant Snider, Haikus of Regret, Henrietta Bean, io9, It Gets Better, It Gets Worse, J.D. Hancock, J.T. Howard, James Kingston, Jane Yolen, Jaym Gates, Kate Lebo, Ken To, Lady Snowblood, Lee Hallison, Letters of Note, Lightspeed, Liz Belsky, Louise Richardson, Marly Youmans, Marnie Bullock Dresser, Maureen McGovern, Nathan Ballingrud, Neil Gaiman, neo-noir fiction, Nightmare Magazine, ninjas, parkour, PetaPixel, Poets & Writers, readings, Richard Burton, Rusell Hinson, Samuel Bean, samurai, Sarah Monette, social media, Stephen P. Kiernan, Steve Grand, Susanna Bean, Sydney Smith, Terri Windling-Gayton, The Goblin Market, The Lord of the Rings Online, The Mary Sue, The Nymphs, The Ocean at the End of the Lane, The Puzzle Tombstone, Tina Fey, Tom Gauld, Tommy James & The Shondells, Tor.com, Usman T. Malik, vercingertorix09, Violet Baudelaire, Wanda Sykes, Weird Fiction Review, Wesley Burt, Will Ludwigsen, William Shakespeare | Comments Off

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