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Magpie Monday
Internet-access problems have been resolved and the first week of classes has been put to bed and now the blog is back. As usual, the last couple of weeks have yielded all manner of shiny bits and bobs worthy of … Continue reading →
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Magpie Monday on Tuesday: Art Objects
I’ve collected so many art links that I couldn’t quite decide what to use for Magpie Monday, so I’ve opted to spread the art-link love to two days this week (check back on Thursday for another installment). ◊ Leontine Greenberg … Continue reading →
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Tagged amusement parks, clowns, Cory Doctorow, costume designs, Damn Fine Coffee, David Smith, Ellen Jewett, Emily Ann Watson, Erin Morgenstern, face-recognition technology, Heidi Taillefer, Hikaru Cho, John Kenn Mortensen, Leontine Greenberg, make-up, masks (disturbing), Musée du Quai Branly, Roq La Rue Gallery, Ryan Heshka, Theodora Goss, Twin Peaks, Wayne Adams
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Magpie Monday
Check out this lovely magpie painting by Frank Gonzales! I’ll have another Magpie Monday on Wednesday post this week, so do stop back by to have a look! ♦ VIEWERS’ PARADISE. People, I am really excited that the third series … Continue reading →
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Magpie Monday
“How much better is silence; the coffee cup, the table. How much better to sit by myself like the solitary sea-bird that opens its wings on the stake. Let me sit here for ever with bare things, this coffee cup, … Continue reading →
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Magpie Monday
Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ Marking Time. I am obsessed with calendars. Not too obsessed, mind you, but I have four wall calendars and two desk calendars at home and another wall calendar in the office. … Continue reading →
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Tagged "Who Could That Be at This Hour?", Adam Gallardo, Adam Mills, Adam Rex, Alison Ann Woodward, Angela Still, Anthony Hopkins, Archie comics, Aslan Malik, Balder, bee models (19th century), bees, Ben Franklin, Beneath 360, blinking, book cover art, book shelves, bookcases, Brooke Graddon, Buii, Caitlín R. Kiernan, calendars, cannibalism (medicinal), Carey Farrell, characterization (writing), Chip Kidd, Chris Ware, Chthon, Chu's Day, Chuck Wendig, copyright, corn flakes, Cory Doctorow, Daily Science Fiction, Daniel Merriam, Dave McKean, Death Before Dishonor by Shannon Leight, Downton Abbey, Dr. Louis Thomas Jerôme Auzoux (1797-1880), Edward & Amelia vs The Vampire King, Elizabeth Spann Craig, Etiquette & Espionage by Gail Carriger, Evan Shaner, flax-golden tales, food sweaters, gene patenting, Gertrude Yorkes of the Runaways, Grant Snider, Green Lantern, Greer Gilman, Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters, He Could Be Ambrose Bierce by Shaenon Kelty Garrity, heirloom pop-up book, Hyperion, hypothermia, Ian Withrow, In the White of the Snow by Mark Patrick Lynch, Intestate by Charlie Jane Anders, io9, Ivy Rose by Dan Hart, Jabberwocky, James Patrick Kelly, Jason Reeves, John Harvey Kellogg, Joyce Carol Oates, Justice League, Kate Beaton, Kyle Roberts, Lemony Snicket, letters, libraries, Life in Space by Leslie Jane Anderson, Lightspeed, Luis Guerrero, Magma, Malissa Kent, marshmallows, Matthew Broderick, metaphors, Meyers-Briggs, Michael Bukowski, Molly Hayes/Bruiser of the Runaways, MTO, Neil Gaiman, Oblivion (film), optical illusions, Orange-spotted Tiger Clearwing, pandas, Patricio Oliver, Paul Kirsch, Phantom Eye Syndrome, pizza (cutting), Please Look After This Angel by Tansy Rayner Roberts, Poppies by Megan Lee Beals, psychopaths, Pubslush, resolutions for writers, Russell Hinson, SAD, Salvage by K.S. Dearsley, Seth, Sheila Boneham, Shirley Jackson, short films (writing), SketchEmily by reenin, Slinkachu, Sniperphotog, snow scenes in literature, So Far Faithful by Sarah Kanning, stop-motion animation, Strange Horizons, Sutured Infection, T. Coraghessan Boyle, Tanith Lee, Tansy Rayner Roberts, Taylor Preston, Teres Frohock, The Beginning of the World Again by Erin Morgenstern, The Cries of the Dead and Dying by Sarah Goslee, The Dead Letter Office by Matthew Marinett, The Film Doctor, The Great Alan Moore Reread, The Hades Hotline by Alex Petri, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, The Miracle on Tau Prime by Alex Shvartsman, The Ocean at the End of the Lane, The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe REDUXE Edition, The Race by Sadie Mattox, The Road to Wellville, The Sounds of Old Earth by Matthew Kressel, The Subatomic Fiber-Optic Deconstruction/Construction Transportation Chamber by Dylan Otto Krider, The Super Team Family Blog, The Venus Effect, Theodora Goss, Tim Callahan, Tiny Lives by Alan Baxter, Tom Cruise, Tom Daley, Tom Gauld, Tools to Build the Stars by Erin Morgenstern, Tor.com, Victoria Vincent, Warren Ellis, Weird Science Fiction, werewolves (genetics), When She Is Empty by Damien Walters Grintalis, Where the Wonder Women Are, Will Ludwigsen, William Morris, Wing by Amal El-Mohtar, Wisdom for the New Year by Erin Morgenstern, Wonder Woman, writer's block, X-Men (cartoon), Zachary Jernigan
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