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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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Tagged 50 Shades of Grey, A Pretty Mouth, Aaron Hamburger, Abed Nadir, Adam Mills, Adventure Time, Alan Moore, Alexandra Petri, Amery Carlson, Angela Still, Anne Enright, Ant-Man, artisan author, astrology, astronomy, bananas, Battling Boy, Beyond the Gate by Terr Light, bibliographics, blogging, book building (art), book collecting, Burke Heffner, Caitlín R. Kiernan, cannibalism (sexual), Carey Farrell, Carol Gluck, Cartoon Cakes, Cathy Day, characterization (writing), cheese, cheesemonger, Chuck Wendig, Community, Cory Doctorow, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Daily Science Fiction, Damien Walter, Darick Robertson, David Malki!, Debbie Brown, depression, Derek Blasberg, Diesel Reviews the World, Doctor Strange, Doctor Strange (movie), Drown by Tora Fisher, E.L. James, Edward & Amelia vs The Vampire King, Elizabeth Hand, Elizabeth Spann Craig, Emily Temple, Eternity (Marvel character), Etiquette & Espionage by Gail Carriger, Evil Dead, evolution, experimental writing, film trailers, flax-golden tales, Fletcher Hanks, Frank Halmans, fromage, Gail Carriger, Garfield Minus Garfield, Genevieve Valentine, Golden Age Bakery, grand mal seizure, Grant Snider, Gravity by Sara Bareilles, Guardians of the Galaxy, Handwritten Letter Helpers, Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters, Hogwarts Library, home libraries (design), Hubble telescope, Irene Gallo, Jeff Gordiner, Jim Jones, José Guízar, Juan Diego Solanas, Kevin Feige, Kevin Sharkey, Kirsten Larson (American Girl doll), L. Jamal Walton, libraries (fictional), Library of Babel, lightning, lightning storms, Little Red Robin Hood by Melissa Mead, Lucha Libre, Lucien's Library, Lynda Carter, Mary Robinette Kowal, Michael Rockefeller, Michel Gondry, Molly Tanzer, Mood Indigo, multitasking, Murder Mysteries (story), music videos, Myke Cole, Neil Gaiman, New York Public Library, optical illusions, ornithology, outlining, Oxford comma, Paul Pope, Perfect Pairs by Erin Morgenstern, Philip Kenney, poetry, red-bellied woodpecker, Revenge: Eleven Dark Tales, Richard Davies, Ron Jones, Russell Hinson, Ryley Swan, Sedna (planet), serial comma, Shadow Ops: Fortress Frontier, Sheldon Cooper, short stories (Irish), Something More Than Night by Ian Tregillis, Soulless by Gail Carriger, Stephen Sonneveld, Stepping Stone and The Love Machine, Storybird, Sunnydale High Library, Susan Steinberg, Sylvia Toth, the Beast's library (Disney), The Big Bang Theory, The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, The Doll's House, The Exterminator by Erik B. Scott, The Fearless Defenders, The Knights of Badassdom, The Last Hour of the Bengal Tiger by Yoko Ogawa, The Library (planet), The mMod by Ken Liu, the monastery library (Umberto Eco), The Month of Letters Challenge, The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe REDUXE Edition, The Powerpuff Girls, The Sandman, Theodora Goss, Tim Callahan, Tor.com, Tourtes, Transmetropolitan, typography, Upside Down (film), Valkyrie, Virginia Woolf, Walter Mosley, Warren Ellis, Weird Fiction Review, What to Expect when You're Expecting an Alien Parasite by Rebecca Adams Wright, Will Ludwigsen, Will Sliney, Will Staehle, Wonder Woman, Wondermark, xkcd, Zack Smith
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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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Magpie Monday
Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ I came across Kris Kuksi‘s elaborately detailed sculptures about two years ago, and for some reason unknown even to me I didn’t do any further research on him. Clearly, … Continue reading →
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Tagged Alex Ross, Alfred Stieglitz, AlphaBooks, Andrew Neal, Assassin's Creed, Assassin's Creed Meets Parkour in Real Life, Athenaeum by J★RYU, author photos, Awesome People Reading, Axel Medellin Machain, Ben Towle, bird funerals, book cover art, BookRiot, bookstores, Chuck Wendig, comic books (organization), Daily Science Fiction, Deepa Mehta, Divination & Delusion, Don't Write Comics, Downton Abbey (Season 3), El Ateneo in Buenos Aires, Electric Velocipede, Elizabeth Hand, Errantry: Strange Stories (cover art), fairy-tale films, fake foreign accents, film trailers, For They Heard the First Sound and Trembled by Jessica Breheny, Game of Thrones (theme song), Georgia O'Keeffe, Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters, J★RYU, John Bishop, Jonathan Rosenbaum, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Julie Ditrich, KellyThompson, Kris Kuksi, Le Parkour, Leah Palmer Preiss, Let's All Sing like the Birdies Sing by Paul G. Di Filippo, Lindsey Stirling, Marc Basile, Medusa, Michael Cunningham, Midnight's Children, Overheard at The Platonic Ideal Bar and Grill by Aimee Vanessa Blume, Paul Muad'Dib (Dune), Peter Hollens, post-genre, Rachelle Gardner, Richard Scarry, Rotofugi Gallery, Salman Rushdie, sculpture, sex (19th century euphemisms), sex (writing), sexual promiscuity, Small Beer Press, style guides, testosterone, The Ghost of You Haunted Me... by J★RYU (exhibit), The Mobius Garden by James Bambury, The Taste of Salt by Rachel Halpern, The Voice Is All: The Lonely Victory of Jack Kerouac by Joyce Johnson (cover art), Trouble Magazine, Will Ludwigsen, William Moulton Marston, Wonder Woman (TV series), zombies
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