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Magpie Monthly — June 2015
Here I am again, trying out something different–a monthly magpie post. Above is a video of an Australian magpie (Sqwark) and a pup (Whiskey) playing in the yard. Irredeemably cute. Many thanks to Laura, who recently re-linked to this video … Continue reading →
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Tagged Agatha Christie, Al Kaplan, Alexey Kondakov, Alison Bechdel, Ashley Mardell, Bachata, Belmont Public Library for the Birds, Benjamin Blue, Beyoncé, Bryce Dallas Howard, Cracked, David Lynch, Emily Dickinson, Frazey Ford, Fun Home, Gabriele Bella, Guillermo del Toro, Hollyfood, James Whitlow Delano, Jessica Chastain, Jessica Chastain: The Musical (Bryce Dallas Howard), Jon Kaplan, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Kevin Cwalina, Lev Grossman, Lizzie Borden, Lucifer, macarons, Mallory Ortberg, Mark Doty, Mark Manson, Marnie Bullock Dresser, Midori Snyder, Mike Carey, Miss Marple, Naomi Shihab Nye, Nick Mamatas, Nicolas Knepper, Omaha, Rebecca Flowers, Ricky & Doris, Sydney Lucas, The Be Good Tanyas, The Black Hours, The Magicians, The Morgan Library & Museum, The Mystery Mailman of Omaha, The Onion, The Sandman, The Toast, Tom Downey, Tom Ellis, Tom Gauld, Tom Hiddleston, Tony Awards 2015, Twin Peaks
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Magpie Monday
Welcome to the week, people! Here are the shiny bits that caught my eye last week—please to enjoy! ♦ THE NINTH ART. Super Team Family‘s mash-up of the Vixen and Black Panther last week was great to see. I have … Continue reading →
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Tagged Amber Tamblyn, Apex Magazine, Ask Baba Yaga, Batgirl, Batman, Battling Boy, Black Panther, book art, book vending machines, Brianne Drouhard, Caitlín R. Kiernan, Chad R. Allen, Christopher Barzak, Chuck Wendig, Cliff Chiang, Collective Perception Photography, Colleen Doran, Daily Science Fiction, Dame Judi Dench, David Cross, Demeter's Spicebox, Dennis Danvers, Devil's Lake, Disclosure, e.h., Eliza Dolittle, Emma Osborne, Emma Taylor, empty modifiers, Enchanted Conversation, Eric Himan, Erica L. Satifka, Erin Morgenstern, film trailers, flax-golden tales, Gail Carriger, Gail Simone, Guillermo del Toro, Gynotician, Harry Potter, How I Live Now, Jane Espenson, Jeff Lemire, Justice League, Kathryn Felice Board, Kazu Kibuishi, Kendare Blake, Kevin Pickett, literary fiction, Loni Klara, Maria Hummer, Marnie Bullock Dresser, Michelle M. Denham, Molly Brooks, Mr. Freeze, Mythic Delirium, narrative expectation, National Book Lover's Day, Offbeat Bride, Paul Pope, Philomena, Pochiko Ho, publishing, Rachael Acks, rattenkönig (or rat kings), Robyn, Ron Perlman, Ryan Gosling, Saorise Ronan, Sara Bareilles, Sharon Needles, Sherlock, Snoop Dogg, Taisia Kitaiskaia, Tampa, The Crane Wife, The Doctor Puppet, The Drowning Girl: A Memoir, The Piano, The Super Team Family Blog, The Vixen, The Wasp, Tina Connolly, Toby Barlow, Tor.com, Trillium, Warren Ellis, weddings, Wonder Woman
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Magpie Monday
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 →
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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
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Magpie Monday
All that was bright and shiny in my eye last week (with more to come on Wednesday)… ♦ THE BOOK NOOK. I love how the shelf dividers curve at the ceiling in the Greenlight Bookstore in Brooklyn, NYC. Via.
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Tagged 300, 300: Rise of an Empire, A Visit to the House on Terminal Hill by Elizabeth Knox, Alexander Puvilland, Arianrhod, Avengers: Endless Wartime, Beth Galton, Bibliophilism (2006) by Pamela Paulsrud, Billy Paul, book stacking, butterbeer cupcakes, Captain Marvel, Carolina Charm, cauliflower, Chuck Wendig, Complaint of Achilles' Heel by Charles Jensen, cookies, Criterion, Cut Food (photographic series), Daily Science Fiction, Dude Food Magic Bars, Elizabeth Spann Craig, Elysium, Emily Blunt, Farrar Strauss & Giroux, flax-golden tales, Frank Bidart, Galactus, Greenlight Bookstore (Brooklyn), Hades, Howards End, Hunger, In A World..., iTray, Jason Keith, Jason Kong, Jodie Foster, Joe Hill, John Green, Jordan Mechner, Kali, Katana, Keanu Reeves, Kindle Fire skins, Kristin Rosenau, La Belle et la Bête, Lady Elocutionist, Lake Bell, LeUyen Pham, Man of Tai Chi, Marnie Bullock Dresser, Me and Mrs. Jones (song), Michael Bublé, Mike Lewis, Mike McKone, Ned Vizzini, Neil Gaiman, Nightcrawler, Note to Self by Hans Hergot, org, Paul Kirsch, Persephone, Peter M. Lenkov, Pictures in Crayon by Elizabeth Shack, Pine Bark, poets, Porn & Revolution in the Peaceable Kingdom by Micaela Morrissette, Post by Molly Brooks, R.I.P.D., Reba McIntire, Rebecca Joines Schinsky, Rest In Peace Department, Rosemary's Baby, Seven-Layer Bars, sexism and misogyny, Shadow Man by Cynthia D. Grant, Six Fairy Tales for the Modern Woman by Renee Lupica, strawberry sour cream pie, sundried tomato, Superman, TARDIS, tempeh, Templar (graphic novel), Templar Knights, The Hairpin, The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia (song), The Ocean at the End of the Lane, The Royal Tenenbaums, The Super Team Family Blog, The Tiny Maybe-Witches Down the Street by Erin Morgenstern, The Vintner's Luck, The Walking Ched, Theodora Goss, Three Wishes by Melissa Mead, Thug Kitchen, Tom Gauld, Tor.com, True Love by Alex Shvartsman, Twitter, Twitter poetry, Vicki Lawrence, Warren Ellis, What Is True by Ben Kopel, witches, Wolverine, Wonder Woman, writing advice, YO! burger, YO! Sushi, Zen Pencils, Zombie Burger + Drink Lab
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Magpie Monday
“Darkness cannot put out darkness; only light can do that…. [H]ate is too great a burden to bear. I have decided to love.” ~Martin Luther King, Jr. Also: “This whole world is wild at heart and weird on top.” ~David … Continue reading →
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Tagged Alan Moore, albino peacock, An Exaltation of Larks, Angora rabbit, Apollo Robbins, banana ice cream, battle (writing), book shelves, bookcases, Brian Wood, Cameron Cook, Casting Call by Alexandra Grunberg, Cathy Day, Chuck Wendig, Classic Double Challenge 2013, Claudia Noble, coffee, Colby Marshall, collective nouns, Colleen Doran, D.B. Cooper, Daily Science Fiction, David Lynch, DC Women Kicking Ass, Deep Down by Deborah Coates, Diesel Reviews the World, dollhouse in a guitar, Downsizing Pluto by Shane Halbach, echidna, edible packaging, Edward & Amelia vs The Vampire King, Elizabeth Hand, Eric Standley, Ernest Hemingway, Fairy Meadows Miniatures, film trailers, Fisher Space Pen, flax-golden tales, folklore (Japanese), free will, glittens, Golden Globes 2013, Grant Snider, greng-jai, Helen Mirren, Hi-Fructose, Hydnellum peckii, illusion, In Search Of (TV show), In Search Of and Others, io9, Isaac Cordal, Jodie Foster, Jubilee, Kitty Pryde, koi no yokan, Lena Dunham, Leonard Nimoy, Lethe Press, libraries, London Underground, Magic & Good Madness: A Neil Gaiman Reread, Malissa Kent, Marilyn Monroe, Marnie Bullock Dresser, Martin Luther King Jr., Michele Catalano, miniatures, Misty Knight, Myke Cole, near-lightspeed travel, Neil Gaiman, Night Shade Books, No Return, Oliver Coipel, One-Horned & Wild-Eyed by Manual Gonzales, PegaPop, phantom limbs, pickpockets, PoL Úbeda Hervàs, Preludes and Nocturnes, procrastination (positive), psychics, Psylocke, Publishers Weekly, Quantum Entanglement by Rajan Khanna, Rachel Grey, Rachelle Gardner, Rebel Angels by Michele Lang, Red 2 (trailer), rejection, rejection letters, Robbie Trevino, Rogue (X-Men), Russell Hinson, Safo Sofa, seahorse, Searching for Sugar Man, Shadowhawk, shampoo and physics, Shane Carruth, She-Hulk, Slitten Gorge by Conrad Williams, social media marketing, Star Trek (evolution), Star Trek: The Next Generation, Storm (X-Men), strawberries and cream, The Beastmaster (film), the bleeding tooth fungus, the Devil's tooth, The Fearless Defenders, The Great Alan Moore Reread, The Light at the Edge of the World by Erin Morgenstern, The Miniature Wife, the red-juice tooth, The Remnant by Cassie Beasley, The Robin Hood Foundation (Library Initiative), The Sandman, The Simpsons, The Smithsonian, The Super Team Family Blog, The Winter Witch by Paula Brackston, The Witch's Daughter by Paula Brackston, The Wyrd for Water is Water by Marie Croke, Thomas Barbèy, Tim Callahan, Tor.com, Tunguska Event, Twitter, Upstream Color (trailer), Valkyrie, vampires, warfare (writing), Weird Fiction Review, When We Were Heroes by Daniel Abraham, Will Ludwigsen, winged devourers, Wonder Woman, Wool by Hugh Howey, writing (by hand), writing (dialogue), X-Men, Zachary Jernigan, Zack Kopplin, Ze Frank
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