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Magpie Monday

Posted on 29 July 2013 by Robert

Ah, the last few days of July, soon to give way to what will possibly be some true dog days of Summer. In light of that, let’s stay indoors and enjoy the treasures brought to us by the interwebs all … Continue reading →

Posted in Magpie Monday | Tagged Abbey Library of St. Gall (Switzerland), advice columns, Allen Butt, Anakana Schofield, animation, Aquaman, Art Baltazar, Ask Baba Yaga, Aubrey Plaza, Aw Yeah Comics, Awesome People Reading, Baba Yaga, band names, Beautiful Libraries, Beauty and the Beast (song), Benedict Cumberbatch, bernardk78, Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam, Book Mania!, Building a library is the sanest form of hoarding. - Rachel's mother, Burka Avenger, Caitlín R. Kiernan, Cameron Cook, Canadian Library of Parliament (Ottawa), Carlo Carlei, Catherynne M. Valente, Celia Basto, chapter length, Charles Xavier, Charlize Theron, Charlotte Brontë, Charlotte Rampling, Chateau de Fontainebleau, Chuck Palahniuk, Chuck Wendig, Corey Hart, cupcakes, Cynthia Kraack, D. Thomas Minton, Daily Science Fiction, Daria, Daria's High School Reunion, DC Women feminism, DC Women Kicking Ass, Donal Ryan, Dr. Beverly Crusher, dubstep, dust jackets, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Edward & Amelia vs The Vampire King, Elizabeth Spann Craig, Emily Asher-Perrin, Emily Brontë, Emmanuelle, Eric Brown, Erin Morgenstern, Evangeline Walton, Fight Club, file types, film trailers, Flavia Dzodan, flax-golden tales, Franco, Gail Simone, gallery walls, Gates McFadden, George R. R. Martin, Greg Ruth, Hayley Atwell, how about we don't do things?, How German Sounds Compared To Other Languages, Hugo Weaving, I do NOT have too many books!, Ian McKellan, Idris Elba, If Anyone Falls (song), image-wrap covers, Instead of doing things, Iron Man, Iron Man 3, Itty Bitty Hellboy, jacketless hardcovers, James McAvoy, Jane Eyre, Jeffrey Ford, Jill Harness, John Jude Palencar, John Stewart (Green Lantern), Joseph Huppard, Kelly Link, Kunstkammer (Cabinet of Curiosity), kylaiajmaa, la Bibliothèque de Napoleon, Labyrinth, Liam Neeson, libraries, Linda Sienkiewicz, Lisa Romeo, LitReactor, Little Book of Rules, Loki, Louis XVI, Madéleine ♥ Flores, Maggie Smith, Magneto, Man Booker Prize, Marc-Antoine Poulin, Martha Stewart, Marvel One Shot: Agent Carter, Marvel Women feminism, Michael Fassbender, Michelle Dean, Mike Jacobsen, Minerva McGonagall, motivation, movie posters, music videos, Napoleon, Niccolò Machiavelli, No, OCD, Once Upon a Blog, Orphan Black, Patrick Stewart, prop library, Rachelle Gardner, reading nooks, rejection, Romeo and Juliet (2013), Rose Byrne, Rose Lemberg, Runaway Bunny, Russell Hinson, Sarah Pinsker, SFCB, Share Your Shelf, She Walks in Darkness, Sherlock, Stand Back (song), Star Trek: The Next Generation, Steampunk, Steven Mathes, Stevie Nicks, story methods (unconventional), StreetDance, Sunglasses at Night (song), Superhero Tan Lines, Suzanne Strempek Shea, Taisia Kitaiskaia, The Hairpin, The Lost Boy, The Super Team Family Blog, The Turning, The Watcher, Thomas Canty, Thor, Tim Winton, Tom Canty, Tom Gauld, Tor.com, traditional gender rolls, Two Delighted, Uatu, unclutterer, USB dead drop, Warren Ellis, Watchmen, weddings, What Rachel Reads, Wonder Woman, word count, writing space, Wuthering Heights, X-Men: Days of Future Past, you're too old for this crap | 1 Comment

Video Friday

Posted on 5 July 2013 by Robert

A couple of animated shorts that will (I hope) make you smile a little as you start your Friday. Chicken or The Egg, a student film by Christine Kim and Elaine Wu, is irrepressibly charming. Everything works so well! Via.

Posted in Video Friday | Tagged animation, Candace Reckinger, Chicken or The Egg, Christine Kim, Elaine Wu, Jeff Lynne, Michael Patterson, Mr. Blue Sky, music videos, short films | Comments Off

Video Friday

Posted on 21 June 2013 by Robert

Today it’s all about stop-motion animation, a technique I love and admire (can you imagine the patience it takes to film a stop-motion film?). Here are three short films that use the technique for very different effects. First up is … Continue reading →

Posted in Video Friday | Tagged Antonio Martinez, circus, dryplate tinypes, Eduard Taberner, Facundo Ferreyra, Gypsophilia, Horska (song), Jason Levangie, music videos, Near the Egress (short), short films, Sticky Man (short), stop-motion animation, Sydney Smith | Comments Off

Magpie Monday on Wednesday

Posted on 5 June 2013 by Robert

More that was bright and shiny in my eye last week…. ◊ SOMEONE’S IN THE KITCHEN. I loved The Mary Sue’s title for its post about these cookies so much, I have to share it: Do These Official Game of … Continue reading →

Posted in Magpie Monday | Tagged Aarathi Prasad, Ancient Ancient, Back to the Future, BDSM, black widows, Body of a Courtesan in Nine Stages, Charlie Chaplin optical illusion, Christina Aguilera, cookies, CW, Daleks, decomposition, Die Hard, Doctor Who, Edwardian hairstyles, fairies, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, film trailers, Flavorwire, Food Riot, foxes, Game of Thrones, Grace Dobush, grilled cheese, Hermes, hollow mask optical illusion, James Tiptree Jr. Award, Jon Marco, juggling, Kiini Ibura Salaam, Klaus and Christiane Echle, Kobayashi Eitaku, Labyrinth, Matthew Olshan, menopause, mental_floss, Michael Moschen, Modcloth, music videos, Nathan Fillion, Nick Offerman, parkour (Iranian women), Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters, Phones Replaced with Sandwiches, Pisa and Quiet tea set, popcorn boxes, Rhianna (song), Ron Swanson Turkey Burger, rules for life (fundamental), schizophrenia, Sophie Blackall, That's Nerdalicious, The Breakfast Club, The Hanging Garden, The Mary Sue, The Mighty Lalouche, The Tomorrow People, The Vintage Thimble, The Wall, Wil Wheaton, Your Body (song) | Comments Off

Magpie Monday

Posted on 3 June 2013 by Robert

All that was bright and shiny in my eye last week…. Well, not all—I’ll probably need to do another Magpie post this week to share everything I thought was worth sharing! ♦ THE HORNS OF ELFLAND. When I was young, … Continue reading →

Posted in Magpie Monday | Tagged A Little Sleep by Melissa Mead, Alex Bledsoe, Alisa Stern, Amazing Stories, An Exodus of Wings by Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam, Ballroom Luminoso, Bartholomew Cubbins, Blessing Hancock, Bryan Furuness, Byzantium (film), Cameron Cook, Charlotte Church, Christopher Barzak, Colosso dell'Appennino (The Appennine Colossus), Convos with My 2-Year Old, Daily Science Fiction, Dan Brown, David Malki!, Dieter Krehbiel, Doctor Who, Edward & Amelia vs The Vampire King, Elizabeth Hand, Erin Morgenstern, flax-golden tales, Gemma Arterton, Giambologna, Hollywood Movie Dance Tribute, How Not to Be Surprised When You're a Ghost, Innocence, It's Not About the Nail, Jason Headley, Jeanine Schaefer, Joe O'Connell, Johann Thorsson, Joshua Weinstein, Juan Santapau, Justice League of America, Kate Beaton, Lady Gaga, Linda Clare, Matt Smith, Matthew Clarke, Men Without Hats, Moscow But Dreaming by Ekaterina Sedia, Mur Lafferty, music videos, Neil Gaiman, Neil Jordan, Nitpick by K.S. O'Neill, Paris, Phillepe Ramette, Pretty Monsters by Kelly Link, Private Memories by Michael Haynes, public art, reading chairs, reading nooks, rule of three, Russell Hinson, Saorise Ronan, short-fiction contracts, Sister Janet Mead, Storm, Subway Ballet, Swamp Biscuits and Tea, The City by Stella Gemmell, The Death of Love Project by my friend Julie Day, The Doctor Puppet, The Elephants in the Room by Paul Cornell, The Judy Garland Show (1964), The Ladies of Grace Adieu by Susanna Clarke, The Left Side of Your Lover's Broken Face by Brynn MacNab, The Lord's Prayer (1973 song), The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern, The Phoenix, The Safety Dance, The Secret Knots, The Shadow of Myself (2007), The Shambling Guide to New York City, The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes, The Super Team Family Blog, Thirty Seconds to Mars, This Actually Happens A Lot, This Is Love (song), Tom Gauld, Tom Law, Tor.com, Up In the Air, Warmland Films, Wondermark, Worldbuilding Assistance by Erin Morgenstern, X-Men | Comments Off

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