A tool to make flowcharts. This looks so useful! https://flowchart.fun/
“Please consider keeping your monster inside,” the handbill said.
https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/angry-cat-stalks-glebe-leaving-concern-awe-in-its-wake
Proceed if you dare: 50 terrible, horrible, no good, very bad book covers of classics, inflicted upon us by the public domain. https://lithub.com/50-very-bad-book-covers-for-literary-classics/
My Amazon review of _The Faking of the President: Nineteen Stories of White House Noir_
4 stars
Good collection of politically-themed short stories, each with an unexpected twist
I'm more an SF/F reader than noir, so I knew none of these authors previously -- and the book has encouraged me to learn more about them. #cosobookclub
'The next movie I did after Lebowski was The Contender, I think. To play the President after playing the Dude — it was kind of like the antithesis of the Dude, you know?' https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-news/the-dude-survives-jeff-bridges-on-the-enduring-big-lebowski-187214/
This dog is not a wolf. Visitors to the wolf enclosure at a Chinese Zoo were surprised to find a Rottweiler. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-56299849
Britten didn't understand why a store was telling her which toys were meant for boys and which were for girls. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/california-bill-gender-neutral-childrens-toys-clothing/
Nearly 1,000 girls earned the elite rank of Eagle Scout the first time Scouts made girls eligible https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/08/us/first-female-eagle-scouts-trnd/index.html
How George Harrison staged one of the most influential concerts in music history.
Great article. Recommended.
https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/george-harrison-concert-for-bangladesh
A month after the Royal Mint released a new £2 coin to celebrate HG Wells with an inaccurate quotation (and a tripod with four legs), Alice in Wonderland author Lewis Carroll is the latest to be immortalised in currency through words they never wrote. https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2021/mar/01/off-with-their-heads-why-are-lewis-carroll-misquotes-so-common-online
We've started working out again, so I'm grateful I got this massage gun. An easy 5 stars. (Currently, the highlighted reviews include my own.) https://amzn.to/30qIZVr
1940s NYC: Street photos of every building in New York City in 1939/1940
https://1940s.nyc/map/photo/nynyma_rec0040_1_00202_0015#12.69/40.71455/-73.93704
"If producers and networks are willing to put that much love into works we either weren't familiar with or weren't in love with, what might they manage with some really GOOD material?"
Oh I ABSOLUTELY agree with this list!
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2021/03/ars-plea-someone-make-this-into-a-series/
My Amazon review of The Kew Book of Embroidered Flowers:
This is SUCH a gorgeous book about embroidery! #cosobookclub #embroidery
Overheard in the comments: "I'm not even Italian, but I know Pasta Abuse when I see it!"
My Amazon review of _Time-saving charm quilts_
3 stars
#quilting
Perfectly nice quilts, but I think it misses the point of 5" charm squares. I'm glad I took it out of the library rather than buying it.
https://amzn.to/3cei44O
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