While comic book fans obviously know DC Comics and Marvel, there are legions of other comics universes worth collecting. https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/be-smart/lost-universe-comics-find-devoted-following-amongst-collectors/

Plants are complex organisms that use electrical signals to sense and respond to their surroundings. New research shows how this might enable them to be used to pick up fragile objects, among other interesting possibilities. https://newatlas.com/environment/wearable-electrode-plants-venus-flytrap-close/

As Disney sought to expand its brand in the late 1970s and early 1980s, the studio had a run of darker, stranger, and, well, weirder films. ...some of which I remember fondly, others make me say, "I never heard of this!" https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2021/03/when-disney-got-weird/

Follow along as ropes tie themselves, showing just the essential steps, so you can master a knot in no time. https://www.animatedknots.com/

“Too high, too low, too shrill, too girly, too raspy... too sexy.” -- an excerpt from Julie DiCaro's new book
>> As one coworker told me, “Bosses hire what they know. And what white male bosses know is white males.”
https://lithub.com/on-the-power-of-womens-voices-in-broadcast-journalism-and-the-pushback-against-them/

My Amazon review of _An Unexpected Peril, a Veronica Speedwell mystery_ by Deanna Raybourn: 5 stars #cosobookclub

Do not start reading this book late at night when you have an early meeting the next morning.
https://amzn.to/31abYNm

Oldest Recipe Found in Egypt Written in Greek
https://greekreporter.com/2021/03/22/oldest-recipe-found-egypt-written-greek/

While Garfield’s presidency was short-lived, his life before the Oval Office was very full—and well-documented, thanks to his commitment to keeping diaries. Now, the Library of Congress is asking people to help transcribe them. https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/643536/library-congress-needs-help-transcribing-james-garfields-diaries

Hive mind: Name three children's/YA books that shaped your life.

Not in the sense of teaching you skills (e.g Dr Suess->reading) but rather imparting values that stayed with you.

I'll go first: Tree Grows in Brooklyn; Little Women; The Hobbit. #cosobookclub

The Invention of a New Pasta Shape https://kottke.org/21/03/the-invention-of-a-new-pasta-shape

To: Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey

From: California business columnist [who is one of my oldest friends] with a trusty spreadsheet

https://www.ocregister.com/2021/03/21/hey-gov-ducey-fix-arizona-before-bashing-california/

While Garfield’s presidency was short-lived, his life before the Oval Office was very full—and well-documented, thanks to his commitment to keeping diaries. Now, the Library of Congress is asking people to help transcribe them. https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/643536/library-congress-needs-help-transcribing-james-garfields-diaries

My Amazon review of _The Essential George Booth_: 5 stars

Fun for the cartoons, and even more so for Booth's creative insights #cosobookclub #cartoons https://www.amazon.com/review/R3671ZMGQBA6AA/ref=pe_1098610_137716200_cm_rv_eml_rv0_rv

The 1610s were a key decade in tobacco’s transformation into a new global obsession. Before long, the gift (or curse) of smoking had given rise to one of the world’s most lucrative industries, emerged as a key driver of the Atlantic slave trade, and initiated a global bad habit that humanity still hasn’t kicked more than four hundred years later.
https://www.laphamsquarterly.org/roundtable/our-strange-addiction

If you want great gaming performance, low latency, and control over your gaming experience, you should consider setting up your own dedicated game server. Here's what to know before you get started. https://www.linode.com/docs/guides/get-started-with-linux-game-server-hosting/

"For nearly 100 years, Arizona Highways magazine has captured the history and culture of the state. Their latest achievement: They’ve now digitized every issue of the storied magazine." https://kjzz.org/content/1665837/entire-arizona-highways-magazine-archive-available-arizona-memory-projects-digital

This is all of us
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U74wUO54Sdg&t=251s

How is Marvel so resilient? Seems like its real superpower is making comebacks. https://slate.com/business/2021/03/marvel-comics-history-bankruptcy-cinematic-universe.html

In this clip from 1997’s An Audience With Elton John, the actor Richard E. Grant asks Elton John if he can create a song out of his oven’s instruction manual. Elton obliges. https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=41&v=Oio83_iHIwg&feature=emb_logo

All of this is true. All of it.
https://www.boredpanda.com/cheesecake-factory-restaurant-critic-tweet/