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kate_nepveu) wrote2019-06-23 09:47 am
Sunday morning links are sleepy and stressed
At the New Yorker, a very sweet comic on learning to draw horses and self-discovery.
Stephen King once tried to write Lord Peter Wimsey fanfic! The description contains no mention of whether this was an authorized-by-the-estate attempt, which is interesting; King has written Holmes pastiche, which I read and liked, but that is of course out of copyright.
A long, loving article at Tor.com: Babylon 5 Is the Greatest, Most Terrible SF Series.
At Vulture, An Oral History of Vincent D’Onofrio’s Perfect Men in Black ‘Sugar Water’ Scene.
Sent off to Readercon's program suggestion inbox: Max Gladstone on Science Fiction’s Preoccupation with Monks in Space.
The AV Club on 9 queer shows you might’ve missed this year.
The New Yorker on The Westing Game. When I heard that SteelyKid's fifth-grade class was reading this book, I made a high-pitched noise of delight that startled SteelyKid greatly. (It was, of course, a hit.)
At the BBC, a picture essay about the Q'eswachaka bridge, which is the last remaining Inca rope bridge still in use, and is remade by hand every year.
The show House Hunters is totally fake, I'm sure you're all shocked.
I endorse this plan for a $1 grilled cheese cart (which is also very funny).
The Washington Post on Rose Cleveland, who served as First Lady and whose letters to another woman make clear that their "relationship was undoubtedly sexual, in addition to loving and intimate."
Backyard silliness last night.
Finally, the Pip wrote a diary of a seed, which nearly made Chad spit water across the table at the first line.
5/20/19 I am so bored under this dirt. When am I going to grow? I am a pea seed and I have not grown a inch since I was planted. All most all of my neighbors have grown. It is so dark down here. It is so lonely. I wish I had grown at least one inch.
5/21/19 I still have not grown a single inch. The wish has failed me. All my friends have grown. My cousin, Marigold, has grown more than a inch. He has grown a inch and a half! I just got a postcard from tray four, and he said he got watered! He is so lucky. I wish I were him.
5/28/19 I still have not grown a inch! I'm so annoyed I could scream! I just got another post card from Marygold, and his seed coat just came off! Can you belive it! My wish failed once again. I should really stop wishing. I wish to stop wishing. Darn it, I did it again! I should vist Marygold and ask what his secret is. If he would tell me!
5/30/19 Today is moving day! I'm going to get a new home! And my cousin is in the same place I am moving. Not wishing worked! My cousin told me the truth today! He is still a sprout! I can't wait until I finally get to meet him! He is going to be so surprised when he finds out I have not grown! This is going to be the best day ever! I also think I am dying.
6/3/19 Today I finally got a new home. I have to addmit, it kind of stinks in here. It is also very dark. Wait a minute, is this a giant trash can!? So thats why it smells like twelve day old pancakes. Plus it explains why I don't see my cousin. He must have seen what the place looked like and canceled. I should have done that to. Oh well. Time for dinner!
+1 (thumbs-up, I see you, etc.)?