I haven't seen either Sleepy Hollow or Agents of SHIELD (please don't spoil me!) because I'm desperately trying to finish my book club book before Thursday. This is what happens when you lose track of the date, and underestimate the length of the book. (Elmer Gantry, by Sinclair Lewis. Amusing but kind of repetitive, and rather long ( Read more... )

Check out some awesome suffragists a century ago. I'm impressed at how fashionable so many of them look. I know those clothes were probably a bear to wear & maintain, but they look fabulous.

You find some of the best writing in sports, I really think you do. Runners World profiles Debbie Heald, who 40 years ago did something nobody had ever done ( Read more... )

By way of Long Form: A profile of the 20th century's greatest mountaineer, Reinhold Messner.

By way of BoingBoing: Instructions for American Servicemen in Britain during WWII. Coolness, and probably a good research tool.

I love William Langewiesche's writing (if only I could remember how to spell his name!), so I'll have to make time to read ( Read more... )

George McGovern is dying. Charlie Pierce has an appreciation.

Vintage Space talks about Felix Baumgartner's record-breaking skydive.

OK, I have to admit, this is pretty awesome. Click here for the details on Romney's tax plan.

This is the only review of the new Rowling novel that makes me inclined to read it.

Happy Ada Lovelace Day!I ( Read more... )

The new Curiosity Rover lands on Mars this coming Sunday, and the event will be streamed live. I hope I can find time to watch it (I'll be traveling for a family thing ( Read more... )

Linkspam is back, with some adorable knobbly-kneed moose calves.

I knew that Leonardo did a lot of life drawings. I don't know whether I knew he did anatomical drawings from corpses. Fascinating stuff.

Outside Magazine has a video of Will Stanhope free soloing a 5.12d route at Squamish. Translation for the non-climbers: that's someone climbing ( Read more... )

I saw Brave this weekend. It was very fun, and funny, and gorgeous. I loved that the primary story was the relationship between a mother and daughter, about them fighting and coming back together with more appreciation for each other. I do have a few more critical thoughts, though.

For instance: ( spoilers come true, not free )

Anyone who remembers with fondness M's The Kids Aren't All Right, her brilliant Iron Man story masquerading as a Vanity Fair profile, might be intrigued by these two snippets. ETA: sorry, link is bad, will fix later.

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Vintage Space hosts a space carnival this week--a roundup of posts and articles about space exploration ( Read more... )

SF Signal being remarkably sensible about multi-culturalism; how long until the trolls arrive? [Later note: oh, they have arrived, and are being deleted as they post. Yay for active moderation.]

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Linda Holmes at Monkey See notes approvingly Ashley Judd's comments on body-policing in the media.

MightyGodKing has a run-down on Romney's ( Read more... )

If you're an SF/fantasy fan, I can pretty much guarantee you'll find something you like up for sale at the Con or Bust auction! Check it out, there are all sorts of offers, including signed first editions and no end of other cool things. And of course the money goes to a worthy cause ( Read more... )