Rogue One: Well, I rather enjoyed that. For one thing, it surprised me.

( rebellions are built on hope )

I have had many of these links set aside for weeks, and just kept not posting. So if the dates are a bit old, that's why.

Did you know that at one point in 1973, 3 astronauts up in Skylab went on strike?

Mother Jones posted a list of the best podcasts of 2015.

Did I post this already? I might have. It's a fab essay on the emotional arc of one ( Read more... )

Random things I am thinking about Star Wars: The Force Awakens:

( Stop holding my hand! )

(See, I DO have a Star Wars icon!)

In other news, yes, your dog loves you.

Oh, man, this flowchart about whether to go to law school. Yikes. If it had existed in 1989, my life would be very different now.

Chris McDougall's Born to Run kicked off the minimalist running movement. He's hoping to do the same with parkour in his new book, Natural ( Read more... )

I know it's last-minute, but there's still about 90 minutes to get Martha Wells' The Cloud Roads at Amazon for $1.99. It's a marvelous secondary-world fantasy, with a spectacularly creative world (flying islands! dozens of sapient species who live in air, earth, and water!), a solid adventure plot, and the well-defined and sympathetic characters ( Read more... )

I am disappointed I shall have to wait until October to read Martha Wells' new Star Wars novel, because how badass does that look? Wicked badass.

This also looks hella fun. Gotta love Helen Mirren kicking ass and taking names.

I generally don't like to link to GQ, but these are some compelling stories by American women who have seen combat.

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