Tag Archives: Virginia Woolf

Magpie Monday

Posted on 1 July 2013 by Robert

All that was bright and shiny in my eye last week…. *I’ll have a full slate of posts again this week, so check back tomorrow, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday for more tantalizing tidbits. ♦ TURN THE PAGE. Looking for a … Continue reading →

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Magpie Monday

Posted on 1 April 2013 by Robert

Here’s the shiny stuff that caught my eye last week: ♦ In case you didn’t know, Japanese schoolgirls rock. Case in point: a new fad where the young ladies take photos of themselves imitating the Kamehameha, an energy attack seen … Continue reading →

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Magpie Monday

Posted on 4 February 2013 by Robert

Here are some shiny things that caught my eye last week: ♥ Awesome Art. One of the things I love about the interwebs is how many new artists I discover during my reading and how I can keep up with … Continue reading →

Posted in About Writing, Magpie Monday | Tagged alien abductions, Angela Still, anxiety, Ash Ketchum, astronomy, Atlantis, bandwidth, Bates Motel, Ben Yagoda, BOB, book chairs, book spines, Booklife Now, Bookshelf Porn, bookstores (film), C-3PO, cancer death rate, Captain America, Carl Sagan, Charlie Brown, Charlie Jane Anders, Chi-kin Kwok, Chuck Wendig, Daily Science Fiction, Daredevil, David Lynch, Dinosaurs on Holiday by Erin Morgenstern, Doctor Strange, dogs, Doug Funnie, Downton Abbey, Draconic Motivation by Donald S. Crankshaw, Dream Country, Ellie Lane, Elvis Bego, Ernest Hemingway, Etiquette & Espionage by Gail Carriger, evolution, Faerie Tale, film trailers, flax-golden tales, Four Great Classical Chinese Novels, Full Moon Silhouettes, Game of Thrones, Game of Thrones (theme song), Grant Snider, Harry Potter, Helen Lowe, Hellboy, Henry Cavill, home libraries (design), Ilai, impact), In Search Of and Others, info dumps, Inland Empire, Isaac Cates, Jeremy Saunders, Jim Steranko, John Cassaday, John Kenn Mortensen, Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons, Justice Society of America, K. Tempest Bradford, Kickstarter, King Tut, Krang, Langston Hughes, Link (Legend of Zelda), Magic & Good Madness: A Neil Gaiman Reread, Margot Tenenbaum, Mark Gee, Mashup by Floris M. Kleijne, Matthew J.X. Malady, Mickey Mouse, Mike Mitchel, Mike Wenthe, modifiers, Monkey God's Journey to the West, moonrise, movie posters, Nany Giardini, Ned Flanders, Neil Gaiman, Neverwhere, New Zealand, Nikolai Gogol, Oompa Loompa, owls, passports, Patti Smith, Pee-Wee Herman, photography, Planetary, redundancy, Sagar Jethani, Satisfactory Comics, Sesame Street, Six-Gun Snow White by Catherynne M. Valente, six-word story, Spock, Spongebob Squarepants, standalone fantasy novels, Star Trek into Darkness, Steel, Super-Skrull, Superman, Superman Family, synesthesia, synesthetes, The Forgotten Beasts of Eld, the Hulk, the Joker, The Mists of Avalon, The Month of Letters Challenge, The Nose by Nikolai Gogol, The Oak Island Money Pit, The Overcoat by Nikolai Gogol, The Postcard Story, The Sandman, The Super Team Family Blog, the Tin Man, The X-Files, Thor, Three Kisses: A Royal Breakfast by Henry Szabranski, Three Kisses: Defenders of the Crystal Casket by Henry Szabranski, Three Kisses: The Mirror of Reason by Henry Szabranski, tidal locking, Tim Callahan, time-management triforce (payment, Tom Gauld, Tor.com, Traci Griffin, Twin Peaks, Upside Downton Abbey, vampires, Virginia Woolf, Walter Sobchak, Warren Ellis, Weird Fiction Review, Where the Wild Things Are, Will Ludwigsen, Without a Summer by Mary Robinette Kowal, wolves, Wonder Woman, xkcd, You've Got Mail | Comments Off

Magpie Monday

Posted on 28 January 2013 by Robert

“How much better is silence; the coffee cup, the table. How much better to sit by myself like the solitary sea-bird that opens its wings on the stake. Let me sit here for ever with bare things, this coffee cup, … Continue reading →

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Magpie Monday

Posted on 12 November 2012 by Robert

Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ Belgian artist Stéphane Halleux creates wonderful, whimsical sculptures, vaguely Steampunkish in design. He started working first in animation, but now creates his sculptures full time. If you speak French, … Continue reading →

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