“It’s a Bear!”
Enjoy hours of fun with the Midsommar “Bear in a Cage” play set from A24! (Thanks, Sachin!)
“Insect Jewelry of the Victorian Era”
At JSTOR Daily, Amelia Soth writes about fashionable Victorians and their insect jewelry. “The wing-cases of gold-enameled weevils hung from necklaces; muslin gowns were embroidered with the iridescent green elytra of jewel beetles. Tiny golden scarabs were glued to the petals of artificial flowers. Delicate moths were perched […]
“The Great Flamingo Uprising”
Gather round, my friends, and hear the tale of “The Great Flamingo Uprising,” when the flamingos fought back against the horrible geese at the zoo. (Thanks, Mike!)
Sinister Selections from the Borden Collection of Cursed, Harrowing and Chthonic Books
Halloween looms, my dreadful darlings, have you considered your seasonal reading? Perhaps in your secret heart, not the one in your chest, but the one you have sealed in a cast glass jar and hidden high on a shelf in a cobwebbed attic or buried beneath the gelid […]
“I am the horrible goose that lives in the town”
Daniel Mallory Ortberg has been inspired by “Untitled Goose Game” from House House. His goose monologue is excellent. “I am the horrible creeping bag of sound that is the most worst to you! I will use my beak to mischief you and I will press B. I wobble […]
Birding in Red Dead Redemption 2
Audobon has a piece about about bird-watching in Red Dead Redemption 2. “Birds change with habitat: Roseate Spoonbills and Great Egrets feed in the bayous of Saint Denis. Laughing Gulls and Red-footed Boobies roost along the coast, while eagles and condors soar over mountain peaks. Each of these […]
“Chose Your Catto!”
Larp Legion shares a gallery of cats drawn as RPG characters. They are adorable and rad af. (Thanks, Mike!)
