RT is almost here! I’ll also be traveling today as my little baby brother is graduating from college and his Air Force program, then heading off to Texas. Expect lots of blubbering from me. After that, it’s RT time and the Bitches will be here. Hope you can all say hello!
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For RT attendees, just a reminder that the SBTB crew is doing three separate events (plus Sarah is doing a gazillion panels).
There’s the SBTB Reader Recommendation Party on Wednesday, May 3 from 2:45pm-3:45pm. Swag and free books! Hello!
That evening, Wednesday, May 3 from 8:30pm-10:00pm, we’re having a casual meet-up at the hotel bar.
Sarah will also be taping a LIVE episode of Smart Podcast, Trashy Books on Friday, May 5 from 4:30pm-6:00pm!
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It’s starting to get warming in parts of the world, which means endless articles about how to get a summer beach body. Carrie found this one on how to get a “Regency beach body.”
1. Eat what you want.
Seriously, no one is going to see an inch of your torso or thighs because you’ll be covered by your Regency bathing outfit. Once you step out of the water and into your bathing machine you’ll only be seen by some servants who just really don’t care about the fabric sticking to your wet body because life sucks for the working class.
I feel like I’m already one step ahead then.
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Tor.com is giving away FREE ebook copies of Seanan McGuire’s Every Heart a Doorway! The offer ends today, April 26, at 11:59pm EST.
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Sarah discovered these Gender Bias Riddles from McSweeney’s:
A forty-something celebrity actress visits her holiday home on a tropical island. A hurricane strikes, destroying the oceanfront property. The actress manages to escape and save Pebbles, her teacup Chihuahua. Afterwards, she says she feels blessed because all she needs in life is to be with precious Pebbles. No one who reads the news story the following day believes her.
How is this possible?
100% of people who follow celebrity news cannot imagine a childless forty-something actress feeling blessed or fulfilled.
All of them are pretty damn good. They’re funny in a “kind of painfully true” sort of way.
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Miniature charge cables
These mini cables are terrific for keeping in your bag to plug in your battery backup. They're 5" long and don't take up any room or get tangled, and they weigh nothing. There is an Android set and an iPhone set.
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And because the internet can be a wonderful place, people are photoshopping Mr. Bean’s (Rowan Atkinson) face onto pop culture images and works of art as part of a design competition.
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Don’t forget to share what super cool things you’ve seen, read, or listened to this week! And if you have anything you think we’d like to post on a future Wednesday Links, send it my way!
Over at Pajiba today, a Scottish person writing about Scottish romances:
http://www.pajiba.com/book_reviews/-reading-scottish-romances-as-an-actual-scottish-person.php
@Teev,
Thanks for the link to the well-written piece about Scottish romances. I’m not a Scot, but lived in Scotland for well over a decade. Scottish stereotypes make me cringe so hard! Don’t even get me started on Outlander – if La Gabaldon’s accents count as good I dread to think of what the rest of Scottish romances must be like.
As a retired Air Force sergeant, I want to say congratulations to your brother and good luck to him as he navigates his first year in the military.
@Melissa: Thank you! After his commissioning, he has about two weeks and then he’s off to his base in Texas.
Does anyone know specifically where in the hotel the live taping of the podcast will be? I’ve RSVPed but I don’t think it gave that information.
@Jacqueline: Sarah will be emailing everyone who RSVP-ed with further details.
That Scottish person is one of my best friends n the whole world and Anglo-Filles podcast cohost!
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The Rowan Atkinson thing made me laugh so much! Thank you!
Aloha, Amanda! Congrats to your brother. I am an AF vet (and ROTC grad); my husband is retired AF (and ROTC grad), and my son is currently enrolled in ROTC (going to camp this summer). I hope you join us for the SOS Military Tribute at RT on Thursday, May 4, 12:20 pm:
https://www.rtconvention.com/event/sos-military-tribute-0