Links: Dresses, Baths, & Choose Your Own Adventure

It’s Wednesday and yesterday was the Fourth of July! For those who had plans, did you have fun? I hope so! I’m currently now on my way to Florida from Boston for a funeral, so this edition of links might be a bit shorter than usual AS I AM EXHAUSTED.

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Are you tired of Wonder Woman stuff yet? Clearly, the answer is no. For those who have seen the movie and remember the “sword in the dress” scene, it now seems to be showing up on Instagram. Women are hiding weapons in their dresses! Gasp! And it looks really cool! Thanks to Reader Karen for sending us the link!

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Link Choose Your Own Adventure books? Well, Atlas Obscura has a breakdown of CYOA plot-mapping to help you get the best ending possible:

For years, fans have been creating visualizations of the forking structures of “Choose Your Own Adventure” books. Often, they’re interested in the types of outcomes at the end of each path. One map labels each ending as “new life, return home, or death,” and another separates them into “cliffhanger, solution, or death.” Christian Swinehart’s extensive graphical analysis of the books labels the endings as “great, favorable, mediocre, disappointing, or catastrophic.”

 As a lover of CYOA books, I nerded out on this.

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I know baths can be a controversial topic. Some of us hate them (Sarah!) and some of us love them (me!), so if you’re in my camp, here’s a LifeHacker piece on some tips to take your bath routine to the next level. Since reading this, I’ve definitely picked up some Epsom salts for a more soothing bath time.

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Frixion Erasable Pens

I love these pens far more than is probably natural. They write smoothly, they erase for real (yes, way!), and they come in a bunch of colors. I have one with me at all times.

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I think we all love a little dress porn, especially ones MADE OF BOOKS! Yeah, that’s right. Books.

Clothes designer Sylvie Facon‘s latest creation is a steampunk-themed outfit with a bodice crafted from the spines of old texts. (We are assured that the spines had already long since fallen from their respective books and that, in fact, peeling spines is a very common issue for older books.)

What do you think? Gorgeous, right?

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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!