Links are back! We’re going to try to make this a weekly or bi-weekly thing because the awesomeness of the internet just cannot be contained.
Reader Dorothea sent us this really cool link about 18th century wig-making. The site features a game where you get to design your own wig and it’s so addicting. However, I must say that I’m a very modest wig designer. Minimal height and symmetrical decorations, please! This is what Dorothea had to say:
This is a fun little game from the Victoria and Albert Museum: design a 18th century wig! Just thought Redheaded Girl amongst others might enjoy it!
And if any of you wanted to see my first wig:
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In general, I’m a huge fan of nature doing insane things. I honestly don’t want to admit how many times I’ve watched Planet Earth and cried at the polar bear episode. I was utterly fascinated when I read about this female shark eating her tank mate because he kept getting into her personal space.
This act of shark cannibalism likely was the result of the sharks bumping into one another. “Sharks have their own territories,” an aquarium official told Reuters. “Sometimes, when they bump into each other, they bite out of astonishment.”
Despite her best efforts to make a meal of the male shark, the female shark is expected to at some point regurgitate the remains of her former roommate.
Ah, nature. You are both beautiful and disgusting. But who else is hoping it spawns another piece of marine erotica for Elyse to read?
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Over at the Grolier Club in New York City is a collection of things that look like books, but definitely aren’t. One woman started collecting all sorts of trinkets and objects that have been designed to look like novels, but are really things like lighters, flasks, and jars.
To Ms. Dubanksy, the larger goal of the show is to have fake books accepted as a real part of biblio-history.
“I see blooks as a parallel to book history, but I’ve had trouble getting people to take them seriously because of the association with kitsch,” she said.
She finds it easy to look for deeper meaning. “People have a real love of the book as an object,” she said. “But what is that connection about? Why do we feel a need to live with books, to have them around? I figured that if I could eliminate the text and collect objects made to mimic the form of books, I could figure that out a little better.”
A little over 200 objects are on display until March 12th and, if you’re in the area, free tours of the exhibit are offered each Thursday at 1pm. I may make the trip.
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Due to some last minute schedule switches, we’re still looking for sponsors for our podcast and podcast transcript for February. If you or anyone you know may be interested in sponsoring an episode transcript or sponsoring the transcripts for the entire month, send Sarah an email! For more information about other sponsorship and ad opportunities, we have a handy page for that!
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Big thanks to Reader Claire C. for knowing about our love of knitting projects combined with a little eye candy. Ravelry has a yearly Men in Knitwear calendar club, which takes inspiration from popular shows. 2016’s lineup is still being decided, but for right now, there’s a Poldark themed project. And if you want to snag last year’s calendar and patterns, don’t worry! The 2015 calendar has projects with themes from Game of Thrones, Green Arrow, and more.
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February 13th is upon us and that means it’s time for a Galentine’s Day celebration! My roommate and I have a Galentine’s Day date every year, where we treat ourselves for being awesome women. If you’re in the New York area, WORD bookstore is having an event with some of our favorite authors:
Every February 13th, WORD and beloved romance novelists Megan Frampton, Sarah MacLean, Maya Rodale, Tessa Bailey, Zoraida Córdova and their lady friends leave their husbands and their boyfriends at home and just kick it romance style. WORD’s Romance Book Group leader Maddie Caldwell hosts an evening of delicious drinks, salacious conversation, book-matchmaking, and all the naughty bits.
WORD Bookstore is a romance-friendly indie and we highly recommend them. Check out the site for full details on the time and place!
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And sometimes, it takes an article from the Toast to realize a romance between the leads of The Devil Wears Prada was something you didn’t know you needed:
If you don’t want to watch two Valkyries in impeccable pantsuits wrest for sexual control for an hour and a half, I have no idea what to say to you. There is no joy left in your soul.
Come on, Hollywood! Let’s make this happen!
It’s the first week of February! What things have you enjoyed reading/watching on the internet?
Back from a wasted hour making wigs. If you don’t want to wait for that knitting calendar, I recommend you check out the one from http://www.ignitethespirit.org/ featuring the fine men and women of the Chicago Fire Department in support of a great cause. Did I mention firefighters (and paramedics).
OMG Men in Knitwear!!!
My wig was as enormous and snaky as I could fit in the screen. I very much wished there was a graphic of the servant who follows behind holding it up with a stick (like in the Cruikshank drawings). My wig needed like 10 of those guys!
Also, this might be my favorite thing I didn’t know I needed til Mallory showed me the light: http://the-toast.net/2015/10/20/all-i-want-for-the-new-gilmore-girls-revival-is-for-emily-gilmore-to-become-a-late-in-life-lesbian/
Ooh, you liked my linky! Nothing is sweeter than validation on the internet. 😉
Combing out the hair is hypnotic and hallucinatory: I felt like I had entered the world of Dr. Seuss.
@Dorothea: Yes! I spent the most time trying to get the perfect pattern in the hair.
wasting time watching the Superbowl commercials
That Toast article is absolutely hilarious. As someone who spent her first year out off college immersed in billionaires, I am disappointed I did not see the connections first.
Er, books. Billionaire books.