Welcome everyone! It’s time for Links!
I’ll be attending my fourth cheese class of the year on Friday. This one has a focus on “snacking cheese.” I’m very much a grazer and snacker, so I’m pretty excited. My class last time was recreating a five-course meal but with cheese! The winner was the “banana split” course, featuring a softened Fior di Langa cheese from Caseificio Altalanga paired with banana jam and a maraschino cherry. It was so good!
Also next week is my birthday! I’ll be turning thirty-four, much to the shock of my co-workers. Some of them are in their mid-twenties and they were confounded that I knew a reference to the Six Flags dancing man commercial. To which I responded, “How old do you think I am?” Bless them!
As for birthday plans, my partner is decorating our “cozy loft room,” and I’m not to peek until it’s finished. All I know is that it’s going to have a big TV and two big faux fur bean bag chairs.
How’s your week shaping up?
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With Budweiser debuting the new spokesperson, trans influencer Dylan Mulvaney, it was nice to get a little history lesson about beer, boycotts, and LGBTQ+ support.
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I am envious of this floofy, world-traveling cat named Gary. He seems so chill!
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While I am saddened to be posting this in 2023, EC Spurlock passed along a link from The Washington Post about how to combat book bans.
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Marketing for the upcoming Greta Gerwig Barbie movie has started making the rounds and it reminded me of this old ballroom routine. I love the commitment to the bit.
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Don’t forget to share what cool or interesting 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!
As much as I am looking forward ro the Barbie movie, I am loving the characters posters, or more to the point the posters people are making with the Barbie Selfie Generator: https://www.barbieselfie.ai
My favorite so far is “he brings the tacos” Ken of Danny Trejo. Who, coincidentally, is going to be at a local library for his book tour. Number 12 on the cancellation list as members get priority. Sigh.
Speaking of book bans, a post by Maggie Tokuda-Hall about dealing with Scholastic wanting her to remove the word “racism” from a book about the Japanese internment camps. If this is the big pubs response to the bans…sigh…
https://www.prettyokmaggie.com/blog/2023/4/11/scholastic-and-a-faustian-bargain
Love that show dance. 🙂 Looks like me and my husband the first time we tried quickstep.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvnS0RNiWaM Barbie Dance on DWTS
Trevor Donovan and Emma’s Salsa (Week 08) – Dancing with the Stars Season 31!