Hello, everyone and happy Wednesday!
This edition of Wednesday Links is very video heavy and while nothing is NSFW, you still may want to use headphone.
I have discovered two things that have taken over my life. One is Cabot’s Triple Cream Vanilla Bean Greek Yogurt. It’s so delicious. I like to mix it with some lemon curd or jam and top with granola.
The second thing is a new (and free!) game called Infinity Nikki. It’s available on PC, mobile, and PS5. It is a gacha style game (so luck/chance/probability) is involved, but it’s an open world dress up adventure. Picture Breath of the Wild, but instead of weapons, Link had to collect dresses to use abilities. I’m having a ton of fun with it!
What thing is brightening up your life lately?
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The r/RomanceBooks subreddit has compiled their list of Best Romances of 2024! It’s an interesting list and I love seeing books that are new to me. What do you think?
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I definitely think Paul Rudd should narrate more nature shows (and nature bloopers!).
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I know I’ve shared this account before on vintage recipes, but this may be my favorite version, especially given the costume snafu at the beginning. What a delight.
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I will never stop posting “Pink Pony Club” cover songs.
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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!
While volunteering for the recent election, I MET PAUL RUDD. I snapped a quick pic of him and said apologetically, “I didn’t watch Clueless 40 times to not get a picture of Paul Rudd” and he laughed. #treasuredmemory
Early romance as a force for cultural change (I haven’t read the whole thing yet, got thru the Brontës), from Alice Evans’s newsletter “The Great Gender Divergence”: https://www.ggd.world/p/reader-i-married-him
> Back in the 19th century, when women lacked the right to vote or even own property, English women novelists pioneered a revolution, masking radicalism with romance. They celebrated marriages based on mutual understanding and male devotion. Reaching educated homes across the country, women novelists helped make equal partnerships deeply appealing.
Love that yogurt, too.
Thanks for the yogurt tip. I’ve always loved Cabot’s whole milk yogurt with the creamy crust on top.
The Paul Rudd narration sounds like a takeoff of Ze Frank’s True Facts videos which are wonderfully funny and educational short videos about weird and wild land and sea mammals.
Not sure if this link will work, but here’s a recent one on shrimp. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiVYYbZSnFw
First time Bardcore listener. Now a Hildegard Von Blingen’ fan for life! Nice voal and medieval evocation.
@JenM The True Facts videos are a hoot! I think the first one I saw was about cuttlefish.
@Kolforin, we are divers and that cuttlefish video is how we stumbled across him and got hooked. He even shouts out the flamboyant cuttlefish which is my absolute favorite of all the weird creatures I’ve seen underwater. Think 4 inch long, brightly colored, miniature baby elephants with tutus LOL. The underwater world is truly an amazing place.