Welcome back, everyone!
Now that the baby news is out of the way, I can openly complain about all the weird stuff my body does now. The worst of it is having a perpetually awful taste in my mouth. That’s been my least favorite.
My highlight in the last week is buying a giant pack of Hawaiian Sweet Rolls as Costco and picking up a tub of Texas Roadhouse cinnamon honey butter. Has there ever been a more perfect combo?
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Elizabeth Banks has been cast as Ms. Frizzle in the live action adaptation of The Magic School Bus. Not quite sold on this one. How do you feel?
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JoVE from the SBTB Podcast Patreon Discord saw this on Bluesky. The American Libraries Association is auctioning off some amazing READ posters. There’s a Kermit & Miss Piggy one that I love, but it’s already over $300!
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This link is from Italapas also in the SBTB Podcast Patreon Discord. Natalie Zina Walscots, author of Hench, did an interview over at Ask a Manager.
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Curious about your cozy gamer archetype? Well there’s a quiz for that. My result: Same Thing Again; You have a type and you’re not sorry about it. Six slots, six variations on the same genre. People call it predictable. You call it refined taste.
Not sure I fully agree with the assessment considering some of the games I picked are Stardew Valley, Power Wash Sim, and Dredge, which all feel very different. Unfortunately, I just had to pick Stardew Valley for two of the questions. The “What’s always installed?” and “What got you into cozy games?” questions.
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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!

Allll the empathy on the pregnancy woes! I adore both of my children, and having them was 100% worth it, but I absolutely hated pregnancy both times. I did not “glow.” I just endured! 😉
I feel obliged to link one of my favourite pieces of fan fic ever: the Hench – Ask A Manager crossover you didn’t know you needed:
https://archiveofourown.org/works/43303747