A handy guide to what you can expect: please share any bits and pieces you have come across recently that have surprised, delighted, intrigued or otherwise positively engaged you.
fun & hobbies
enjoyment, escapism, making and general lollygagging
Weekend womanscraft: winter warmers
Warming bellies with cream of mushroom soup, slow cooked meat, apple crumble and other noms. What are you cooking this winter?
Whimsy: Straw Feminists in the Closet
Please share anything that has recently surprised, delighted, intrigued or otherwise positively engaged you: the world needs more unicorn chasers.
Whovian Squee: trailer for upcoming season
Beware casting spoilers, if those bother you.
Is Whimsy Just for Wednesdays?
This is for Megpie, because I just went over to your blog for the first time, saw your gif in the top left corner, and thought you would enjoy it. (Others may too.) Professor Elemental – “Cup of Brown Joy”… Read More ›
Gamers Against Bigotry
Game design consultant Ernest W. Adams at Butterflies and Wheels: It’s time for us to force the permanent nine-year-olds to grow up or get out of our games and forums.
TV Thread: so what are you watching?
The shows we love, the shows we love to hate, the shows we want to love but just don’t do it for us, guilty pleasures and comfort viewing: what floats your televisual boat and why?
Friday Hoydens: Women of Firefly
Zoe, Kaylee, River and Inara. The four graces. Different talents, different struggles, different features, different life experiences. Same life-affirming energy. I wish we could have heard more of their stories, and maybe one day I will get around to reading… Read More ›
Gratuitous Awesome: The Detective vs The Doctor
Matt Smith and Benedict Cumberbatch doing the duet/duel number I Can Do Anything Better Than You
Friday Hoyden: Poppy King
If I write about a present-day hoyden she is most likely to be a raving lefty like Camila Vallejo. To balance the scales somewhat, I thought it would be novel to feature a capitalist hoyden this week. Digging around in… Read More ›