The Everywhereist

I did not bring my A-game this week. I mean, unless my A-game involves feeling sick and throwing up (for those of you who will inevitably wonder, no, I am not pregnant. I am just constitutionally weak). Hence the light blogging, which I promise to rectify come Monday (I’m already working on a DOOZY of a post).

Until then, here are some time-wasters for your Friday. Enjoy.

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Really digging Tim De Chant’s infographics about how the world lives. Difficult to describe, but fun to try to wrap your head around them. (via my pal Avinash)

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The New York Times takes a look at why haunted houses are such great fodder for horror movies. (Note: this is why I rent. I mean, that and our lousy credit.)

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I am nearly over my cold, but still pouting at the fact that I missed out on meeting my new little nephew, and enjoying some nice California sunshine. So while I warm myself with a cup of tea and plan my next trip down the coast, you enjoy these links.

(I won’t need shorts in California in November, will I? I hate shorts.)

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I am ridiculously honored to be featured on Nylon Lifestyle this week. The format of the interview was incredibly fun, and I got to talk about Tina Fey, frosting, and Rand.

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Ick. My pal Philip actually found cupcakes that I won’t eat: they’re STD-inspired.

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Seattle, it seems, has finally figured out what month it is, and the sunny and peculiarly warm days that characterized the fall thus far are now over. They’ve been replaced by cool winds grey skies, and foggy cityscapes. I am totally okay with this, however, since it means I can whip out my snuggie and eat pumpkin bread.

And for the record “whipping out my snuggie and eating pumpkin bread” is not a euphemism. No sir.

On that note, here’s The Week!

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I am honored and delighted to be featured on Hipmunk’s website. Sadly, they edited out the part where I referred to my local grocery store managers as “fascists.” But I guess I understand.

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Horsey Surprise might be my new favorite site.

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It’s Friday! And I’m finding a quiet peace in knowing that life is getting back to normal: it’s once again grey in Seattle (after days and days of sunshine, which, I won’t lie, was making me nervous), the regular NFL refs have gone back to work (after a seriously bungled call during last Monday’s game), and I’m back at home after a rather eventful trip to Ireland (I’ll tell you all about it next week).

While I sit back in my office and enjoy the grey and mist that’s hanging over my city (yes, I missed this weather. And yes, this makes me insane), you enjoy these links:

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Check out my interview on Lash World Tour. And a big thanks to Lash for featuring me on her site!

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Digging these photos of a scatterbrained dad and his little girl. (via my pal Pete)

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And we’re off!

Rand and I are going to be traveling for the next little week or so. We’ll be in Ireland for a wedding, and then we’ll be roaming around the country for a few days. My husband was originally going to take a week off, but instead he’s lined up, like, four speaking events. I’m going to drink whiskey and heckle him from the front row about how he needs a real vacation. It should be good fun for all.

Fear not, dear readers – I haven’t abandoned you: I’ve got loads of “entertaining” posts all lined up for next week. But in the meantime, enjoy these links.

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I just found out about the Berners Street Hoax (via reddit). The perpetrator, Theodore Hook, sounds like kind of a dick. A dick with a great sense of humor, but still a dick.

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It’s Friday! And it’s September. I couldn’t be happier. This is the month of my birthday. And my wedding anniversary. As well as the month of the birthdays and anniversaries of dozens of people I know and love.

Seriously, it doesn’t get any better than September. And did I mention that the sun is shining? It is. Man, I love this month.

Here’s what I found interesting this week when I wasn’t running around enjoying the last bit of summer and hugging random strangers …

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This is just heartbreaking: a 14-year-old girl gets bullied for her appearance, so she gets (donated) plastic surgery to fix it. I know that teasing is tough, but can’t we teach the next generation to at least wait until they’ve grown into their features before lobbing them off?

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I’m not gonna lie: I have a little soft spot for Captain America (and even though I tend to prefer my coffee with a little more Manischewitz, Chris Evans made a positively ADORABLE Steve Rogers). That may be why I found this list of 8 embarrassing or bizarre dilemmas the Cap has dealt with over the years to be so darn entertaining.

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Sorry for the slow week of posts, folks. I was in Boston for part of the week, and too busy shoveling lobster into my mouth to get much blogging done (more on that next week). We returned home to Seattle to find that a chill has crept into the air. Fall is coming. Please excuse me while I run outside in a vain attempt to soak up the last remaining rays of summer.

In the meantime, you enjoy these links.

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I’m totally digging the artwork of Steve Thomas. In particular, his retro-style Star Wars posters. Awesome.

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And here’s a little more space geekery: Sugar molecules have been found in space. It could be a sign of extraterrestrial life, or possibly some sort of space bakery. Either way, I’m excited.

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It’s Friday. The last weekend of August is about to begin.

And while fall doesn’t technically start until the 21st of next month, let’s be fair: early September is fall. It is. The sun is shining, but I can feel a chill in the air. We can desperately cling to summer, but the weather has already made it known: the warmth is over, kids.

On the plus side, this means I can start eating pumpkin-flavored treats, right? While I scrounge some of those up, you enjoy these links:

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This week, I was interviewed by Conde Nast Traveler! Check it out.

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Amazing little ants with transparent abdomens become an array of colors when they eat bright sugar water. Phew.

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