Wee Willa, she is walking these days. Rest of this post achieved in gaps between chasing her around the house.
Auckland newspaper columnist mocked in the style of NZ literary classics. (The Magpie is my favourite.)
New York Times feedback: 8-year-old lists his top 10 composers, with helpful illustration.
The terrible secret of Tom Bombadil. LotR scholars/nerds should find this enjoyable, if perhaps infuriating.
Pulp Fiction in chronological order.
Via Kate Kenworthy – a palliative care worker identifies the five top regrets of the dying.
Visualising everything Facebook knows about you.
This has made me smile about as much as Willa walking, which is a whole lot: Scotland’s Hurricane Bawbag
Turns out that sworddance video was a viral for a Major Lazer track
John Stamos guide to cuddling:
Almost my favourite John Stamos thing in the world.
8-year-old writes to creator of Tintin, gets reply, begins long correspondence. This story starts great but gets better and better, and finishes with a Maurice Sendak anecdote that might be the best anecdote in the world.
Family Guy writer describes getting arrested at Occupy. Yes. The Awl presents a great essay about Occupy that puts appropriate emphasis on how the “newsworthy” thing about police misconduct here is it’s directed at white people. Also: how Republicans are being taught to talk about Occupy.
What children’s paintings would look like if drawn realistically
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