Tracy's Blog Posting Month(s)

goteamvikings: (via Buttercup Festival by David Troupes) Dear...

Wed, 19 Dec 2012 10:46:17 -0500

(via Buttercup Festival by David Troupes)

Dear Allison,

There are no words for how sorry I am for your and Adam’s loss, so I’m posting a wordless comic to represent me, staring and stupefied as this year of awful, awful news draws to a close. I am always a phone call or Internet whatever away, and I love you very much.

-Tracy

This year. I am going to blame this year for my inability to finish NaBloPoMo yet again. Maaaaaaaan, this year.

tracyfood: Bowl of super-crispy roasted potatoes (Subtitle:...

Sat, 15 Dec 2012 21:18:50 -0500

tracyfood:

Bowl of super-crispy roasted potatoes (Subtitle: because I know how to party on a Friday night).

I love that I already had a “potatoes” tag. And hey, even though I’ve pretty much lost the NaBloPoMo bubble this month, at least I managed to post something somewhere yesterday even though it turns out to have been an even worse day than previously imagined, goddammit.

(via Ian McKellen Answers Twitter Questions On Hobbits, God,...

Mon, 10 Dec 2012 10:30:41 -0500

(via Ian McKellen Answers Twitter Questions On Hobbits, God, & Shopping | The Mary Sue)

Ian McKellen took over the official Hobbit movie Twitter feed on December 6 and answered fan questions… the results were about as awesome as you might expect. This picture is probably my favorite, but they’re all well worth checking out….

(via Dinosaur Comics - August 16th, 2012 - awesome fun...

Sun, 09 Dec 2012 10:30:42 -0500

(via Dinosaur Comics - August 16th, 2012 - awesome fun times!)

Just found this in my “Drafts” for this blog, adding it to the queue because sometimes Dinosaur Comics reads my freaking mind.

(via 6 Videos That Show the Fascinating Ebb and Flow of Regional...

Sat, 08 Dec 2012 10:30:21 -0500

(via 6 Videos That Show the Fascinating Ebb and Flow of Regional Transit - Commute - The Atlantic Cities)

I could seriously watch this all day. New York in action is a thing of endless beauty and fascination as far as I’m concerned.

(via Meryl Streep and Hillary Clinton Picture | The Mary...

Fri, 07 Dec 2012 10:30:44 -0500

(via Meryl Streep and Hillary Clinton Picture | The Mary Sue)

Today’s post is about how friends are the best. I don’t know if Hillary Rodham Clinton and Meryl Streep consider each other friends, but they both look so thrilled to be in this picture that I’m making them my poster ladies for the day. And if that picture didn’t already make your heart explode with joy, or even if it did, then I invite you to read this article on female friendship from The Rumpus, an oldie (by Intertweetplustumblface standards) but goodie which I only read for the first time this week thanks to a share from my beautiful friend the fabulous Chiara (who is coming to visit soon, yay! Tea parties and Ethiopian food for everyone!)

TL;DR — Friends rule, and this picture is heck of cute.

goteamvikings: (via Next week is Hobbit Week on The Colbert...

Thu, 06 Dec 2012 13:17:45 -0500

goteamvikings:

(via Next week is Hobbit Week on The Colbert Report)

Next week then is this week now and so far these episodes are AWESOME (as of the time of this posting, when my opinion was based on Monday’s show and clips of Tuesday’s… by the time this goes up others will probably be available at the Colbert Nation videos page).

goteamvikings: (via LeVar Burton Becomes A Musician Thanks To...

Wed, 05 Dec 2012 22:30:00 -0500

goteamvikings:

(via LeVar Burton Becomes A Musician Thanks To Reading Rainbow Remix | The Mary Sue)

If you do not love Reading Rainbow then I almost don’t even know what to say to you. Books! Imagination! LeVar Burton being almost painfully sincere! I just… yes! Woo! I’m in! Will I have to get an iPad just to use the app or will it be available for my phone someday? I sure hope so!

goteamvikings: Judi Dench’s M was partly inspired by...

Tue, 04 Dec 2012 13:25:00 -0500

goteamvikings:

Judi Dench’s M was partly inspired by real-life MI5 director general Stella Rimington, the first woman to hold the job and the first to have her identity revealed to the general public. While Rimington served from 1992-1996, Judi Dench’s M was in the job from 1995 (GoldenEye) until the present day, making her 77 years old at the time of her decision to fight Javier Bardem’s campy cyber-terrorist supervillain using home-made nail bombs and a sawn-off shotgun. If you don’t think that this is the best thing ever, then you’re clearly a slug, because, well… do you know how many old ladies you see in roles like this? The list pretty much begins and ends with Helen Mirren in RED. And before you all rush to the comments section with your various Favourite Old Ladies Who Get Shit Done (although obviously I would very much appreciate that list), remember that for every fifty Dumbledores in popular culture, we get maybe one or two Professor McGonagalls.

(via Hello, tailor.: Skyfall: the new Bond Girls.)

Apropos of pretty much nothing (except that I have recently come to love Hello, Tailor via awesome posts on costuming and characterization in The Avengers, themselves linked to via the utterly fabulous Hawkeye Initiative, which makes me so happy I can’t even): Annnnnnnnd now I want to see Skyfall, even though I am kind of the opposite of into Daniel Craig’s 007. Go figure? Badass old ladies FTW forever!

Update: I could not resist enhancing this post with more Hello, Tailor awesomeness about The Avengers and its prequels (notably Thor, which I have not seen but now have queued up on Amazon instant video because I am suggestible like that). Also yay Hello, Tailor on Tumblr!

Update update: I, um, totally watched Thor within hours of scheduling this for posting. It was terrible and fabulous, all at the same time, and I regret NOTHING.

I composed this on December 4 and so it counts as my December 4 post, dangit.

Today’s post was over at goteamvikings: (via How to Knit...

Mon, 03 Dec 2012 18:48:28 -0500

Today’s post was over at goteamvikings:

(via How to Knit Your Own One Ring Scarf | The Mary Sue)

Someday, I will learn to knit, and awesome projects like this will be mine. Meanwhile, I am posting this where one of my favorite knitters can see, with a note (also via The Mary Sue) that the pattern is available free online. Because yay geeky crafts!

goteamvikings: (via Muppets on The Voice | The Mary Sue) The...

Sun, 02 Dec 2012 13:08:00 -0500

goteamvikings:

(via Muppets on The Voice | The Mary Sue)

The original post on The Mary Sue put it very well: “This is precisely what I needed this morning. Some Muppets being earnest and cute.”

Also, whatever Cee Lo is wearing is entirely made of win. I just, I don’t even, but I love it.

Ok, so I somehow slipped and didn’t post anything on Sunday so here are some bonus Muppets to make up for it (Cee Lo is promoted to honorary Muppet for this performance because: so good you guys).

tracyfood: (via Wondermark » Archive » Celebrating...

Sat, 01 Dec 2012 21:17:32 -0500

tracyfood:

(via Wondermark » Archive » Celebrating Beardsgiving with new shirts, aprons & cards!)

What, I ask you, is not to love about a Cooking Wizard Kit that includes “a Wizard Hat and the ‘Magic Wand of Gastrostir’ (which grants +5 Deliciousness)”?

Nothing, I tell you! There is nothing not to love about this!

In other news, it’s that time again or something: this month’s NaBloPoMo theme is Work, and since I am still funemployed, I figure I might as well blog like it’s my job, or at least publish a post once a day. And now I am off to add this tumblelog to the official blogroll for the month, whee!

Happy birthday to me!

Tue, 28 Aug 2012 14:15:00 -0400

Happy birthday to me!: Belatedly posted on August 31, then backdated.

"As I have mentioned before, a book written last year by Jim Clifton, the chairman of Gallup, called..."

Sat, 25 Aug 2012 10:01:43 -0400

“As I have mentioned before, a book written last year by Jim Clifton, the chairman of Gallup,...

(via Drag Queen Barbie Is Not a Drag Queen, Says Mattel) Saddest...

Fri, 24 Aug 2012 18:41:00 -0400

(via Drag Queen Barbie Is Not a Drag Queen, Says Mattel)

Saddest update ever: Remember that drag queen Barbie I posted about a few days ago? Yeah, the makers are now denying that she’s any such thing. Weaksauce.

Posted 25 August 2012, backdated to 24 August 2012 because I’ve got gaps to fill in, by gum, but I won’t date any post before its original source item, either.

(via Things We Saw Today: Joss Whedon’s Master Plan | The Mary...

Thu, 23 Aug 2012 12:22:00 -0400

(via Things We Saw Today: Joss Whedon’s Master Plan | The Mary Sue)

Oh. Hell. Yes. This idea is intriguing to me and I would totally subscribe to its newsletter. (Actually posted 24 August 2012 but I’m filling in the gaps, dangit, but I also didn’t want to backdate this any earlier than the original source item actually appeared.)

(via Astronaut Don Pettit’s Yo-Yos in Space | The Mary...

Wed, 22 Aug 2012 11:40:00 -0400

(via Astronaut Don Pettit’s Yo-Yos in Space | The Mary Sue)

Okay, this is freaking adorable and entirely worth back-dating to fill in the gaps in my NaBloPoMo attempts for August, dangit. I especially like the typos in the post because the writer was so excited, and the astronaut’s little digression about how you shouldn’t date people who don’t like talking about physics. So cute! And the yo-yo tricks are pretty shiny, too.

Our Top 5 Ice Cream Tips - an article from Food52

Tue, 21 Aug 2012 23:59:00 -0400

Our Top 5 Ice Cream Tips - an article from Food52: tracyfood: I knew #3 and #5 on this list, but #2...

tracyfood: Dark and Stormy with tamarind molasses. {Simple} and...

Mon, 20 Aug 2012 12:32:00 -0400

tracyfood:

Dark and Stormy with tamarind molasses. {Simple} and delicious. #photoadayaug #thankspeter #betterlatethannever (Taken with Instagram)

And also from the TracyFood Tumblr on 18 August, and while I’m playing better late than never and filling in some gaps that arose while we were visiting Peter’s mom upstate, here’s another Photo A Day picture: spoons from a childhood silverware set.

Please note super-cute little garden gnomes on the handles, yes.

Posted 26 August 2012, when I realized, “Hey, I totally did have blog material for August 20th, I just forgot to Tumbl it to TraBloPoMo, durrrrr.”

(via Dalmatian Adopts Tiny Orphaned Spotted Lamb | The Mary...

Sun, 19 Aug 2012 23:59:00 -0400

(via Dalmatian Adopts Tiny Orphaned Spotted Lamb | The Mary Sue)

Today in absurdly cute things I’m posting on Tuesday 21 August to fill in for the post I missed on 19 August, OMG YOU GUYS A DOG ADOPTED THE WORLD’S CUTEST BABY LAMB YAY INTERNET!