Cool Stuff

Yes, I know. But I have a guest blog post running tomorrow, so you’re getting some cool stuff one day early!

• 24 Babies With Winning Halloween Costumes
• Cats Being Cats
• Lyrebirds raised in captivity mimic chainsaws, cameras, car alarms, and more
• Marty McFly and Doc Brown arrive on Jimmy Kimmel’s show
• Working combination safe, built from LEGO. (Though somehow I suspect I could crack this one.)

Friday is thinking about boycotting Monday.

• Some cats are very photogenic. Then there are these cats…
• LEGO The Force Awakens poster. (Link via Steven Saus)
• Scientists Create Van Gogh’s ‘Starry Night,’ Other Artwork Using ‘Bacteria as Paint’
• Literary Themed Pumpkins

Friday is posting from a totally different time zone. (It’s all wibbly-wobbly and stuff.)

• 13 Animals Celebrating Pumpkin Season
• World’s Largest LEGO Batmobile
• 17 Dogs that Regret Their Poor Choices
• 13 Doggie Motivational Posters

Friday is thinking about trying NaNoWriMo this year.

• Cats Helping, like Cats. (Link via Elizabeth Bear)
• Dogs and their Puppies!
• The official LEGO Doctor Who set will be here by Christmas!
• 19 Pun-Based Halloween Costumes. (You’re welcome, or I’m sorry, depending on your taste.)

Friday is a good day for coming to terms with the fact that none of my books will ever be as popular as that Tweet I made about the Pope’s wardrobe malfunction.

• 17 Bunnies For All the Sad People Out There
• What to do in a bubble cloud (from the San Diego Zoo)
• Puppies! In Sweaters!
• Perfectly Timed Cat Photos

Friday is going to spend the day watching DVDs of the original Muppet Show.

• Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards Gallery.
• 21 Cats Who Are Still Figuring Out This Whole Cat Thing.
• 10 Cats That Woke Up Feeling Like Garbage.
• This Sunday will be the first supermoon lunar eclipse in 30 years.

Friday is ready to start writing the next book!

• Family launches cat pic and LEGO R2D2 into space. Stories and videos like this just make me happy.
• Hamster cuteness!
• 16 Confused Cats.
• The Spaceweather.com website has a gallery of aurora pics.

Friday is running a bit late today…

• Scientists had a Twitter Battle for the Cutest Creatures. (Link via Michi Trota)
• Cats in Pots! (Link via Seanan McGuire)
• Referee Penalty Pics for Argumentative Fallacies.
• Zen Foxes.

Hope everyone’s enjoying the last day of summer vacation. (You know, depending on your local school district’s schedule and whether or not you care about the K-12 school year and all that stuff…)

• Star Wars trench run, in LEGO
• Cats who are too adorably stupid for their own good
• Classic comic covers recreated in LEGO
• Dinosaurs and other giant creatures made from rice straw

Friday is looking forward to sleeping in on Monday.

• Mini Horses and Friends.
• LEGO Orangutan. “Oook.”
• Doggy Noses!
• Http Status Messages, with Cats.