Lisa Simpson, Frosting for the Cause & my Obsession with the Color Yellow

I seem to have become obsessed with the color yellow.

Case in point...

...the 100-year-old piano I picked up for $99 at Goodwill.  Had to be painted YELLOW.

{Spike will now pose for you.}


Hubby out-of-town on business, I painted our bathroom grey...and added lots (and lots) of YELLOW.


And these cookies....

{They are supposed to be floral silhouettes, but let's be honest.  They look like a cross between Lisa Simpson and a sea creature.}

The cookies are for a good cause, though...and I'm posting the tutorial over at Frosting for the Cause, sweet Paula's charity bringing bakers together to raise money for women's cancers.  Come on over.

(And if you'd like to sign up to help, you can, too!) 

News, Reviews and Other Cool Stuff

News

"300" director Zack Snyder to direct "Superman" for Warner Bros.

Wonder Woman returning to television.

FOX wins rights to "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Slayer; coming to you in 3D



Reviews

"Pariah" by Bob Fingerman; Graeme's Fantasy Book Review

"The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin; Neth Space

"The Left Hand of God" by Paul Hoffman; Best Fantasy Books

"Who Fears Death" by Nnedi Okorafor ; Bookslut


Misc.

Jonathan Franzen's Glasses Stolen; Ransom Note Left Behind; Galleycat

Cyber Bridge to Anthony Zuiker's "The Dark Prophecy: Level 26" now available

"Inception" ending explained; Screen Rant

Sci-fi memorabilia for girls;

The Mad Hatter interviews Anthony Huso-- author of "The Last Page"

Cinda Williams Chima on world building; Fantasy Book Critic

Men Spit and Women Swallow: Why Females Make Better Protagonists Dreams and Speculation

F*** Me, Ray Bradbury (NSFW)

This is so outrageous-- kind of a birthday present for the 90-year-old... or not. But funny.

You ever have those days?

You know, the one where you find out your brother has Dengue Fever? Yeah.... I had that day today. My brother lives in Thailand so he's at much higher risk than we would be to a mosquito borne infections. Anyway, being the lucky guy he is, he picked a really bad form of the disease and has Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever. It has low fatality rate as long as patients are treaded in the hospital and my brother is currently being transferred to they best one they have that's nearest to him so he can be under constant care. It sounds as if the prognosis will be good.

But how often do you get a call that a loved one has Dengue Fever? Not often, that's for sure. I'm still trying to figure out if I should be worried or not. I guess I'll let you know when I figure out how panicked I should be.

If anyone has an info on the fever, please pass it on. Anything to make us feel like we know what we're dealing with would be great.

Sorry if this is a rambling kind of post. My mom called late and I'm kind of rheumy. So, apologies for all the typos. 

Where to Begin?

I have been really, really........really bad about keeping up with my "books received" list. I was somewhat ambitious about wanting to keep the list updated with the description of the book included, but once I got behind it began to seem so time consuming that I kept putting it off until I had time to get to it-- until I didn't have time to get to it all.

I know-- I'm so lucky to have a problem like that.

Anyway. I need to do something, so, for now, I'm putting up pictures.

Here are some recent arrivals...









The good news is that I have duplicates of some of these, so they'll make their way to you through some giveaways.

The bad news is that I have about six bookshelves that look like this....



And don't know where to start...

Happy Fourth of July!

I'm all set. Got my watermelon margaritas, barbecued ribs and berry cobbler all ready. Hope you all have a great holiday.

Happy Mother's Day!