“If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.”
-Milton Berle

A week of curveballs and opportunities, kittens, with a little time needing to be spent at the office this weekend to help out a coworker. Meanwhile, Jeff is studying for his last set of exams in November and living at his office on the weekends. Make no mistake, getting ahead in London isn’t easy…but we doing it.

Here are you links, tell me what you’re getting up to this weekend in the comments!

One of the ladies I work with as part of a freelance marketing agency is also just starting her masters degree in social work–because she requires no sleep, apparently! And she’s just started a small side project of her own as well. In her own words, since she deals with a lot of the dark side of people and humanity, she wanted to create a space dedicated to “seeking, sharing, and celebrating joy.” Join in. #ShareYourJoys

A different kind of “revenge” story.

Agatha Christie and poison. Read immediately.

“It might seem frivolous to be talking about stories at a time like this…No, it’s not.”

What a doll.

Language warning. And also spit take warning.

Relevant to my (medieval) interests. Also, I think I may be a rooster?

Goodness, our supercluster is pretty! But things here in the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the galaxy (points for reference) are pretty good too.

Not enough music round these parts, let’s rectify that, shall we?

Oh good…

True story about how the wall paper in one of our show flats on one of our properties is so genuinely gorgeous that I stroked it for a while the first time I saw it. TMI? Don’t care. We work with lux materials and I revel in it. Ergo, wallpaper has become a bit of a mini-obsession for me lately and this leopard design (NOT, leopard print, note) is speaking to me on some primal level.

Jeff is 30 in two months…and according to this list, we’re still slightly hopeless. I’ll never be able to keep a plant alive…

“Out of clutter, find simplicity.”
― Albert Einstein

Another week down, another batch of links for your enjoyment, kittens! I’ve got to get through some freelance and shake a sore throat so excuse the tearing hurry?

Humans, inherently decent.

And on the other side of the spectrum… (There is little known about this woman, but whoever she is, she is unspeakably brave, And I suspect she has likely paid an unspeakable cost.)

And scientifically, somewhat akin to us…

This book. I need it. NOW. (h/t to Venice)

To celebrate the Queen’s overtaking her great-great-grandmother as longest reigning British monarch, CGP Grey made a vid. Never forget bigger army diplomacy.

This preview of an interview Stephen Colbert did on his faith was very interesting. Go forth and listen on the 13th if so inclined.

I’m in a bit of an Alice In Wonderland mood at the moment, and this was a delight.

Be the fox.

Huh. I have always wondered about this sort of thing.

Tumblr find of the week.

Fun!

 

“Hands up if you’re ready to do something you’ll regret this weekend. Go forth! You have my blessing.”
― Florence Welch

Summer has slid right into fall this past week with a temperature drop and some falling nuts and leaves. Excellent. Time to break out the boots. Whilst I’m doing that and finishing up some freelance work, here’s an extra special edition of links, rounding up the best and weirdest of the internet from while I’ve been out of commission. Enjoy and let me know what you’re getting up to this weekend.

This dame has it together.

Coffee art.

WANT.

Another dame who has it together.

To read.

Oddly soothing?

All minions are ordered to begin dropping these into casual conversation immediately.

HERE FOR THIS. “The big wink is that there is no big wink.”

Wimbledon fashion through the years.

Speaking of fashion, an area in which I desperately need some help.

New life stress goal: be the owl.

Want to read about the Royal corgis? I thought so!

As we’ve been doing a lot of travelling, this is relevant.

Could you? Would you?

Don’t mind me…someone cut some onions in here or something…

Models. They aren’t like us.

Damn it, Hitler!

Who doesn’t love some bad fiction?

Suck it, haters.

It’s hard to explain how much militant, conspiracy theorist Americans dismay and frighten me. Someday, I honestly feel some of them are going to do incredible damage, and I’m more afraid that no one will take sufficient notice of them until something horrible happens.

Yup.

The “hot mess” false stereotype has got to go.

For the title alone, this must be read.

Linked by virtue of the correctional statement at the bottom alone.

Fan Bing Bing is a glorious person to follow if you are at all interested in fashion–Go Fug Yourself has a nice summer round up of her looks that will get you through a rainy day (of where there have been a few lately, LONDON.).

Nellie. Bly. Forever.

Music that sticks. And why.

A few months old, but a solid read.

Millennials in the workforce, meaning that some geezers might want to stop wringing their hands at the state of the young people today. We’re working (and plenty of studies show we’re working damn hard).

Headline of the week.

“How did it get so late so soon?”
― Dr. Seuss

Hi kittens! It has been quite a summer, almost entirely good but also occasionally overwhelmingly busy. Work has opened up with bigger projects and more opportunities than I could have imagined, but it has also meant long hours and bad stress in some instances (there has also been good stress, but that doesn’t bug me nearly as much as it generally means I’m learning). There has been a lot of travel…and yet I’m already itching for more.

In sort, I’ve much to catch you up on.

I gave myself some time off this summer, but the season is winding down–it must be, it’s the last Bank Holiday of summer, it’s pouring rain, and the tree in the courtyard is threatening to change colors–and so it’s back to the blog! Posting resumes this week.

Tell me about your summer adventures, ducklings, I’ve missed our chats.