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I read the Kiki Strike books yesterday.
Feb. 10th, 2011 10:26 am
I'm glad I did. They're fun books but, more importantly, it led me to check out the author's website (the one listed in the books does NOT work, you'll have to google for it) and she's incredibly linktastic. So, since I'm still a week behind in my posts....
Here's an article about child vampire hunters in 1954. The part about the schoolchildren heading out to the cemetery with sharp objects reminded me uncannily of this story.
This is a couple of years old, but it's adorable if it's true: Tavi Gevinson: the 13-year-old blogger with the fashion world at her feet
On purple carrots
There is such a thing as competitive lockpicking.
And you have to have to HAVE to see this video on a store with lots and lots (and lots) of obscure sodas.
I believe you can order from them.
This is an interesting design for a prosthetic arm
Here's an article about child vampire hunters in 1954. The part about the schoolchildren heading out to the cemetery with sharp objects reminded me uncannily of this story.
This is a couple of years old, but it's adorable if it's true: Tavi Gevinson: the 13-year-old blogger with the fashion world at her feet
On purple carrots
There is such a thing as competitive lockpicking.
And you have to have to HAVE to see this video on a store with lots and lots (and lots) of obscure sodas.
I believe you can order from them.
This is an interesting design for a prosthetic arm
