Today’s post comes to us from Laura, a Youth Advisory Board member who is active on Pinterest and eager to share her thoughts about why the social network has quickly taken off, especially among Millennials. She uses the site for a variety of... Read the rest of this post
Um....so, this is completely random but there is a hilarious
Cat bum board on Pinterest (started by Kirsten Hall) and I just had to draw a cat butt today.
P.S.-
Follow me here if you are on Pinterest!
We just got an eyeful of the Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Award nominees (and we think these awards will be harder to call than the Grammys — who will win best movie: Muppets, Smurfs, Harry Potter, or Alvin & The Chipmunks?! We’ll... Read the rest of this post
I’ve been meaning to post Korean TV (K-drama) recommendations for a while, but I haven’t quite gotten around to it. Recently, my new-ish Korean friends here in New York moved upstate and made some new friends who were looking for k-drama recommendations. My friends don’t watch much TV themselves, so I had the chance to finally make a list of some of my favorites, which of course makes a great seed for a blog post!
But I’m going to do something different. Instead of making yet another list with links, I’m going to make a Pinterest board, so I can keep adding to it when I find a new show to recommend. I’ve also started collecting some of my booklists tag into Pinterest lists, in case it’s easier for you to follow those there. Here’s my main Pinterest profile, and from there you can follow what interests you.
I watch K-dramas at both hulu.com and dramafever.com. I prefer to give you links to DramaFever, because it’s free there (some can only be seen on Hulu if you pay for Hulu Plus; I do because then I can watch them on my phone and Xbox). But Hulu is easier to pin—there is no easy image to grab on the show’s main page on DramaFever, for some reason. So, the dilemma is: pin DramaFever without an easy-t0-grab image, pin Hulu with the image but a link that not everyone can watch at, or both? I think both, for now.
The premium membership at DramaFever can be a good deal, by the way, because they are commercial-free—which Hulu isn’t, which makes no sense; if you’re paying for it, you ought to be able to watch commercial-free. Though DramaFever did just raise their rates, which means that it’s not quite such a good deal. (Last year it was only something like $49 a year, which breaks down to less than $5 per month. I think it doubled this year, but still, if you watch a lot of K-dramas, it’s worth it to be able to watch commercial free.)
At any rate, follow the links over on Pinterest for more K-dramas! And if Pinterest is not your thing, don’t worry–you don’t have to be a member to use the lists as a resource.
Originally published at Stacy Whitman's Grimoire. You can comment here or there.
Showing that he’s hip to new music trends, President Obama (released an official 2012 campaign playlist on Spotify. There’s a little something for everyone here, including some REO Speedwagon, some Arcade Fire, some Ricky Martin, and, of... Read the rest of this post
As if we need more social networks to follow, Lady Gaga (has just unveiled LittleMonsters.com her very own social site that’s all about her and her fans. If you haven’t received your invite yet, here’s a tour to fill you in on what... Read the rest of this post
Today we read a chapter from H.E. Marshall’s English Literature for Boys and Girls:
But of one of the great treasures of old Irish literature we will talk. This is the Leabhar Na h-Uidhre, or Book of the Dun Cow. It is called so because the stories in it were first written down by St. Ciaran in a book made from the skin of a favorite cow of a dun color. That book has long been lost, and this copy of it was made in the eleventh century…
In the Book of the Dun Cow, and in another old book called the Book of Leinster, there is written the great Irish legend called the Tain Bo Chuailgne or the Cattle Raid of Cooley.
This is a very old tale of the time soon after the birth of Christ. In the book we are told how this story had been written down long, long ago in a book called the Great Book Written on Skins.
That last bit cracked us up and we had to spend a while proclaiming the title in sonorous tones.
We enjoyed the story of the Book of the Dun Cow even more than the story in the Book of the Dun Cow, if you see what I mean. Marshall drops in intriguing details and doesn’t explain them: “But a learned man carried away that book to the East.” Who? Why? Where?
We’d have liked to hear more of Mary A. Hutton’s poem, “The Tain,” of which only a snippet was included—the Brown Bull’s death:
“He lay down
Against the hill, and his great heart broke there,
And sent a stream of blood down all the slope;
And thus, when all the war and Tain had ended,
In his own land, ‘midst his own hills, he died.”
Later we decided it was time for Rilla to meet The King of Ireland’s Son, and Padraic Colum’s rollicking, lilting prose swept us off on a grand adventure. Oh, such chills when the Eagle looks at the King’s Son with the “black films of death” covering her eyes!
Hmm, this is all sounding rather gruesome, but I guess I’m just calling out the gruesome bits. We were laughing ourselves silly at certain parts of the morning’s reading. And Colum weaves in such irresistible poetry:
His hound at his heel,
His hawk on his wrist;
A brave steed to carry him whither he list,
And the green ground under him,
and
I put the fastenings on my boat
For a year and for a day,
And I went where the rowans grow,
And where the moorhens lay;
And I went over the stepping-stones
And dipped my feet in the ford,
And came at last to the Swineherd’s house,–
The Youth without a Sword.
A swallow sang upon his porch
“Glu-ee, glu-ee, glu-ee,”
“The wonder of all wandering,
The wonder of the sea;”
A swallow soon to leave ground sang
“Glu-ee, glu-ee, glu-ee.”
I’m using Pinterest to create a little scrapbook of our Ireland rabbit trail—it suddenly made sense to me last night how that’s a perfect platform for collecting all the books, pictures, and websites we tend to explore in the pursuit of a particular interest.
Here’s a clip of some Irish
Pinterest is growing rapidly and has quickly become the #5 social network (in terms of driving retail traffic, behind Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, and Yahoo!, and ahead of Google+. It makes sense considering the site’s large female following... Read the rest of this post
I just joined Pinterest and I had a lot of fun making a little "board" of presents for Ruby, the main character in my novel DROUGHT. Check it out; I hope you love it!
Next up: presents for Oscar. If you have ideas, leave me comments or make your own Pinterest board and let me know where it is!
A couple months ago I started seeing images that had the words “via Pinterest” on my friends’ Facebook news feeds. It took about a week ‘til my curiosity was piqued enough to find out what Pinterest was. Once I found out what it was, I requested an invite. Once I received a Pinterest account, I [...]
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As if I need another super cool thing on the internet to keep me from reading, cleaning, sleeping, showering... or feeding my children! I have discovered
Pinterest.
Pinterest is a virtual pinboard where you can pin images you see on the web. I have installed a "pin it" button on my browser, so if I see something I love or want to come back to, I can pin it and it will be saved to one of my boards. Here is one of my boards that I have created for all of my library decor ideas:
All of the images are automatically credited to the original place on the web, so you can go back to it and give credit where credit is due. There is space to write notes, so you can include an entire recipe or a keyword.
Pinterest is a very social site. You can have followers and follow others. If you see something on one of their boards, you can repin it to yours, like it or comment on it. You can instantly post your pins to Facebook, Twitter or SumbleUpoin. You can email them to friends or embed them in your blog.
Pinterest follows a high standard and doesn't allow hate or inappropriate content. There are some 4 letter words on there and nudity, so be warned. Right now, Pinterest is invitation only- so you can visit them, enter your email and cross your fingers! If you are on
Pinterest,
come check out my boards!
I only joined Pinterest a couple of weeks ago - and only started Pinning this week ;-) (Yes, I am slow...)
Seems like a cute idea and a fun way to get ideas for writing :D
Interesting. I like the idea, but for me it would be another way to distract me from writing.
I agree Bish. If it's not something you love or would have fun doing, then don't do it. I'm a very visual person so of course I love it.
Ha, stop making it sound so useful! I'm so very tempted. :)
Lol Meredith. You crack me up. So true!
Oh, Christina, I am so on the edge for this one. I've been seeing Pinterest pages and they look fabulous. Maybe I just need to book a day as my "Pinterest setup day" and go for it.
I've been seeing Pinterest around more and more lately . . . it sounds like a really cool site. :)
I've only been on Pinterest a few times. I think I have two things pinned.
This makes me want to be more active on it. I love these literary links. Thank you.
Your Pinterest page is visually beautiful. I only heard about Pinterest two days ago when the literary agent Rachell Gardner posted about it. My book is also set in Asia, so I'm very curious about your Korean book. Do you mention in your book about contemporary culture in Korea, like famous singers and songs and Korean TV and movies? Thanks.
Oh I don't think I knew about all these industry folks--some I follow, but not all. Thanks for putting this all together!
PInterest is so addictive. But it's fun and I think it offers us something new and exciting as a way to connect to others and also for promotion and marketing.
PJ- yes, it's so easy to set up. I forgot to mention that. It would take an evening while watching TV because you really don't need lots of 'thinking' to go into it. Not like editing!
Golden Eagle- let me know if you get an account!
Medeia- yes, there are more editors and agents and publishing houses but my post was already long enough!
Giora- Wow! You are writing a Korean novel! That is soooo awesome. Korea has a very special place in my heart for a lot of reasons. No, for my YA that's set in today's time, I didn't mention any of the pop culture because my main character wasn't interested in it! And because bands come and go. If you do, I would stick with the oldies. Oh and their concerts are such an experience!
Angela- there are more people signing up everyday too. It's a start at least. I think it's different and it would catch your visual audience.
I'm just getting into this :) thanks for the info
I love me some Pinterest. :) I'll have to start following you.
Thanks so much for these links. I had no idea all these people were using boards. I'll have to check them out.
nice ill put this in my marketing roundup this week! :)
Shelli- cool! Thanks!
I do like the idea of pinning up pictures of characters in a place that won't clutter my house. LOL Thanks for the tip! I'll have to check it out.