Men and cats.

Buttermilk pancakes from The Kitchn

Made these pancakes over the weekend. They were very good. The recipe made a ton -- we came out with 27 pancakes, and managed to eat half of them between the four of us. We often make pancakes on the weekend, and I usually try different recipes. Last weekend I made Marion Cunningham's recipe from The Breakfast Book -- first time I've had a recipe fail from that book, but they were flat and greasy. Maybe I did something wrong. They were edible and the kids ate them up, but they were probably the worst I've made. One of my favorites is actually the TJ's pumpkin pancake and waffle mix. That's the only mix I've tried.

Do you have a go-to pancake recipe? I haven't found one yet.

Why Emma Watson Really Left Brown

I was somewhat amused and somewhat annoyed by this: Why Emma Watson Really Left Brown. Then it turns out the author didn't go to Brown and was just making stuff up! AHA!
Strange what stereotypes people have... all the stuff about how everyone was so rich and fashionable didn't square with my Brown experience at all.

Hyperallergic

I found this art blog... it's not showing you art, it's news and thoughts about art.

Giant sea cucumbers eat with their butts

I thought a certain six year-old might enjoy that marine fact...

Sir Penguin

This penguin has been knighted.

This literally kills me

I am annoyed that major dictionaries are now acknowledging the use of the word "literally" for emphasis.  It's one thing for a word to take on a new meaning.  It is irritating beyond belief when the new meaning totally reverses the useful distinction made by the old meaning.  Literally, as in it didn't actually happen.  And we already have so many words we can use for the new meaning ("totally," "virtually," etc.), but only one word for the old meaning.  So now what term can we use to replace "literally"?  I submit "for reals."