Gretchen: So as far as I can tell, the goal of this book is to be something more sophisticated and legit than Ye Olde Tea Shoppe, while still being more accessible than Actual Beowulf.

Tall dog.

Orlando.

So sleepy.

My friend Carrie's puppy Carmella met a pug.

"MY WATER."

The White House!

Just two beautiful, accomplished women who share a mutual inability to know where to look during selfies. Above the phone? A little to the right?

It started with "Secret Places in Death Valley: The Boxcar Cabin" (sparked by the conversation we had about the Death Valley Germans in last week's link roundup) and things just went nuts from there.

I am in DC today, and I do not know how Claire Underwood never seems to experience the effects of humidity.

"The child said I could eat the bear."

Yesterday was Matt and Jaya's two-year wedding anniversary, so here is a picture of one of their cats.

A boy and his [grandparents'] dog.

Doing link roundups is hard. Come back, Nicole!

Why is this not already a band name? Start this band!