A collection links that have caught my eye since the last time I shared links that caught my eye. {wink}

(Just a reminder: in the interest of actually getting a post finished – no easy feat these days – I’m not categorizing these links. They’re definitely a hodgepodge of humor, thought-provoking, and strange.)

• Birth Order May Not Shape Personality After All by Ben Guarino at The Washington Post. My take: I’ve always thought “birth order” may be as useful as Myers Briggs or the Enneagram. Possibly helpful, but not ultimately authoritative.
• The Helicopter Bunny by Elizabeth Hoey at McSweeneys. Made me laugh!
• Mercury, Not Venus, Is the Closest Planet to Earth from Gizmodo.
• Betty Ballantine, Who Helped Introduce Paperbacks, Dies at 99 from the New York Times.
• Girl, Get Some Footnotes: Rachel Hollis, Hustle, and Plagiarism Problems by Katelyn Beatty at CT. There are serious issues with this author’s work, not least of which is plagiarism (sadly).
• Fairy Tales Could Be Older Than You Ever Imagined by Erin Blakemore at Smithsonian.
• All the Lonely People by Scott Devor at Tabletalk.
• Twelve Rules for the Bookish Life by Doug Sikkema at Comment.
• Fascinating and thought-provoking and I’m still processing it: The Great Commission Christianity Keeps Blacks Away from Evangelicalism by Anthony Bradley at Fathom.
• Where Movies Get Their Vintage Electronics from Gizmodo. (I would have guessed my local thrift store – kidding!)
• Churches That Play Together Stay Together by Courtney Ellis at CT. Reiterates the importance of eating & playing together in family life, and also in a church family. (Even if some of these examples are a little out there.)

From Living Unabridged

Last year: Homeschool Troubleshooting – What About Meals?
Two years ago: No More Helicopter Parenting
Three years ago: Cincinnati Field Trips for Homeschoolers
Four years ago: Schedules, Routines, and Real Life

Anything caught your eye lately?