This month Paramount+ dropped season 3 of Star Trek Strange New Worlds which I have anxiously been awaiting and then followed it up with an announcement about an episode of Season 4 where the characters will appear as Muppets. First, they did a crossover episode with Lower Decks, then an all-musical episode, now Muppets?!?! THIS. This is why I love ST: SNW. 100%.
Then a story dropped in the NY Times about the set design of Sesame Street (full article, gift link here). They mention a Muppet scholar in the article. Who knew that was even a job!??! It’s a muppet-astic week!
Drop a note in the comments and tell me your favorite Sesame Street or Muppet character. I love Beaker, Animal, The Count and Snuffleupagus (that’s how you spell it! I had to Google it to be sure!).
Muppet Links of the Week:
- The Set Design of Sesame Street (Feat. Jane Jacobs) (via kottke.org)
- Season 4 of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds is going to featur… (via kottke.org)
Pens:
- Intrigue and Elegance with Inlaid, Inset, and Hooded Nibs (via Pen Boutique Blog)
- My Visconti Returns. My Kaweco Sport…Not So Much (via Line Variation)
- Schon DSGN x Custom Nib Studio Sashiko Fountain Pen Review (via The Pen Addict)
- Review: Benu Talisman Moonstone Fountain Pen (via Inky Imaginings)
Ink:
- InkFlash – Franklin Christoph Olde Emerald (via inkxplorations)
- Wearingeul Jekyll and Hyde Inks Review | Dual Personalities in Ink (via Pen Chalet)
- Ink Institute Taiwan’s Secret Realm Lavender Coral Ink Review (via The Pen Addict)
Notebooks & Paper:
- Weekly spread using the Pilot Frixion Erasable Stamps (via All About Planners)
- Keeping a Journal (via Philofaxy)
- Complementary Notebook Systems and Stationery: Yamamoto Bullet Jotters (via The Gentleman Stationer)
- Notebook Systems 101: More 2025 DC Pen Show Workshop Information (via The Gentleman Stationer)
Art & Creativity:
- TUTORIAL: Paint a Sunset Reflection with Hahnemühle’s Bookmark Painting Set (via Doodlewash)
- Apple-Pine: Chicago Trip, Part Four: Extra Time (via Apple Pine)
- Apple-Pine: Chicago Trip, Part Three: My Workshop at the Urban Sketchers Seminar (via Apple Pine)
- This Artist Uses Vintage Typewriters as a Drawing Tool (via My Modern Met)
- Up the Seagulls! Alfie Wheatley turns Brighton & Hove Albion’s 2024/25 season into a series of typographic experiments (via It’s Nice That)
Other Interesting Things:
- The Superior Labor in Okayama Part II (via Wonder Pens)
- All the Lists: DC prep! (via Casual Crossings)
- Under Construction (Be Back Oct. 1) (via Dime Novel Raven)
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