It’s Opening Day! If you live in America, you know what this means. For the rest of you, I’m referring to our national pastime: baseball. This is my excuse for being (otherwise) absent from the blog today. Here are some links to tide you over. See you tomorrow!

• 14 Totally Badass Female Authors [courtesy Huff Post Books]
• Classic Childhood Books That Grow With You [courtesy Huff Post Books]
• Burned Paper Manicure Tutorial [courtesy GlitterFingersss]

Legendary Cleveland pitcher Bob Feller for Roadmaster, 1941.