Gingero.us: Weekend Linkage: Get Thee to the Red Planet

Up until today I was pretty sure that this week would never end. But! Boyfriend's birthday is this weekend, so we're doing some delicious din-din and we bought a case of fancy beer. Also, I got him this! Lots of exciting homebrewing adventures in our future!

Gabby Douglas becomes the first woman of color to take home Gold in the gymnastics all-around competition — This girl is a badass. She flies, dude. {Clutch} and {Feministing}

Olympic Weightlifter Zoe Smith Tells Sexist Trolls to STFU — Eff yeah, lady! {Feministing}

5 Stupid Things You Do in Social Media — Solid advice! Of course, I know you're not doing these things, because my readers are much too savvy for that. {Make a Living Writing}

Don't Forget: We're Landing a Thing on Mars This Weekend — And here's Wil Wheaton and William Shatner to tell you allllll about it. {The Mary Sue}

Here's some perspective for you:

"I was watching some Olympic highlights this morning when a Canadian swimmer said something like "swimming again after a bad race is the hardest thing in the world." I turned to my kid and said, "You know what is hard? Working in a coal mine. That is hard. Being hungry. That is hard. Swimming a race is hardly "the hardest thing in the world."" I think sport is great. It can teach wonderful skills, build confidence, and provides an outlet for all kinds of things. But one needs to keep this in perspective."

Your quote of the day about penises and vaginas comes courtesy of George R. R. Martin — And he makes an excellent point about the way our culture views sex and violence. {BoingBoing}

Threadcakes 2012 — Kittens! On a Copy machine! On a cake! {Cake Wrecks}

The Free Lunch Movement — We've all gotten one at least once. Yes, everyone. {The Art of Non-Conformity}

Traveling + Long-Distance Friends + Gold-Medal Caliber Packing — Way envious of Sarah's elite packing skills. I pack the same amount of stuff for only a week! {Yes and Yes}

Minimalist Hobbies — Because I'm always looking for things to do that don't come with 8 metric tons of paraphernalia. {Miss Minimalist}

9 Steps to Arranging a Well-Organized Kitchen — Can't say I agree with the "Buy two of everything" bit, but the rest is good advice. {Apartment Therapy}

This appears to be a really amazing movie that will be at least 12 hours long: