Sunday, November 25, 2018

Sunday Links

Image credit: Jacobia Dahm for NPR

A Toy Monkey That Escaped Nazi Germany And Reunited A Family

300-year-old note found inside butt of Jesus statue (No, it did not say "Get me out of here")

The Internet has a Cat! Meet Purrli, the Online Cat Purr Generator.

Photos Of Johnny Cash And June Carter At Folsom Prison 

Super recognisers: the people who never forget a face

3 Days, 150 Paintings: A Whirlwind Tintoretto Tour 

Here It Is! Alice B. Toklas's Recipe for Hash Brownies

 30 Ways to Die of Electrocution 

This made me chuckle: Mother Lish’s Bologna Sandwich, a recipe from Gordon Lish 

The Impossibly Cool Album Covers of Blue Note Records

A Meal of 50 Courses Over 6 Hours. Is This the Future of Dining? 

Cat tongue research could change the way we brush our hair and clean rugs — big news for allergy sufferers.

Art Bra 

For centuries fishermen in Nazaré Portugal taught their children to avoid the huge waves that crashed against the nearby cliffs. Then the extreme surfers showed up

The Story of an Iconic Statue: Behind Degas's Little Dancer 

Creating a Century of Portraits in My Living Room

Grina - a word with two contradictory definitions. Via PfRC

Saving the Abandoned Home of Frederick Law Olmsted, Central Park Designer

Your meals aren't Pinterest perfect? Neither are mine and this is why. How Food Stylists Trick Us Into Thinking Food Looks Better Than It Really Does

His dad found a box at a boot sale. There was some good stuff inside. Via Blort

Shigeru Ban designs pyramidal bourbon distillery for Kentucky Owl Park

2 comments:

  1. The Little Dancer story is sad, but really interesting, and great cocktail party ammunition.

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  2. I've seen one of the casts of the original at the Musee D'Orsay but didn't know the story.

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