Sunday Links

Spot famous folks' scrawls in the backstage "Autograph Room" at this legendary San Francisco venue 

How to Say I Love You The Non-Expert pulls out all the stops to help a reader say “I love you,” in precisely 100 different ways.

These Cheeky Statuettes Were Part of Edo-Era Japan’s Answer to Pockets. My friend has an impressive collection.

Is Where the Crawdads Sing based on a murder that Delia Owens witnessed in Zambia, committed by her stepson?

Tokyo subway’s humble duct-tape typographer  Via

The art of running: Runner maps portrait of Frida Kahlo on his nearly 30-mile run around San Francisco

See the British Library's collection of instructional videos on how medieval artists made their manuscripts. Via PfRC

Because I know you like quizzes: Astronaut Aptitude Test Via

Fawlty Towers: The château that ate Provence. Thanks Bruce!

A Brief and Awful History of the Lobotomy: Each had developed a different technique for mutilating the brains of the patients they operated on, and each had his turn on the stage.

We saw so many lovely neighbourhoods on the Buffalo Garden Walk last weekend. I think my favourite was this charming enclave:  Little Summer St. Cottages

Why a Cat Always Lands on Its Feet: How a French Scientist Used Photography to Solve the Problem in 1894 

Facebook Connected Her to a Tattooed Soldier in Iraq. Or So She Thought

 Sweet Blessings is a non-profit ministry started by Ashley Gann, located in Lexington, KY, that creates birthday cakes for children and kids living in poverty or with life threatening illnesses.

365 kids books in 365 days: Matt Zurbo is an author and father of Cielo, a beautiful baby girl! This is his gift to her.

The Story of Pamela Colman Smith, the Queen of the Tarot 

Drawing Architecture Studio builds Japanese teahouse on balcony: A Chinese studio transforms a boring two-bedroom apartment into a classical Japanese home complete with a teahouse.

Rockwell’s Most Radical Painting Never in his wildest dreams did Norman Percevel Rockwell imagine that he would become one of America’s controversial artists.

How a 6,000-Year-Old Dog Cancer Spread Around the World Thanks Bruce

This college dropout was bedridden for 11 years. Then he invented a surgery and cured himself  An amazing story Via Miss C