Sunday, October 25, 2020

Sunday Links




Little Peek This week's house envy. 

Where can I get one of these?

I really like this: Gloria Steinem 1965 Interview with Dorothy Parker  Gloria Steinem was 30 and Parker was 71 when they met in the winter of 1964-65 for a long chat that ended up as a Ladies Home Journal article.

40 years of the Austin Metro Via Things Magazine

Massive landslide in Nara Prefecture 2004

A website exploring the bath houses of Japan. Via Present &Correct 

This cycling trip along the Seine from Paris to the Sea looks like fun. We went from Amsterdam to Bruges by bike two years ago. 


"Even the Bathwater is Dirty" The Notting Hill neighbourhood in London has become gentrified but it was once very different.

Merriam Webster's Time Traveler is a fun tool that reveals when words first appeared in its print dictionary.

This ad for a pencil sharpener came up on my Facebook timeline. Now I really want one, even though I have no pencils.

Trailer for American Selfie: One Nation Shoots Itself

These Mid-Century Beverage Posters by Telegramme Paper Co. would look great in your kitchen.

This Segregated Campground was built for racist reasons but it became a refuge for Black families.

Dammit all! Thanks Bruce!


Analyzing the Design of Unusual Japanese Butter Tableware Via Everlasting Blort

Headline of the day: Escaped cloned female mutant crayfish take over Belgian cemetery  " It's impossible to round up all of them. It's like trying to empty the ocean with a thimble." Via MeFi

The Perfect Hex Sign-Inspired Corporate Logo: The eye had its premiere on CBS on Nov. 19, 1951, overlaid on a photograph of a cloud-filled sky. The logo was not just a mark of distinction, it symbolized the strength of all things ocular. Via Perfect For Roquefort Cheese.

And here are a bunch of Halloween links:

Revisiting 'The House That Dripped Blood'

A Graphic Guide to Cemetery Symbolism 

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