Sunday, October 18, 2020

Sunday Links



Baker Jessica Clark-Bojin  from Pies Are Awesome has shared some of her best Halloween-themed pies and they are fabulous. Via Everlasting Blort

Feeling crafty? Make these Halloween Bat Dolls 

The 22 Best Bob Dylan Covers By Roots Artists Some of these are wonderful. Fairport Convention's Percy's Song has always been a favourite of mine. 

GQ: Nobody exactly asked Sean Penn if he would help set up one of the country’s most impressive coronavirus testing programs. But that’s what he did at L.A.’s Dodger Stadium.

Pedestrians First measures the walkability of the world's cities.

This is good: In the Dark Season 2 (podcast): Curtis Flowers, a Black man from Winona, Mississippi,  was tried six times for the same crime. Flowers spent more than 20 years fighting for his life while a white prosecutor spent that same time trying just as hard to execute him. 

Where are the ships? Cruise Ship Tracker, Itineraries, Schedules, Deck Plans  Via Things Magazine

The Ring Finders will find your lost ring. If you don't believe me, check out their Book of Smiles. Via MeFi

Illustrator Andreas Samuelsson has created the emojis you always wanted including a cafetière, a perfect green olive and a few sex toys.

A young woman builds an underground house from scratch. Mighty impressive. Via Memo of the Air

There is indeed a Sing along with Khrushchov coloring book (Yes, they have spelled his name with an 'o' instead of an 'e')


Do you like reading as much as I do? Here are 48 literary social media accounts you might want to follow. (Includes  @hotdudesreading!)

This is lovely: A Glance at Daily Life Among the Caretakers of Britain’s Small Islands

12 Sunsets: Exploring Ed Ruscha's Archive street views of the Sunset Strip in Los Angeles.

This Portuguese pet hotel is nicer than some places I've stayed.

Baking Bad by heyjupiter: "Jesse Pinkman and his former home-ec teacher Walter White are co-owners of Heisenbrew's Uncertainty, an up-and-coming food truck. The business is going great, but local chain Hermanos Cafecitos wants to buy them out, Jesse's girlfriend got into art school in New Zealand, and Mr. White won't let Jesse buy organic ingredients for his muffins. On these and other pressing concerns, Jesse seeks advice from his NA sponsor Mike." Via MeFi

This blew my mind: His face out of his own fur  Via




The Irish in Cleveland: A history in photos I actually have a Cleveland Irish connection. My mum came to Canada from Ireland with her family when she was a baby. Her younger sister married an Irishman and moved to Cleveland as a young woman. The Irishman was John O'brien Sr. who went on to found the Cleveland Irish Cultural Festival in 1983.


A New Brunswick couple are discovering new recipes and rediscovering others as they cook their way through the Victory Cook Book. CBC News

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