Sunday Links



It's Sunday morning here but it's cocktail hour somewhere so here's a wonderful  Compendium of Vintage Cocktail Recipe Books that you can open and browse. Bottoms up! (via Perfect for Roquefort Cheese)

I've been taking a lot of City Walks

As the 20th Anniversary of 9-11 approached NPR set up an old phone booth in Brooklyn Bridge Park and invited people to leave a voicemail for someone they lost that day.  A bit of a tearjerker: The Voicemail  

An Accidental Collection: Haruki Murakami's T-shirts

You play with the Canadian goat you get the horns

Mini James Bond 007 Aston Martin Lovely!

These were real buildings, not sets and the 'Who's Who' of building names used reads like an audit of the most important domestic buildings of the 1920s and 1930s. Homes Used In Poirot Episodes (via FB pal Hal)

There is a Facebook group called The Wide World of Sad Old Songs where you can go to indulge your melancholy side.

 These foods will kill your children 

Visually stunning math concepts which are easy to explain (Thanks Bruce!)

Sally Storch is a storyteller. Her paintings offer a pure vision of ordinary people unsentimentally portrayed. I've just discovered her work and I like it.

COVID-19 is attacking the animal kingdom, and zoos might be the battleground. Read more

 'Cookies of Joy' 

Hey, I could use these! Ralph Woltstem's Breast Supporters

Bruce Springsteen Renaissance Poet "The gentle flow of your attire As you dance stirs my desire. Woooo, baby—I’m on fire!"

An interesting story: Mystery of the Ghost Blimp (via Alan Parker)

What does a bear do in the woods? Hunter Finds Lost GoPro Filled with Footage Shot by a Bear 

Voices from the Inside: Introducing American Prison Newspapers, 1800-2020

'Ruin marble' looks like derelict cities 

Hidden Sci-Fi gem of the week: Read an analysis of a 1984 space opera classic. I want to watch it. (via FB pal Hal)

Calling all crafters: Felt A Pizza  Via Rusty's Electric Dreams (an excellent newsletter)

Bruce Springsteen Renaissance Poet: "Abandon, dear, this cursed abode And join me on the Thunder Road"

No matter how long we have them it is never long enough: The Dog Years Project Captures Dogs Throughout Their Lives 


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