Sunday, December 26, 2021

Sunday Links


Tim Flach's Beautiful Bird Photos (above)

Busy Simulator lets you feign importance with repeating app sounds!

Would this house cure my fear of heights or make it worse?

Best Northern Lights Photos of 2021 (via everlasting blort)

 Tis the season for ham sniffing (via Strange Company)

This is cool: Reshape Paris (via Things Magazine)

It's been a tough year. Some of these images are very moving: The Year 2021 In Pictures (Thanks Bruce!) 

TYWKIWDBI's first letter to Santa Adorable.

The most brilliantly bilious book reviews of 2021 Jonathan Franzen's new novel is next up for me but I am a little leery after reading this review: "Crossroads is far from the novel that America needs; unfortunately, it is exactly the one it deserves.”

I wear a black patch  over my left eye. It has aroused the curiosity of many; no one has suspected the horror that it hides.

Photos of Joan Didion in the 1960s and1970s

December 21 was Crossword Puzzle Day and I missed it! The World's First Crossword Puzzle was by Arthur Wynne, published in The New York World on December 21, 1913. Can you solve it?

Spaghetti got a purple sweater for Christmas Sweet!

 Holiday Hero Cats of Old New York  (via Strange Company)

Did you know Samuel Beckett used to drive André the Giant to school? I didn't.

Apparently face mask handbags are a thing. I'm serious.

The Tragically Human End of the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker

A little dynamo: Edith Piaf singing "Milord" on the Ed Sullivan Show (via Facebook pal Hal)

The Rabbit Dreams of Dr. Freud's Niece A wonderful book by an author whose life came to a very sad and early end (via everlasting blort)

Adorable pups in PJs visit children in hospital (via Miss Cellania)

The Zeche (Coal Mine Industrial Complex) Zollverein closed in 1986. It is now a UNESCO World Heritage site. Link

Hula-Hooping Making a habit of it.

The American Precision Museum (Thanks Bruce)

1 comment:

  1. Shouldn't that be... Apparel-y face mask handbags are a thing?

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