Sunday Links
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Scenes from the Passion: Valentine's Day George Shaw (b.1966) Government Art Collection |
Some good news: After various international rescue efforts over six years, a large Indonesian crocodile with a motorcycle tire stuck around its neck in Indonesia has finally been freed. Read more: Smithsonian Magazine
How Far Can I Walk in 10 Minutes? If you enter a location into the Walking Distance Map you can view a map showing how far you can travel within a set number of minutes.
It's not you, it's me: How to break up in the age of online dating (Thanks Bruce)
'Discover the beauty & value of the everyday, the ordinary & the overlooked; industrial landscapes, whippets & wastelands, red bricks & rust.' Not fond of paintings of rainbows and unicorns? Perhaps you'll like @GrimArtGroup.
The secret of the slide: How in the World Did Luge Happen?
A charming collection of illustrations of animals around the world
“Consider a fork in your pie or a bite of your burger to be their tongue in your mouth. If you’re unwilling to accept their saliva, everybody’s mouths and hands need to stay on their own side of the table.” Pressing questions for the return of real life
Are you looking to get away from it all? The Rubha nan Gall Lighthouse Keeper's Cottage in Tobermory, Scotland is only accessible via a 25 min walk along a coastal footpath and there is NO vehicle access. (via)
Haruki Murakami's five favorite books.
This week's house envy is a compact mid-century residence in Pasadena, CA.
You don’t have to be Jewish to love Levy’s: Tracking down the model in a 1961 bread ad. It's a good story.
Does anyone else remember The Blown Away Guy?
Almost all the buyers at the Paul Manafort Foreclosure Sale wore wraparound sunglasses and were uninterested in, as one put it, “being in the news.”
If I had to name one food I couldn't live without, I would choose pasta. This roundup of the best pastas in the US had me craving carbs a for breakfast this morning. (I resisted the temptation).
The Weirdest Objects Found Inside Books : "I started noticing treasures within the treasures -- little bits of random ephemera left inside books, often untouched for decades. I found family photos, old advertisements, letters and postcards, even some crumbs of food." (Thanks Bruce!)
After discovering six adopted brothers and sisters, these siblings believe their story is more than a sprawling family secret. (via Miss Cellania's Links)
The Gentle Author, one of my absolute favourite bloggers and publishers, is launching a better alternative to 'the serial killer tours of Spitalfields that monetise misogyny'. See the crowdfunder. (I once met him at a talk he was giving about his book East End Vernacular)
No-knead Gatorade bread Just replace the water with a classic electrolyte-replenishing, thirst-quenching beverage.
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