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Private Collection Did a retired New York speech pathologist and her husband, a former schoolteacher, steal a $160 million painting (image above) and keep it for their own enjoyment for more than thirty years? (NYT Link)
The Sandown Clown Extra-terrestrial or folie à deux? (via Things Magazine)
Dave Hickey on Dolly Parton - a lovely bit of writing.
Can You Name the World’s Five Largest Islands? I could not.
A pair of Frank Lloyd Wright Usonian homes in a Kalamazoo neighbourhood conceived by the architect are on the market. Anyone want to go halfsies with me?
The Silent Treatment: Solitary confinement’s unlikely origins.
Broken Zipper? France Will Pay to Get It Fixed Cheap, disposable clothing is causing an environmental disaster and billions of dollars are lost each year because of under-wearing and failure to recycle clothes. (via Things Magazine)
Historic England is creating an online map of ghost signs I love these faded beauties.
Sleep well my love - Letters of Note Stationed in North Africa, two soldiers met, fell in love, and imagined one day returning home together. Sadly, that never happened—only Brian made the journey. He wrote this love letter long after leaving the war.
Father & Son Build their Dream Log Cabin in the Canadian Wilderness (without a single cuss word) The Outsider Channel has more videos about completing the interior. Thanks Bruce!
More Zombie Icons than you can shake a stick at. And they’re free! via my blog sister everlasting blort.
The evening gown-clad women of Soft-Weve
Are you worried that bugs might crawl into your ears when you’re sleeping? Wearing these Ear Guards might alleviate that concern. (Moving to a place that isn’t infested with bugs is another solution.)
Elevate your wardrobe with the Keyboard Puffer Jacket.
An Egyptologist partially mummified herself to find out what recently deceased ancient Egyptians actually smelled like. The embalming fragrance smelled disturbingly delicious.
The owners of iconic Lahaina eatery Cheeseburgers In Paradise have decided to call it quits in the wake of the recent wildfire.
Does a police officer have the right to search your car if you don't laugh when he asks you if you have any "firearms, drugs, cats, dogs, alligators, and weapons" in your car? Find the answer here
No thanks, I’m afraid of heights.
Experts predict the number of people living with dementia will more than double by the year 2050. People in charge of dementia care are looking to places like The Hogeweyk in the Netherlands, where people with dementia can live as normally as possible, until the very end, as a model for how to do things differently. Read more
Take a walk through the Woods Of Despair, best watched alone in the dark on Halloween. (repost)
$160 million for that crap is preposterous, I’ve seen drop cloths more attractive.
ReplyDeleteReading about Dolly Parton never strays from my perception of her.
I guess Australia and Antarctica aren’t islands.
Even if you were given a Wright house I don’t think you’re ready to move again.
The numbers in that broken zipper story are astounding.
If a mummy smelled that good no wonder they wanted to be in a pyramid.
xoxoxoBruce
Australia and Antarctica were my first choices.
DeleteBaffin Island made the list!! - Fellow Worker (don't know why I can't log in to comment...)
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