Sunday, January 19, 2025

Sunday Links

Griffith Observatory by George Townley 2020
    via Memo Of The Air
    
Karen Wynn Fonstad was a cartographer who exhaustively mapped J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth, the setting of “The Hobbit” and “The Lord of the Rings.” (NYT gift article)

People have lost their homes and everything they own. Some have lost their lives to the conflagration in California. Nothing will ever be the same. Much iconic  architecture has also been reduced to ashes in the LA fires


Burger steering: “We absolutely draw the line at driving with a gallon of Coke in one hand and a three-pound tub of fries clutched between our sweating thighs, while using a dripping Deluxe Double Bacon MegaBurger with Extra Pepper Jack as the sole point of contact with the steering wheel.”

The city with the largest population in the world has a population of 32,054,159. I bet you can’t name it.

Who better to address sexual assault in the military than a man who has been accused of sexual assault?

Men’s godawful hairstyles in the1970s I may have gone out with a couple of these guys. via Memo Of The Air

The margin between life and death is a pixel large. Loser Lane captures the abject terror of cycling in Doug Ford’s Toronto via Web Curios

Onion sandwich based on the classic James Beard hors d’oeuvre via everlasting blort

Corvette Winter Photographer Frank Stefanko tells how he shot this iconic photograph of Bruce Springsteen in 1978 in Haddonfield, New Jersey.

The 25 best places to travel in 2025 (BBC) I’ve been to the Azores (twice) and the Dolomites and recommend them both. Several of the others are on my radar: Wales which is my mother’s birthplace, Haida Gwaii and Oslo.

In Pacific Palisades and Malibu, some houses with fire-resistant designs remained standing amid neighborhoods of destruction. Architects Explain Why


The way I feel this morning: 46,000 years old... and alive

A small town In Georgia, a shocking murder and a well-liked killer. She was an attractive blonde, drove a flashy Cadillac, and hugged every single customer who came into her establishment. She spoke lovingly at every table, dressed in her blue satin dress with the puffy crinoline petticoat. via Miss Cellania

Golden Needles: The last cowboy boot masters of El Paso.

In Benghazi life is a journey.



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