Sunday Links

This West Vancouver Midcentury (image above) has absolutely stunning ocean views. I want to live there.

After The Tone an old answering machine cassette full of real messages from real people. Strangely addictive. via Memo Of The Air

A gallery of partially nude cats (OMG)

This Is How You Normalize Performing a Fascist Gesture

We all dreamed of that Jetsons lifestyle, complete with flying cars, but our 20th-century sci-fi dreams never came true. We should have them by now and could have them soon with a few regulatory changes.

Curious about how much time the president spends golfing? Find out here.

10 Cheapest Versus Most Expensive Travel Destinations These days I choose to take direct flights to smaller airports to avoid some of the stress involved in getting to my destination.  

Comfort movies: The 10 Best Feel-Good Films of the Last 10 Years

The woman who has lived her whole life in Auschwitz “I think I am simply a hostage to the stories of people who experienced this hell.” via Miss Cellania

I’d like to know how they plan to enforce this bill.

Top 10 Countries By Global Military Spending 

Marianne Faithfull a life in pictures When I was a tween I would have sold my soul to the devil to look like Marianne. Alas that was never going to happen.

A rainy walk through the Harajuku District, Japan (It’s three hours long!)

In 1899 the Strand invited 13 British celebrities to draw a pig with their eyes closed.

Pigs Penned 

Public Domain Review has a new series of small cryptic crossword puzzles, published every two weeks to coincide with their latest essay on which the puzzle will be themed.

Does anyone know where I can get one of these? 

 The Little Loomhouse How did three humble cabins in an old oak forest in Kentucky in 1898 evolve into a thriving textile arts community today? Via PfRC

Are we dealing with a mere century of clogged arteries – or can we find the same pathology in the arteries of mummies that are 5,000 years old? What Amazonian lives tell us about heart health and longevity

The Upminster Tithe Barn Restoration project: One of London’s last thatched roofs was being replaced. See it up close.