Sunday Links

In Cadiz, I think.

How Was Your First Trip With Your Significant Other? I took my first international trip with Mr. Nag in the late 70s when we booked a trip to Lisbon, hoping to see northern Portugal. We had a terrifying flight through very bad weather and ended up landing in Faro in the south. There was no way I was getting back on that plane so we ended up travelling around southern Spain and northern Morocco for twelve days, going wherever our whims took us, no phones, no internet and no reservations. We were young and dizzyingly in love so it was very wonderful. (picture above)

Not so very long ago - in the days before America became great again - Has a Nuke Gone Off would have made a nice Friday Fun post. Now it doesn't seem quite so funny. (Maps Mania)

Solvitur Ambulando is a Latin phrase that literally means, “It is solved by walking.” I’ve always been a walker and I enjoyed this article in The Art of Manliness that extols the benefits of keeping in motion (with literary references).

Sluggard waker This is a job for people who enjoy tormenting others. Via

Woman sent 159K texts to a man she met on a dating site and went out with once That’s more than 500 texts a day! Shades of Baby Reindeer?

Gilded figurines, plump cherubs and decorative appliques were liberally applied to walls and other surfaces in Trump’s presidential workspace. But please don’t call it Rococo.

Use at Your Own Risk Chair (No thanks)

It’s getting so you can’t wander around half naked in the city or pee in the ocean anymore. Europe Cracking Down on Bad Tourist Behavior With Bans and Hefty Fines

This is why you need a dog.

US jails are notorious for inhumane conditions. Those built in the last century often have few windows and little room for recreation and natural light and detainees can go years without seeing the sun.

A Literary History of the Billionaire Villain or buffoon… or both?

The List If it’s in the news American folk hero Jesse Welles sings about it. Here’s his timely song about the Epstein List.

The Stone House on Striebel Road in Woodstock has welcomed visionary creatives for decades. Dylan, Joplin, and George Harrison made music here. It is now for sale for $4.9m. 

Ball Lightning Via Metafilter

The Leonard Cohen Files Via Perfect for Roquefort Cheese

Are tourists ruining Europe? Some of the photos in this article look like hell to me.

A dog named Superman was saved from Texas flood debris

Has there ever been an easier summer dessert? I’m going to make it today.

The 1960s school experiment that created an alphabet that left thousands of children unable to spell The initiative aimed at boosting reading skills but fifty years later those children are still suffering as a result. 

I love my morning coffee but I’m not sure this is a good idea