Monday, January 05, 2015

Miss Cellania's Links

Helen Holmes: The Girl at the Switch. She invented the female action hero 100 years ago.

23 Cats That Forgot How to Cat.

Random Hook-Ups or Dry Spells: Why Millennials Flunk College Dating.

The Internet Bought Me a Cuddly Dinosaur. (via b3ta)

Recycling Penicillin From Patients' Urine. (via Smithsonian)

This Is What Happens When You Refer To Marching Bands As “Dorks” On The Internet.

Why Tootsie is One of the Finest (and Most Important) Comedies Ever Made. It’s funny, it has a message, and it's also used to show young filmmakers how their craft is done.

Three snowmobilers saw a snout sticking out of the snow after an avalanche. Read the story of how they dug up a trapped but uninjured moose.

This Is The Best Grocery Store In America, And It's Cheaper Than Trader Joe’s. I’ve never been to Trader Joe’s, but our German exchange student felt right at home at an Aldi in Kentucky.

What wealth does to your soul. Research into the difference between the rich and not-rich may make you feel better about being chronically broke.

3 comments:

  1. The "Dinosaur Piece" is delightful. Barmy, but delightful.

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  2. Yeah, I thought the travelogue part was altogether charming.

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  3. Agreed on the Cuddly Dinosaur.

    Within the last year, a couple of Aldi stores opened near me. I stopped in at one once. Now I understand them better. Danke!

    -WDitot

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