Monday, July 14, 2025

Miss Cellania's Links

A Literary History of the Billionaire: Villain or Buffoon… Or Both? Personally, I consider being a billionaire to be a sin. (via Nag on the Lake

The Tale of Elaine Yoneda, a Jewish Woman in a Japanese American Concentration Camp. (via Damn Interesting

The Longwood House: Napoleon Bonaparte’s Beautiful Prison. 

The Mowing-Devil (1678), or, the Earliest Known Depiction of a Crop Circle. (via Boing Boing

Merry Widow Hats Were Not Always So Merry. They could be dangerous! (via Strange Company

Ted Cruz and birthright citizenship: Be careful what you wish for. (via Fark

How the Etch A Sketch Etched Itself Into Pop Culture. 

Trump’s Gilded Design Style May Be Gaudy. But Don’t Call it ‘Rococo.’ (via Nag on the Lake

3 comments:

Chich said...

Yes, agree with your feelings towards billionaires. They have a serious hoarding condition and are a leech on the world around them.

Anonymous said...

Small r rococo seems perfect.

Anonymous said...

When I was younger I spent many nights helping to create crop circles.
It is surprising how many patterns can be 'drawn' with a length of string attached to a stake in the ground.
But they were not all made without the farmers knowledge, as on several occasions they actually helped us.