Today, a link from Zazoo: The story behind the cult classic "Christmas Wrapping" by The Waitresses!
Have a safe and spiffy holiday, everyone. See you soon. (We may post next week, but if not, we'll see you in 2022!)
Today, a link from Zazoo: The story behind the cult classic "Christmas Wrapping" by The Waitresses!
Have a safe and spiffy holiday, everyone. See you soon. (We may post next week, but if not, we'll see you in 2022!)
The miscellaneous links continue!
Hello and happy Monday! Here's a grab bag of links.
Happy Friday, all! Here are a few catch-up links focused on NYC.
Jonsi of Sigur Ros has an art/sound installation in Manhattan called Obsidian that is super interesting.
Also interesting is the Commandant's House on Vinegar Hill in Brooklyn, overlooking the East River! It's privately owned these days, but you can see what the interior looked like in the early 1900s.
Have a safe and spiffy weekend, everyone. See you next week.
For those of you worried about Santa and his North Pole friends, fear not: worker safety is being addressed, and NORAD will track his progress next week. (If you don't want to wait that long, Google is featuring a month-long website about all the arctic antics.)
Greetings! It's been a weird year, hasn't it? Why not embrace the oddness by exploring the Weird Walk website and/or podcast? Folk horror, psychogeography, and more, all waiting to be found!
It's time once again for the end-of-year reports, and Bill Lucey has taken a look at the biggest news stories of 2021. Lots of links to explore!
In more local news, a recent question about Sears kit homes led to discovering a wonderful weblog about the homes in Ohio and surrounding states, with a wealth of information about the Sears homes and where to see them.
Hi there. We are fine and safe up here in the northern part of my state, but the western part has been hit hard. If you'd like to help out, here's a roundup of relief funds and places to donate for the tornado victims. Thanks. Regular posts resume this week!
Hello, and happy Giving Tuesday! We're going to be erratic again for the next week or so, but we'll be back for the holidays and into 2022. Thanks for reading and bearing with our random 2021 postings!
Happy Friday! Next week, posts will be scattered. If we don't post again before the holiday, happy Thanksgiving / harvest time to all!
Seen in a New York Times article today: The Manhattan District Attorney's office has an Antiquities Trafficking department, and they're busy!
Is that a bird, a plane, a drone, or a UFO in the sky? There’s a handy mapping tool out now which enables you to look up the incidents! Evidently there were a lot of laser lights seen near where I live recently. I suspect cats chasing laser pointers.
The “open office” concept ran into some spectacularly bad timing last year. Here are some new ideas on how to work. Will they be better? (Who knows?)
Happy Monday, everyone!
Happy Friday, all!
I have quite a few issues with the Vatican in general, but their new art space, opening to the public, looks pretty great so far.
Hello! Believe it or not, we're still here! And we're getting back into the swing of things with this link, sent earlier by Cassandra, about The Spiritualist. Settle in and read all about the spooky happenings!
Greetings! It's almost October, which means it's also almost time for the Halloween "OMG your child might be poisoned" scare stories. Joel Best has an incredibly helpful website debunking the paranoia. (In a related note, the '80s were a weird time to grow up, between the Halloween panic and the Satanic Panic and the PMRC and all that. Our town was full of the panic, but disappointingly short on actual occult happenings.)
Greetings! Not only does the busy schedule continue over here, but we're also taking some days off to celebrate October properly. Posts will continue their erratic pattern through the next month, and maybe through the year. Then, finally, in 2022, things may settle down. Maybe. Hopefully.
Happy Monday! Here are a few fun links.
Which singers have the biggest vocabularies? Patti Smith is way up there, as is Jim Morrison.
Want to see something useless? Behold the Useless Web generator!
From Bunny: a night in 1992 at Disney's Pleasure Island, where every night was New Year's Eve (seriously, that was the concept). Ah, that hair and music. Good memories.
Today I give you Sir Indiana Bones, the working cat at the Museum of Osteology! I propose a road trip to visit him.
Happy Monday and happy Met Gala day. I'm still sad they had to cancel last year's, as the theme for 2020 was all about time and I was really looking forward to seeing the weird ways that was expressed via fashion. This year's theme is America, which...eh. But anyway! This is much more fun than the Oscars, I think.
Zazoo and Satori were in Philadelphia recently and visited Mount Moriah Cemetery, which looks like a painting in an art museum. And speaking of art, did you know Maxfield Parrish once collaborated with Tiffany to create The Dream Garden, a jaw-dropping mosaic piece also in Philly? Tiffany's mosaics don't get much attention, but they should.
Hello and happy Monday. The Summer of Extreme Busy-ness continues, but here's a fun link about a British council worker who decided to see how far he could travel by bus in 24 hours. As someone whose local bus route has been discontinued, I am extremely envious.
Happy Friday!
Greetings!
Happy Friday the 13th!
It has been a WEEK here. Very busy and not much time to post.
However, consider this goose, which has drawn comparisons to Jonathan Livingston Seagull. May your weekend be safe, spiffy, and full of new discoveries!
Here at Spooky Librarians HQ, we are big fans of Hearts of Space. "Slow music for fast times," as they say. I also recommend Echoes, and I just checked and saw that Thistle and Shamrock is still around, putting out new shows! It's good to know there's still some serenity out there on the airwaves.
Hello and happy Monday. Want to see Gloria Vanderbilt's "extremely eclectic" apartment that's now for sale? Yes, you do!
Today's link is for the history lovers. Skipped History is a great look at stories most of us never heard about. I started with the Wall Street Scandal of 1905, which then led to learning about the U.S. occupation of the Philippines during the 1890s and 1900s. Hopefully more seasons are on the way!
Hola! Today, a link from Cassandra, about how some scientific articles aren't quite so good with the science.
Hello and happy August! Right now, the forecast is...well...not so great.
Hi there! Here's a quick link of interest: Did you know tuberculosis patients were once quarantined in Kentucky's Mammoth Cave? It's true! (Spoiler: it didn't work very well.) Maybe we could revive this practice for the non-vaccinated among us.
Hello!
Hello and happy Wednesday. We're taking a few days off for traveling (travel? what's that? this is a foreign concept!), but we leave you with two links:
Greetings! Earlier this year, MAKE Magazine held a "May the Fourth" contest for makers. The winners have been announced! Creativity abounds.
On the other end of the spectrum, here's a candid take on job burnout that makes a lot of sense.
Hello and happy Friday!
As you may have been able to tell, we've been stupidly busy this summer. Posts until the end of the month are going to be very hit and miss; I'll try to put up some links occasionally, but it's been hectic here! Look for a return to more regularity at the beginning of August. Have a safe and spiffy weekend/month!
This just in: What do Edgar Allan Poe, John Cleves Symmes, and the Mountains of Madness have in common? Come along and explore the strange tale of Arthur Gordon Pym!
Happy Monday. Would you rather be in a different reality? Apparently "shifting" is a thing among the youth of today. It sounds like lucid dreaming, but with an added layer of weirdness.
Just one link today, but it's one that leads to various rabbit holes on the internet: Parrot astrology. Yes! It's a thing!
Hello there! Let's jump right in with some weird links.
Hello! This has been a busy month. And it looks like it will be a busy summer. Folderol may be a bit more haphazard than usual in updating!
That being said…Jacob’s Pillow is dancing again, but outside! This sounds lovely. (I may be biased; I have a cousin there.)
The Sparks movie sounds like a hoot. Sparks, in general, are a hoot.
The reason why NYC police officers darkened their uniforms from powder blue to navy has to do with, believe it or not, doughnuts.
Hello and happy Thursday. Here's some past, present and future links!
Greetings!
Johns Hopkins puts out a daily one-minute video about the pandemic, showing the latest figures and any trends. It's low-key and gives you just the info you need, I think.
Sleep does a body good - and a mind, too! From Cassandra: The benefits of rest.
Two stories of witches today, although no one in these stories is really a witch.
Happy Summer Solstice! It was grey and raining at Stonehenge, but that didn't stop people from making the most of it.
Are you ready for hurricane season? Various AI programs are taking a crack at how to pronounce the names. I like their version of Christopher!
Greetings!
Happy Friday! Many thanks to Cassandra and Bunny for today's links.
Today we have some past, present, and future offerings...
Just one link today, but it's a really good one which gives you lots to consider - all about the tyranny of time.
Happy Friday!
From Cassandra: Learning to love cicadas. For a little while, at least.
A heads-up for those of you with Alexa: Amazon may share your internet with your neighbors if you don't opt out.
Have a safe and spiffy weekend, everyone. See you next week.
A few random links for you this Thursday:
Hello! Looking for something to do this weekend? If you're in Spain, you can see men dressed like devils jump over babies. Seriously. El Colacho, aka "the baby jumping festival," takes place this Sunday.
Hello and happy June!
Hello and happy Friday! Here are a few links to send you off for the holiday weekend, courtesy of Cassandra:
Happy Thursday! It's busy as usual, but this article about diaries during the smallpox inoculation of the 1700s led me to the Congregational Library website, which has all sorts of fascinating information. You can also transcribe documents if you'd like to help.
As things begin to return to something resembling the Before Times, here are two examples:
Baseball Theater is up and running, for all your baseball statistics needs!
The Coney Island Mermaid Parade will not be happening on the
scheduled date, but may occur later in the summer. Flexibility is going to be one
of the keywords for 2021, I think.
Greetings! I've been going through my RSS feeds (I still wholeheartedly believe in RSS feeds, even if much of the world has moved on) and here are a few history-related sites to share. Enjoy!
When life gives you lemons (or quarantine), why not make...banana art?
Happy Friday, everyone!
Hello! It looks like many summer staples are set to return this year, even if in a modified format. (My beloved Northside 4th of July parade is switching up format to feature "house floats" and mini-block parties.) Can state fairs be far behind? And, if so, will the haunted state fair of Minnesota welcome back the ghosts of its past?
Hello! Today's rabbit hole is this Aesthetics Wiki. I've been having fun looking through the "Punk Suffix" category. Although I love Decopunk, I think my real aesthetic may be "Darkest Academia."
Monday! Here are some sights to see:
Hello and happy Friday!
Today, we have even more information about the Dyatlov Pass mystery! I think this makes the most sense, but others disagree.
Speaking of mysterious environments, Legends of the Hidden Temple is returning as a show for adults!
Psst! Wanna get vaccinated at Dracula's castle? Sounds like an excellent opportunity for vampires!
Hello and happy Monday!
Hello! Our windows adventures are continuing, but here are a few quick links.
Programming note! We're taking a few days off, so Folderol will be erratic until next week.
Happy Monday!
Hello and happy Friday! Many thanks to Zazoo and Cassandra, who bring you this week's Links from Others.
Today we have a few links from others, just for fun, and an update on an old link!
Today, we have questions!
Welcome to another week!
Happy Friday!
Today’s burning question: Why is Kermit the Frog called Gustavo in Spain? It looks like he’s called some variant of Kermit nearly everywhere else.
The UFO researchers known as MUFON have set up shop in my hometown!
Some ghostly sightings are fascinating and unexplainable.
Others…not so much. Here are the “worst ghosts” of previous years!
Today's Google Doodle honors the Metropolitan Museum of Art! This place is amazing and everyone should try to visit it at least once. And the next Met Gala will be a two-part event!
Happy Monday. Would you like to hear about state birds for over 20 minutes? Then you're in luck! This video also goes into some detail about how even birds can get politicized in Florida. (You also get to see the Florida scrub jay in the wild. It's pretty!)
Happy Friday!
Some somber news out of England, where Prince Philip has died.
Some lighthearted news to follow up yesterday's local monkeys post: they're now on Twitter.
Have a safe and spiffy weekend, everyone. See you next week.
Some quick Thursday links:
- Come for the local news report on monkey sightings, stay for the reference to Odysseus! (Many thanks to Holly for sending this!)
- I sent this to my fellow Gen Xers yesterday and we've been having a lot of fun comparing the two: Brood X or Gen X? The similarities are...rather striking.
Still getting caught up, but here are two fun links:
1. The cicada invasion is coming, and you can help document the chaos via Cicada Safari if you're in the area!
2. Want to see a jazz musician cook old recipes on TikTok (very quickly and loudly)? You're in luck! (This is my only TikTok follow so far. I'm easing into this newfangled technology, get off my lawn, etc etc.)
Hello and happy Monday! Here are some links from the backlog.
Greetings! Tonight is the championship bout of March Mammal Madness, and we'll have our recap up tomorrow.
In the meantime, why not read this delightful technological history of They Might Be Giants?
Happy Monday! March Mammal Madness continues here, but I have a link today via Bill Lucey: The New York Times Book Review turns 125 years old in 2021, and their review of The Diary of Anne Frank brought the book to a worldwide audience.
Happy St. Patrick's Day, everyone!
Hello and happy Monday! Here are a few links not related to mammal madness!
Hello! Here are a few links from others this Wednesday.
From Bill Lucey: The newest Congress, by the numbers.
From various sources: It sounds like the beginning of a movie or a book, but it's true - a woman found an apartment behind her bathroom mirror in NYC.
From Cassandra: What happens in near-death experiences? One man has spent most of his life trying to find out.
Greetings! Why not unplug for a day this weekend? Behold the National Day of Unplugging, featuring scavenger hunts and more!
Hello and happy March! You know what that means around here - sporadic updates, due to March Mammal Madness (and look, even the Washington Post is reporting on it). We'll do our best to post links, but it will be crazy around here until April.
From Zazoo: Check out the Van Gogh installation coming to NYC!
Also from Zazoo: Jim Henson's early commercials for Wilkins Coffee are going viral. (I love that first commercial. It's one of my all time favorites.)
Happy Friday! Here's a link to take you into the weekend: The 2021 March Mammal Madness bracket, announced today. Have fun! And also, have a safe and spiffy weekend. See you next week.
If, like many of us, you are sad to hear about Daft Punk breaking up, might I recommend Jeph Jacques's tribute to them, featuring dancing robots?
Hello and happy Monday!
The creators of March Mammal Madness have written a paper, and there's an article about it (and MMM) in Scientific American today! The article is here and the paper is here. The humble roving rodent reporters are extremely proud to be a part of all this, and suggest we all celebrate with some cheese and the beverage of our choice.
Greetings!
Pssst! Want some nostalgic J.C. Penney items? They're up for auction today!
If you'd rather think about the future, in a manner of speaking, consider the current take on Alvin Toffler's Future Shock.
Greetings! Thursday, once again, is busy. Why not take a look at this wonderful Turkish library, shaped like a shelf of books, and follow the links in the post for "duck architecture," which is just perfect. We need more duck architecture in general, I believe.
Today, be glad you are not this Texas lawyer, who got his Zoom profile stuck on a kitten filter. (This is sweeping the web and you've probably seen it already, but it's so worth it.)
In more local news, we talked about the Big Pig Gig during the earliest days of Folderol, way back in the summer of 2000. How many giant flying pigs are still winging around the city (and elsewhere)? One man is tracking them down and posting the results to Instagram!
Happy Friday!
Hello and welcome to another random day here at Folderol. The library move should be over in a few weeks, just in time for March Mammal Madness to start...so get used to randomness for a while, I guess!
Happy Imbolc! And happy Groundhog Day. And if it's Groundhog Day, you know what's coming up awfully soon...
Happy Monday and happy February! A quick link today, but an intricate one: How to create geometric patterns. I am on the second lesson and am already confused, so this might need a little patience.
We've made it to Friday!
Thursdays. Enough said! But, if you're in the Ohio area, there's an auction going on next week that must be seen to be believed. The beloved Mendelsons is finally going out of business, and the auction promises to be amazing. Everything from the tiniest circuits to Segways are going. I will miss that place.
Good morning! Some more assorted links today. It's sort of a random week here.
Hi there. Here are a bunch of random links!
Today's rabbit hole began with a New Yorker article about all the Nazi art that's kept in a military museum in Virginia. Part of the collection is kept for "combat artists," which was new to me, so I went exploring and found the U.S. has had a combat artist program for ages - and still does!