Raiders of the Lost Link Dump
(Special thanks to Pixel Pixie for supplying fully half of the links in this list.)
The Addams Family renting out rooms in their huge mansion cheaply to broke college students. – This whole thread is delightful.
Ramses and the Pharaohs Gold – Egypt has approved a Pharaonic exhibition for five cities in the U.S. and Europe. Road trip! (Hat tip to Pixel Pixie)
Ancient Baking – Seamus Blackley posts frequent Twitter threads about baking bread using ancient techniques and period-appropriate ingredients.
Haunted Mansion Snow Village – Department 56 has a lovely miniature house based on the Disneyland mansion as part of its Halloween collection. They also have a neat Addams Family collection. (Hat tip to Pixel Pixie)
Virtual Visits – List of museums, historic landmarks, and other places to visit online.
Memento Mori D20 – D20 dice made from real human bone. (Hat tip to Pixel Pixie)
Dog Sheet Ghost – This little wooden carving of a Very Good Dead Dog is just adorable.
How Lovecraft Pronounced Cthulhu – An interesting bit of linguistic sleuthing. Also, this is yet another thing that I’m going to blithely ignore Lovecraft about. (Hat tip to Pixel Pixie)
Crocheted Isopod – The cuddliest li’l wood louse you ever saw.
MacFizzet Hall – Amazing dollhouse based on works by Edward Gorey. (Hat tip to Pixel Pixie)
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January 29th, 2021 at 12:47 pm
I also know exactly how “Linux” is supposed to be pronounced and I refuse to do so.
February 11th, 2021 at 7:29 am
Ah no! Department 56’s UK store doesn’t have the Addams pieces. I would actually have splashed out and got myself the house, Just Because. (Pretty sure it’s not what work intended the ‘working from home’ bonus for…)
September 23rd, 2021 at 12:27 pm
That Addams family thread is a classic and I never don’t love reading it.
Seamus Blackley heard Carl Sagan about baking apple pies and was like, “I can’t invent the universe but here’s what I can do.”
I’m disappointed those d20s are just bone embedded in resin as opposed to carved.
Lovecraft, like Wilhite, is wrong about pronunciation.