It is a long holiday weekend here, and I'm not in the mood to think about any of the serious topics that have been all over my various feeds this week. So let's just have some happy things.
First up, Mr. Snarky found this sweet animated short just a little too late to include in last week's post.
I found this post from Parisienne Mas Presque charming. However, it brought a funny incident from my time in Sweden back to me. There was one older gentleman who was determined to have me prove his pet theory about how ignorant Americans are. I was torn- he was right that we Americans are often ignorant of things that happened in older countries, but I dislike being used as a patronizing object lesson. So when he was going on and on about how America doesn't have any buildings as old as some church in his home town I couldn't help but remark: "oh, but we do! There are buildings in my home state of Arizona that date from 1300 or before." He spluttered something incredibly offensive about those not being "real" but then left me alone.
This is a much nicer story than mine, of how Marilyn Monroe helped Ella Fitzgerald get her career established.
I found this short advice post oddly compelling. Perhaps because I love to fall down internet rabbit holes?
But this advice from Bill Watterson is better (and perfectly illustrated by Gavin Aung Than).
And on that note, I'll close this post. Enjoy your weekend, everyone!
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