Multi-link Monday: Holiday catalogs from your past
Posted: Monday, September 17, 2007 5:00 AM by Gael Fashingbauer Cooper
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Multi-link Mondays
Time for another time-wasting Multi-link Monday. Remember, you can suggest sites for inclusion -- just post them in the comments and I'll check them out.
• Did you grow up spending days poring over holiday catalogs from Sears, Penneys and the like, admiring the pages filled with toys and wishing for that Barbie Dream House/Evel Knievel Chopper Cycle/whatever? Now you can relive those days, because someone with an incredible amount of patience has scanned entire catalogs from our past online. Get prepared to spend hours at Wishbook Web, and share your favorite finds in the comments.
• I didn't discover this until after the Sept. 11 tributes last week, but there is a large, clear Webcam focused on the construction work at New York City's Ground Zero, the former World Trade Center site. One of the sharpest Webcams I've seen in a while.
• If roses took LSD, or hung out with the Grateful Dead and decided to tie-dye themselves, they might look a little something like these Rainbow Roses. Perfect for the bride who can't decide on just one or two wedding colors -- you gotta see them to believe them. (Link via my pal Ann in the UK.)
• I confess, I have a soft spot for Jelly Belly jellybeans and all their goofy flavors, from Buttered Popcorn to Chocolate Pudding. I actually entered their "recipe" contest, in which consumers suggest a number of flavors that, when eaten together, create a fun taste. Mine (Bahama Mama, like the tropical drink) didn't make the cut, but some other interesting ones did. You can read the recipes and vote for your favorite here. Caramel Pear Torte sounds darn good to me.
• Reader-submitted link: Writes Stephanie: "You've probably already linked this before, but I've never seen it and it's pretty cool: The World Clock." We haven't linked it, Stephanie, and it is indeed pretty cool. It tracks way more than time -- temperature, the world population, traffic accidents, diseases, the U.S. prison population, the number of cars made, and more.
