Link Love: 8.5.10
• 10 common spelling mistakes that haunt bloggers.
• Americans just don’t know how to die.
• Upon learning one of the Kingdom of Style blogger’s ages (44), Look Magazine declined to run their interview. Wow, unbelievable.
• How to eat on just $2.00 per day and why Rachel Hills is doing it.
• Cary Tennis cracks me up. I do not love this cat. I do not like this cat. I want to slap this cat. Can’t I send it back, this cat?
• Five ways to build your blog’s voice.
• Lady Gaga rocks gray hair in the latest issue of Vanity Fair and discusses sex, drugs, her fans and more.
• Really nice WordPress 3.0 ready blog themes.
• Should you ever really take You’ve Lost Weight! You Look Great! as a compliment?
• Waaaaaay beyond funny. The new mayor of Reykjavik, comedian Jon Gnarr has already gotten to work on his campaign promises of free towels at public swimming pools. And, he founded the The Best Party late last year, and other candidates, including members of the Reykjavik punk rock community, won 6 of the 15 seats on the City Council. Politics with a sense of humor —something I can get behind.
• The Nowness just did a great look back at the launch of MTV.
• Newsweek dives into how looks affect your work, your career and your life. (already pretty)
• I’ve always been a big fan of Julia Restoin-Roitfeld’s style. It’s cute and classic. Good taste clearly runs in the family.
• Garance Doré talks about her first summer jobs. Everyone’s gotta start somewhere!
• A look back at Miu Miu ad campaigns, starting in 1994. Click on the image for even more ads. I remember so many of these!
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Thanks so much for the linkage, Nubby! And as someone who will be visiting Reykjavik this month, I’m beyond amused about the new mayor. Hah!
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The spelling link is a much more polite version of the hilarious (and useful) “Learn your damn Homophones”
http://learnyourdamnhomophones.com/
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Not to be a picky spelling mistake spotter, but I think you mean compliment not complement talking about the weight article? It just looks funny with all the discussion of homophones/common spelling mistakes going on!
Good links this week, I particularly like the article on death and dying, though it’s such a heavy and difficult topic to think on.
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Sally: How exciting, I am sure hope you’ll take tons of pictures to share with the rest of us!
Danielle: Thanks for the link. I wish I had more time to read through this sort of stuff because I know that I am probably guilty of a few. The longer I’m out of school, the rustier I get!
Lauren: Ha, that was bound to happen!!!
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The Karen Elson photo is divine, truly.
Wow.
Can’t take my eyes of it…
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I absolutely /love/ when others give a story on how they were drawn to their career and calling! Seeing where successful people started out really gives me hope. They’re such an inspiration to this young adult college kid!
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First, thanks for the heads up on the Kingdom of Style ageism post. I’m appalled.
2ndly, I have some vintage Miu Miu lace up booties from the late 90s (ok, not technically vintage) that you have to see. I’ll have to dig them out to show you, but they are pretty damn cool.
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The spelling mistakes are hilarious! Man alive, that shit irritates me. That article about Kingdom of Style also has my blood boiling.
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Your links are always so interesting, Nubby! Thank you for posting them. I especially like that you keep them to a bare minimum (i.e., less than 20 links listed) – it makes it so much easier and I feel like I can keep up with everything.
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