Take a groovy trip to the far out 1970's with this nostalgic television simulator https://www.my70stv.com/

"It may sound counterintuitive for a 74-year-old crooner whose songs include Too Drunk to Karaoke and Math Suks, but the branding bacchanalia puts Buffett at the cutting edge of so-called experiential marketing."
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2021-06-09/jimmy-buffett-opens-370-million-margaritaville-in-new-york-city-s-times-square

Spotted across Pasadena and in the San Gabriel Valley, just northeast of Los Angeles, hundreds of peacocks have been seen standing in homeowners’ lawns, on rooftops, and casually sauntering down city sidewalks.
'Tuttle says the birds “sound like babies being tortured through a microphone, a very large microphone.”'
https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021/06/06/los-angeles-county-peacocks/

A new Tokyo cafe aims to alleviate loneliness with robots. The avatars will be controlled by people with disabilities that prevent them from leaving their homes. https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20210528/p2a/00m/0sc/031000c

Vonnegut Reviews Heinlein's “Stranger in a Strange Land” https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/97/09/28/lifetimes/vonnegut-stranger_heinlein.html

While most writers struggle to make a comfortable living from their work, a lucky handful have made a fortune off their literary talents. Here are the richest authors of all time.
(Checks list. I'm not on it. Gets back to work.)
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/646485/richest-authors-of-all-time

As companies try to tempt workers back to the office, developers and investors are betting on new buildings with alluring amenities. But a huge uncertainty hangs over them: will enough people come? https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2021/06/03/what-a-work-from-home-revolution-means-for-commercial-property

Open with the heavy metal band Stop the Steel.

Wild watermelons weren’t sweet, but they were incredibly useful. However, these ancient fruits would hardly be recognizable to today's most seasoned Citrullus connoisseurs. https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/where-are-watermelons-from

The review went on to rave about the “appetizing salad bar" and said it served “some of the best pizza I've ever tasted with thin, crisp crusts and heaped-on toppings." Anyone who has eaten Chuck E. Cheese pizza has serious questions for the reviewer.
https://www.sfgate.com/food/history/article/chuck-e-cheese-history-san-jose-first-store-16230649.php

An amazing Lego railway! Best thing you'll see all day. Trust me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECn2al0M98s

Images from the first pride marches https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/first-pride-marches-photos-1-180972379/

Doctors beat each other bloody all the time for stealing business. As one Philadelphia physician said, his colleagues lived “in an almost constant state of warfare, quarreling, and . . . street fights.” https://www.sciencehistory.org/distillations/vicious-doctors-and-cruel-diseases-in-18th-century-jamaica

Jared Wilber collected data on the 403 paintings that Bob Ross painted during his Joy of Painting series, and Connor Rothschild presents them in a virtual art gallery. https://connorrothschild.github.io/bob-ross-art-gallery/

An “invisible sculpture” sold for $18,300. The artwork’s Italian creator stipulated that it be displayed in a five-by-five-foot space. https://news.artnet.com/art-world/italian-artist-auctioned-off-invisible-sculpture-18300-literally-made-nothing-1976181

Worth considering: "Houses were more affordable for our parents because the ones they were buying bare little resemblance to the ones we’re buying." https://theirrelevantinvestor.com/2021/05/21/houses-have-gotten-bigger-and-nicer/

Lunch today. It was... okay. But it couldn't be easier. Dump everything in the pan early in the morning and let it cook for hours.

I'm not sure I'd make it again, but I'm not sorry I made it once.
https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1020840-slow-cooker-chicken-with-20-cloves-of-garlic

An incredible interactive map lets you drop a raindrop anywhere in the US, then track what its journey would be. https://river-runner.samlearner.com/

The Morgan Library & Museum's latest Collection in Focus video focused on the institution's three Gutenberg Bibles. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyBbj5hj8DQ