☀️ Awesome Things by John Suder, Volume 173
Another week of internet awesomeness. Awesome Things is read across 39 US states and 34 countries.
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On to this week’s Awesome Things:
The 250 Greatest Guitarists of All Time
Celebrating six-string glory in blues, rock, metal, punk, folk, country, reggae, jazz, flamenco, bossa nova, and much more
The One Food to Try in Every State
Bottle of ‘most sought-after Scotch whisky’ to come under hammer at Sotheby’s in London next month
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Woman returns from vacation to find Atlanta home demolished
The Creepiest Place to Visit in Every State
From haunted hotels to abandoned asylums, with a few clowns for good measure.
These NICU babies are ready for Halloween -- See the adorable pics
The NICU babies at Advocate Children's Hospital are all dressed up for Halloween.
These are the 50 best bars in the world for 2023 — another Barcelona bar tops the list
This bird was just declared extinct. You can hear its final song.
A haunting song.
We were never supposed to see our own faces this much
A Self-Sustaining Private Island Outside of New York City Heads to Auction
The five-acre island, a hour from Manhattan and a five-minute boat ride from New Rochelle, has a four-bedroom residence.
America’s Most Popular Halloween Candy by State
The 2023 map reveals some surprising data on our candy purchases
All the old time web buttons
Here is a collection of more than 700 88x31 web buttons from the 1990's and 2000's, including the famous "Netscape NOW" and "Internet Explorer" buttons as well as various other buttons for websites of past and present.
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"You don’t have to wait to be confident. Just do it and eventually the confidence will follow."
- Carrie Fisher
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