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stick with a company

…he found his two sons, now in their 40s, when they were small enough to fit into the same lawn chair, side by side. He found his wife, Angela, posing before a knife-sharp Pontiac Grand Prix in Prospect Park, looking very sultry in a jaguar stole; “real jaguar,” he said, “not the stuff they have today.” He found a picture of his father, Nicola, that he once worried he would never see again. He found a Social Security card issued by the Federal Security Agency (the office hasn’t existed since 1953) and an American Express card so old that it wasn’t green, it was purple and white. (Member Since 64.)…

what a great story this is: a guy had his stolen wallet returned after more than 40 years… (via ewoudt, thanks)

m / 22-02-2011 14:27 - tags: , ,  

zine

i came across this rather obscure fanzine/project entitled ‘zine’ by local ronald de boer which in his own words, was
…started in 1996 and was photocopied and distributed amongst friends in a circulation that started with 20 and grew to 40. It appeared irregularly. A special edition of all Zines was exhibited at Art Bookshop Shashin, Amsterdam in 2006 and at Galerie De School, Groede in 2009. Zine 39 was the first issue to be published on the internet….

m / 22-02-2011 13:05 - tags: , , ,  

well… it made me smile (via facebook)

m / 21-02-2011 13:26 - tags:  

tumble down

an original and intriguing selection of ephemera on the magnificent ruin blog…

m / 20-02-2011 16:53 - tags: , ,  

easily distinguished from other words

interesting article from the BBC website on how the term OK took over the world

m / 20-02-2011 16:47 - tags: ,