Open Thread – The Joy of Snail Mail
29 09 2009Long ago, in the days before email, when people wanted to send messages to each other they had to use the U.S. Postal Service. You know the people that bring you the bills and junk mail? Them. It used to be that when you picked up the mail, there was a very real chance that you’d have something in there that was neither a bill, nor an advertisement, but an actual piece of correspondence from a friendly person.
The person who sent the mail used a device called a “pen” which left little ink trails on a piece of paper. The trails spelled out words, and each person had their own unique “hand writing” which looked nothing like Times New Roman or Arial Condensed. As a matter of fact, each person’s handwriting was unique and… well… personal!
To celebrate the first anniversary of the Mudflats Forum (the paper anniversary), the fine folks over there have organized a card swap. This means that if you sign up by this Wednesday, September 30, you can not only send a real card to a fellow Mudflatter, but you’ll actually get one in your very own mailbox! Yup – ink, paper, stamp, the whole works.
To join in the festivities, you do have to sign up, and you also have to make sure you actually send out your card by October 15th to the Mudflatter who will be eagerly checking the mailbox on the other end. And when you get your card it will sit in your hand, and you can stick it on the refrigerator, or prop it up on your desk. You don’t have to click on it, or move it to a folder, and there’s no delete button. You get to keep it as long as you want.
Click HERE for all the details!
September 29th, 2009 at 9:55 AM
I still write hand written christmas cards with personal notes to each person..some have been on that list for over 40 years…
September 29th, 2009 at 9:56 AM
Pre-order anyone? Would this make a good “white elephant” gift?
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Going-Rogue/Sarah-Palin/e/9780061939891/?cds2Pid=30010&linkid=1474232
Synopsis
Sarah Palin burst onto the political scene at the height of the 2008 presidential campaign and overnight became a national sensation. Adored by the right, bitterly reviled by the left, she is the most polarizing figure to emerge in American politics in decades. Yet for all the dirt digging and gossip that has surrounded her, very little is actually known about who she is, what she believes, and above all, about her plans for the future. In her new book, Sarah Palin tells the story of her Alaskan upbringing, her marriage and family life, her political career, her religious beliefs, and her meteoric rise to national prominence. With her customary blunt common sense, she sets the record straight about the many myths and lies that have been spun around her and lays out her vision for an America that is strong, independent, and free.
September 29th, 2009 at 10:02 AM
To whomever posted the comment about a bogger in her nose in the enlarged ADN picture for their article on Palin; they are correct. A light shade of green and hanging right there in the nostril! Classy Sarah and very fitting..”Booger Queen from Wasillia”
September 29th, 2009 at 10:09 AM
Yep, Going Rogue should be the hottest regift of the holiday season..
September 29th, 2009 at 10:12 AM
it’s a sad state of affairs for cursive writing today:
http://www.wiredprnews.com/2009/09/22/cursive-writing-becoming-extinct_200909225884.html
People often comment on my handwriting (especially when I’m writing a check at the grocery store). It’s the result of many years of penmanship classes all through Catholic elementary school.
September 29th, 2009 at 10:15 AM
And here’s another story:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/chi-090928cursive-story,0,680789.story
September 29th, 2009 at 10:29 AM
On this thread earlier there was the link to the website ” God’s own Party “.
That is the 2nd Leah Burton one she has up. There it has the funny parody clip where Hitler is informed about the release of Sarah’s new book. Someone else had posted the clip on Huffpo as well yesterday to the first site where I saw it.
You might want to save ( or Follow ) this person’s ‘ collection ‘ of YouTube clips as a reference. They use the handle ” frsbdg ” … short for ” Frisbee Dog”. Other clips are in the collection are mostly the ones from Alaska like Mark Begich’s Town Hall meeting just last week. The one that AKM had posted. This person might be an Alaskan… just guessing. Here’s their link.
http://www.youtube.com/user/frsbdg
September 29th, 2009 at 10:36 AM
Can someone please tell me why the Palins Deception blog is no longer being updated?
I loved that blog and the writer obviously worked hard on getting real facts but now they have disappeared.
I lost touch for awhile, but after seeing the Bree pics I thought I would go to the best source.
Boy and I disappointed.
September 29th, 2009 at 10:37 AM
Representative Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) can be all yours — in plastic form — with this new action figure from Herobuilders.com. For $34.95 you can make her talk, dress her up,
Read more at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/09/29/michele-bachmann-gets-her_n_302733.html
The voodoo pins are free!!
September 29th, 2009 at 10:48 AM
@57 Reepicheep – If you go to http://palingates.blogspot.com/ you’ll find a continuation of the Palin Deceptions research. Post your question on the most current thread and Patrick or Regina will bring you up to date about the PD site.
September 29th, 2009 at 10:49 AM
19 C.Rock Says:
September 29th, 2009 at 6:12 AM
104 SmallSteps Says:
September 29th, 2009 at 4:02 AM
I’m just so disgusted that this is coming out on my birthday. yuck.
Same here. It’s my birthday also.Double Yuck !
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Maybe AKM could have a little Party for those of you who have a Birthday on that dreaded day. Maybe a better way to remember your birhtday!! The mudpups throw nice parties…..
September 29th, 2009 at 10:56 AM
@BuffaloGal Says:
September 29th, 2009 at 10:48 AM
Thanks!
September 29th, 2009 at 11:03 AM
Rockefeller’s public option amendment is defeated 15/8. Oh Oh.
September 29th, 2009 at 11:05 AM
#52 Skip, in addition to the boogie there’s something really weird about that picture. Her eyes make her look all tweaked out & there’s something going on with her lips/teeth. One of her front teeth look longer than the other, maybe one of her veneers is falling off & she’s squishing up her lips to keep it in? If she does in fact read any AK blogs, it makes you wonder if she read the ADN
comments. If I was her and read them I wouldn’t ever want to leave my house again.
September 29th, 2009 at 11:07 AM
I think, in keeping with tradition, that the day the book comes out Lori from Los Angeles should be first in line at the bookstore and run home and live-blog as she reads it. It worked really well with the Levi article in Vanity Fair!
September 29th, 2009 at 11:10 AM
So, Miss Wassilla’s vision for America is that we are free.
I feel free now.
Am I missing something?
Does having a black president make us less free?
anyone?
September 29th, 2009 at 11:31 AM
When I saw the booger pic this morning, I printed up several copies. We practice shooting Sun. mornings, I’ll see if I can blow that booger out of there. Can you believe nobody said ” Hey lady, you have a big booger in your nose?
September 29th, 2009 at 11:35 AM
Whatever happened to all those emails the State was supposed to send to Celtic Diva?
September 29th, 2009 at 11:55 AM
#67 sdragon, yep, there must be trouble in paradise when not even tawd would tell her about the boogie. He must be really mad, was probably snickering to himself when she was hamming it up at the photo op, thinking “serves you right, calling me your b*tch, I mean wife”.
September 29th, 2009 at 11:59 AM
http://www.adn.com ADN makes mention of AKM’s point about the use of “rogue” and Troopergate. It’s in a small piece asking when was “going rogue” first used in the world of Palin. It’s on the front page. I forgot to copy the full link. Too tired to go back.
Also, AKM’s Huff Po rogue piece is being rebroadcast quite a bit over on twitter.
had more to add but i accidentally deleted it. i need a nap!
September 29th, 2009 at 12:32 PM
8.3 earthquake in the Pacific near Samoa. Tsumani warnings, including Hawaii.
September 29th, 2009 at 12:35 PM
not that sarah…
i missed the end of the ebay auction for the charleston “dinner without sarah”.
but i’ve contacted the charity that had it up and asked if i could match the winning bid.
so you would need three other mudpups to join you.
September 29th, 2009 at 12:47 PM
GOP congressman: President Obama an “enemy of humanity” http://bit.ly/ipWSx (video)
Speaking at the conservative “How To Take Back America” conference in St. Louis Missouri on September 26, here’s video of Arizona Republican Congressman Trent Franks saying conservatives “need to realize” President Obama is “an enemy of humanity” who has “no place in any station of government
Arizona folks – would it do any good to send this to your local papers? news outlets ?
September 29th, 2009 at 12:53 PM
http://features.csmonitor.com/politics/2009/09/29/lynn-vincent-the-other-voice-behind-the-sarah-palin-book/
All my comments seem to be going into moderation. Check out who Lynn Vincent who is ghostwriting Palin’s book latest collaberation is with. None other than Robert Stacy McCain.
September 29th, 2009 at 1:02 PM
Sorry, that was Palin speak!
September 29th, 2009 at 1:22 PM
#74 irishgirl, hmm, thanks for the link to the csmonitor article. I also read the comments & for some reason think comment #24 is from sarah or most likely meg stapletongue. A very nasty comment aimed at Celtic Diva.
September 29th, 2009 at 1:44 PM
jc: I didn’t read the comments, I was so shocked to see the link. I’m off now to have a look at them.
September 29th, 2009 at 1:57 PM
Ah yes, I just saw it. When they have to resort to that, then they have no argument. I left a short comment for that reader.
September 29th, 2009 at 2:08 PM
@66 Lilybart, I thought the same thing.
Aren’t we already strong, independent and free? Earth to Palin.
What Palin wants is for women to be FREE from having choices. She wants a STRONG “Christian” government that abolishes INDEPENDENT thinking…..it’s her way or the highway.
September 29th, 2009 at 7:44 PM
My handwriting is just awful. It’s gotten progressively worse since high school since I type everything. I’m a touch typist and can type approx. 70 wpm.
I can do calligraphy. It forces me to slow down and really form the letters. But I rarely have my pen with me. Put a ballpoint in my hand and forget it. Even I can decipher what I’ve written after a few hours.
Pencil? Look for all caps. And pretty big too.
I’m not signed up for the forum so can’t PM. I guess I’ll just pass on this. Just as well. No one would be able to make out my signature anyway.
September 29th, 2009 at 8:07 PM
Can we get a few more people to approve the definition of “Going Rogue” on the Urban Dictionary? I know it’s distastefully presented (the definition is sexually explicit). But it needs some more “thumbs up” so that it is continually referenced in regards to Palin’s book title for the next 6 weeks…
September 30th, 2009 at 4:20 AM
Sarah quit 75% of the way through her term. Since she finished the book early, perhaps her original contract was for 533 pages.
(But no one can say she stinted on the length of her China speech.)