Photo credit: Toni MacAfee, a postal worker in Atlantic Canada. Canada Post being sued by union representing postal workers A year ago this month, the price of Canadian stamps increased from 63¢ to $1.00 ( 85¢ if bought in bulk). Along with the price increase to stamps, it was also announced, two years ago, that […]
Mail via stop motion animation
“From Me To You” I just had to share this amazingly creative stop animation clip by artist Rachel Ryle. Tell me it just doesn’t make you marvel and press ‘play’ a couple of zillion times! I love everything about this. When snail mail arrives on your doorstep (or in the mailbox) it is indeed magical. […]
Mail away for….sea monkeys, iron-ons, posters.
Promise of…everything You may remember these crazy ads found in comic books from the 1970’s and 80’s. I picked up a few vintage comic books recently and used them for stocking stuffers this past Christmas. Flipping through the newsprint pages of the Buck Rogers, the Beagle Boys and of course Archie’s, I’ve been laughing my […]
Baseball star apologizes. In a handwritten letter. Sincere?
This week New York Yankees baseball star, Alex Rodriguez, apologized to his fans for lying about taking performance enhancing drugs. It wasn’t the usual media scrum, there were no microphones shoved in the face of Mr. Rodriguez, but rather it came in the form of a hand written letter. Apparently, this was his own decision not […]