Card from Russia

What's weird about this card is that it is a Papyrus card, that looks exactly like any Papyrus card I could buy in any store that sells cards here in the USA.

But inside (and apologies, Picasa isn't uploading to blogs anymore so I have to do it myself and sometimes the orientation thing is off) is Cyrillic!  Crazy!

What was written inside said, "Here is written: harmony and piece!"

So great!

Transition

It's been Sonitrol for the entire time I've lived here, but I suspect that something has changed and that Sonitrol sign on the building is not long for this world.

Postcards from Russia, Virgina and Virginia

This is from Vladimir.  He hopes I like his postcard.  I do!

This is from my friend Sara (of Pike Schemes fame) to represent the "real" postcard world.

She also sent this postcard, which she made herself.  Astute readers with long memories might remember this picture from this post back in 2012.  I had the photo displayed prominently at my house because I loved it so, but Matt was not as much of a fan and was making noises about throwing it away, so I tucked it into Sara's Christmas present that year.  And she loved it too.  But now it has come back to me as a beautiful postcard I can hang on my wall.  I love it!

Note from the future.  Several WEEKS after I received this post card, I was weeding out front when the mail carrier came by.  "I just loved that picture of you in the denim overalls at the wedding!" she told me. "I laughed and laughed."  It took me a moment to figure out what she was talking about, but then I put it together and told her that it wasn't me in the short-alls, and then gave her the background.  Well done Sara!

Postcard from Portland

It's true!  At times, I get postcards from Portland, because I have a friend and we sometimes communicate via postcard.  Why send postcards to people in your own city?  It's fun!  Plus you can pretend you live in those pre-telephone day, when there was a morning post and an evening post and that was the only way to make plans.  In this case, making plans was exactly what this postcard was all about.  Plus, a quick review of Lone Survivor.

Essay: Veronica Mars.

Veronica Mars is an awesome television series.  I would write more, but I'm currently obsessed and must watch more episodes.

Get over the "bulking up" ladies. Or at least stop writing newspaper articles about it.

I can't tell you the number of articles I've read over the years about the subject.  It drives me crazy.  Big muscles are very cool.  Quit trying to be diminutive and tiny.

Look at our lame new size!

Before, we had the long skinny paper, as pictured on the right.  After, we will have the short, stubby tabloid-style on the left.  But right now?  We have both.

A two-sized paper is annoying for the following reason.  Here is the normal mode of transport for the paper.  It tucks nicely in my bag.

Right now, we have two different sizes, resulting in a hangover flap thing that doesn't tuck away very easily.

This will last until April, when it all becomes tabloid.