Kathryn Hughes's $19.95 CVS Receipt Scarf sends up the company's infamously absurd receipts -- at 58" long, the handmade/hand-cut scarves are only slightly shorter than the real thing! (via Kottke)
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Jan 9, 2020
58" long CVS receipt scarf is only slightly shorter than actual CVS receipts
Watch the trailer to "The Booksellers," a documentary on the enduring, eccentric world of rare book selling
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Spike Lee to direct a film version of David Byrne's "American Utopia"
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This training can help make 2020 the year you get working as a professional copywriter
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This 10-foot cloth Lightning cable won’t break like those fragile Apple cables and is only $15
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Forevernote puts your life stories in print forever and it may be the greatest family gift you can give
Every family is chock full of stories. Stories of history, stories of memory, stories of accomplishment and stories of love. From a grandparent’s tales of life decades ago to a couple’s first meeting to amazing life experiences and moments that you wish could be preserved for future generations. Unfortunately, we all don’t have the literary […]
