December 2010
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General Frank Blair, Missouri
Maybe from spending too much time obsessing over old advertising copywriting, I’ve developed a sideline interest (perhaps a developing obsession) in old engravings, a form of reproduction that was popular in a lot of 19th century and even early 20th century advertisements. My favorite engraving is a shot of my grandfather’s old business, done in the early 1900s.
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What's On Your Desk? With Telly Koosis
Note: What’s On Your Desk? is a series of interviews with friends who are doing interesting things. The dialogue always starts off the same way, by asking the subject to describe their workspace. The sixth in our series is the sunglassed Telly Koosis, who I met on the first day of fifth grade. We played basketball together, made flamethrowers out of hair spray and pretended we were...