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Swiss Air. Amazing graphics. So simple and so good. I saw this while rolling by. It’s not the Helvetica Bold, but it’s the tiny text next to it. Four lines that fit just right. The tail has the + sign. It’s clean. The engine is another great detail. Two red boxes next to each other with more Helvetica in it. That’s the wing of a Virgin America plane with New York under it. The patterns of the snow are interesting. I’m not sure if it’s because people travel and melt it, or if it’s just how it melts. I wonder where this is. It’s a narrow strip of land with neighborhoods and neighborhood. I’ll tell you what I was thinking while we flew over: wouldn’t it be cool if I lived down there, and were able to walk across a neighborhood to see water on both ends? You can do it in Manhattan, but this is much smaller.
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I never saw what this stuff looked like. Did you? This an orange ticket. Not a fatal purple one which would have left you in the tunnel. Purplegate! This stuff belongs to Cate who was there. I saw this stuff and was amazed at it all. There were about 5 other “ball” tickets that aren’t pictured here. You’ll read more about her trip there in GR58. The program. Nice tassle and bad ass seal. This is the program for the Hawaii party in Washington. Dave Choe art on the cover. You get two photos. No it’s not real autograph. The inauguration ticket. Home States ball. This still has that impressive seal in silver.
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Scams have come to Facebook. They've already been there, but here's a funny one. Read the part about the guy who pretended he was a girl, and got dudes to send naked photos of themselves, and then he tried to extort them by forcing the dudes to have sex with him. He's busted for sexual assault of a child younger than 16... and has more charges. I guess some succumbed. link.
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