wall writing

newsletter service & letters of note

https://tinyletter.com/

how cool is this? a service where someone else keeps track of your mailing list and you send out newsletters.

http://www.lettersofnote.com/

this is the site where i found the tiny letters

Corinna's Hand Exercises

HAND EXERCISES

Exercises can go a long way towards relieving stiffness, soreness, cramping and numbness temporarily and promote a more relaxed grip on the pen, although they won’t cure arthritis or carpal tunnel syndrome.

1.       With arms out to the sides at shoulder level, turn hands rapidly from palm up to palm down.

2.       Clench fists lightly, then slowly open the hands until they’re fully open, fingers spread, as stretched as possible.

3.       With fingers as straight as possible, touch your thumb to your index fingertip, then tap it 5-6 times working your way down to the base of the finger. Repeat with each finger.

4.       Tap each finger in turn from the tip to the base of the thumb.

5.       Rotate the thumb through its full range of motion.

6.       With the hand resting on a flat surface, raise each finger in turn as high as possible.

7.       Hold your hands with palms together in front of you as if praying. Bend them from side to side at the wrist as far as comfortable.

8.       Same as above, but with the backs of your hands together. Don’t push them beyond a comfortable stretch in the back of the wrist.

Numbness and tingling in the hands may originate in the neck. Relaxing and loosening the neck muscles may help temporarily, although it won’t cure arthritis, disk or other structural problems.

1.       Without raising your shoulders, try to touch your ear to your shoulder.

2.       Without moving your shoulders, try to touch your chin to your shoulder.

3.       Clasp your hands behind your head and push it forward as far as it will stretch comfortably.

4.       Shrug your shoulders as high as you can, then rotate them back as if trying to make your shoulder

blades meet.

The sources of these exercises include Yoga, Youth and Reincarnation by Jess Stern, physical therapy following carpal tunnel surgery, Sit and Be Fit on PBS, bagpipe exercises and the internet.

the man who mailed himself

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/2010/09/the-eccentric-englishman.html

just read the article...

various videos

cute videos of dancing pencils

http://vimeo.com/31939621

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Fun typography video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4v99QnfH7M

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This one is wacko
plus you can click on his name and he has others
Dragon Baby is very good.

https://vimeo.com/76227718

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funny flow chart, etc

if you do not care for my sense of humor, i respect that and suggest that you do not need to return to this blog. there are so many more things to do that are far more worthwhile than reading blogs.


Disturbed Christmas Carols

1. Schizophrenia --- Do You Hear What I Hear?

2. Multiple Personality Disorder --- We Three Kings Disoriented Are
3. Dementia --- I Think I'll be Home for Christmas
4. Narcissistic --- Hark the Herald Angels Sing About Me
5. Manic --- Deck the Halls and Walls and House and Lawn and Streets and Stores and Office and Town and Cars and Buses and Trucks and... Trees and.....

6. Paranoid --- Santa Claus is Coming to Town to Get Me
7. Borderline Personality Disorder --- Thoughts of Roasting on an Open Fire

8. Personality Disorder --- You Better Watch Out, I'm Gonna Cry, I'm Gonna Pout, Maybe I'll Tell You Why

9. Attention Deficit Disorder --- Silent night, Holy oooh look at the Froggy - can I have a chocolate, why is France so far away?

10. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder --- Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells

 

http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/50-unexplainable-black-white-photosv

old school lettering - SCANNED BOOKS

http://beinecke.library.yale.edu/dl_crosscollex/brbldl/oneITEM.asp?pid=1002843&iid=1244787&srchtype=ITEM

there are about 60 pages to view at this site. many of them are very contemporary looking, considering this book is from the 16th century. take time to go to the link -the one above the photo- and view the pages. it is labeled a *scribal pattern book* so it must have been a collection of ideas and patterns kept by a scribe. the old school version of a blog.

http://beinecke.library.yale.edu/digitallibrary/default.asp?vcgcollex=ALL

and then, you can go to the page with a listing of 80-90 books that are scanned so that you can spend more hours looking at and collecting images. if you find something worth saving, right click, copy and paste into a word doc and print it out.


/http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1022988/manuscript/

see type in the fonts on your computer

http://flippingtypical.com/