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"The words are equally important"

Todd Klein is one best letterers in comic books, with a career spanning decades. He's written a book, The Art and History of Lettering Comics, and it's online, as noted in marxchivist's post!

No seriously, let me fix that for you!

Shoe repairShoe repair by knapjack (cc by)

Bella Donna's post about France offering subsidies for clothing repairs has spawned an excellent collection of tips on clothing and shoe repair!

A Mystery That Should Not Exist

A years long search for the cover artist of an edition of "A Wrinkle in Time" comes to an end with the help of WBUR's Endless Thread podcast

Scrambled in all the best ways

photo of scrambled eggsdrewbage1847 made a post about the many, many, MANY, variations of scrambled eggs. Come enjoy this tasty list!

Why do some people call a remote control a clicker?

"...one of the most influential and intriguing buttons in history." Community member brundlefly links to a story of the Zenith Space Command, one of the earliest examples of a remote control for television. Many memories ensue!

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