quieto :: notas curiosity killed the cat, but cats have 9 lives

Posts from June 2008

Children in the Mail

After parcel post service was introduced in 1913, at least two children were sent by the service. With stamps attached to their clothing, the children rode with railway and city carriers to their destination. The Postmaster General quickly issued a regulation forbidding the sending of children in the mail after hearing of those examples.
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Non-Places

My last post got me thinking about non-places. By non-places I mean either places that once were and now cease to exist or places that only exist in the imagination but are somehow very real.
Of the real places that ceased to exist, I think of the last scene in the amazing film Underground. There is [...]