V-mail: microfilm airmail from WWII
During WWII, soldiers sent "V-mail" ("victory mail") home in the form of letters that were opened, photographed onto microfilm, flown to the US and printed out, re-addressed and delivered. This saved tons in freight expenses and it was delivered by speedy airmail, while regular letters went by slow sea-freight. The BBC has photos of period v-mails along with audio of soldiers reminiscing about their v-mail adventures.
Don’t Rent Your Life Own It!
I ain’t gonna live forever. I just want to live while I’m alive. – from the song It’s My Life by Jon Bon Jovi I learned the words to It’s My Life several years ago even though I never memorized the lyrics. Instead, I allowed the song, and its meaning, to be written on my heart where it still lives today.
10 Handy Numbers to Save in Your Mobile Phone
Email “Always be prepared!” That’s the Boy Scout motto.
*bellaMUMMA {life is beauty-full}: 100 ways to UNCOMPLICATE YOUR LIFE
I 'STUMBLED UPON' THIS POST AT 'LIVE THE CHARMED LIFE' AND I LOVED IT SO MUCH, I JUST HAD TO SHARE IT! It begins... You see, when we’re born we see the world in an uncomplicated way.
80+ Inspiring Quotes about Design
These quotes will surely inspire, assist, motivate, and help every one about Design. Design is a plan for arranging elements in such a way as best to accomplish a particular purpose. — Charles Eames Everything is designed. Few things are designed well. — Brian Reed
How melancholy expands our capacity for creativity, the best science books of the year, beautifully untranslatable words from around the world & more
Hey Peggy Fleming! If you missed last week's edition – the best children's books of the year, Thoreau on the art of walking, Ursula K. Le Guin on the secret of success in writing and any craft, and more – you can catch up right here.
75 Ways To Stay Unhappy Forever
Dale Carnegie once said, “It isn’t what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It’s what you think about.” I don’t think anyone could say it any better than that. I’ve watched so many friends search tirelessly for happiness by changing jobs, moving to new cities, pursuing intimate relationships, and tweaking all sorts of other external factors in their lives. And guess what?
22 Tools You Should Keep in Your Car
post written by: Marc Chernoff Email “Always be prepared!”
Why You Can Never Really Fail, Whatever Happens: A Guest Post from John Sherry
Today’s guest post is from my friend John Sherry, writer at The 100% You blog. John is passionate about living his life to the fullest, and helping you to do the same. If you’ve been tip-toeing around the blogsphere quietly, today is your day to jump in and leave a comment for John. He always engages with a smile! Please make John welcome ~We’re all so scared of failure.
