Friday, September 05, 2008

diversion

it's like they say over at ezinearticles.com: "Unlike passive activities like television viewing, a hobby provides intellectual stimulation while simultaneously relaxing you."

that's why i've taken up, maybe even invented, a new hobby. it involves opening every piece of junk mail i receive IRL and then taking the following actions:

• scribbling over the application area for whatever credit card or other service is being offered.

• writing "STOP" in large, meaningful script on one surface.

• carefully folding anything (including the envelope it was sent in) to fit the included business-reply envelope.

• placing all the contents, "STOP" message facing opening, into the included business-reply envelope.

• delivering the finished parcel to the US postal service that it might return from whence it came.

i find this activity satisfying on several levels and encourage everyone on the entire planet to participate.

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