Umberto Eco Thinks Your Handwriting Is Ugly

...and he's right.
Seriously, when was the last time you really looked at the scrawl you put on a check or a birthday card? When was the last time you sat down and wrote a long letter to someone- with a pen - on paper?

I write letters all the time. Yes, sometimes my handwriting is less than desirable. I wish I had the skill of the 1920s generation to crank out beautiful copperplate script like a printers devil on deadline. But, alas, by the time I started elementary school in the 70's the fine artistry of handwriting was already going to hell in a handbasket.

There's a wonderful article in the Guardian today where Umberto Eco (one of the greatest living author's) opines the death of the art of handwriting. It's well worth a read, and I'm sure that in the next letter I write, I'll be writing about it.

Music from the Birds

A friend of mine sent this around to me today and I thought it was brilliant. As a kid my Mom used to tell us that the birds sat on the wires because they got a little buzz in their toes- and who wouldn't like that?

http://vimeo.com/6428069