Russofile Gifts

"Russian blue"

"Meet the scribe"

Historical memory is on life support.

'You're right. Our old safety files have become a safety concern.'

'The definition of OBSOLETE: old fashioned dictionaries.'

'...then Johannes Gutenberg built the first bookcase'

Alien Assumption

Office worker pushing a pile of papers on trolley.

Alphabet soup gets cold for slow readers.

'Congratulations on your purchase of the new Kablooey! Desk Organizer! Instructions for use...'

'From albums to 8-tracks to cassettes to CD's...What a long, loud trip it's been!'

Letter Collecting Nerd

"Today I came across antiderenuclearizationalityness."

(No caption. Signs on file cabinets drawers read, "Files Saved to Hard Drive," "Files Saved to Disk," "Files Saved to Traveldrive," "Trash.")

Catalogue of little books.

'Never trust emails. You can't shred them.'

"I think I'll keep a diary..."

Clubbing

We have a nice selection of office artifacts, a typewriter, carbon paper, ashtrays, our CEO's last handwritten memo...

Attic of hopes and dreams...

Signing the declaration of independence.

'Does anyone know where we keep the unwritten rules?'

'Should-do and shouldn't-do sound a lot alike.'

Today's alpha-lesson is "Keep a journal." The average person lets life pass them by. The events of their lives fade into nothingness. An alpha knows that long after they're gone, their thoughts and experiences will be of great interest to historians. That's not an original thought. I read it in the papyrus Randus Maximus XIV left in a safe deposit box after he helped conquer Judea.

"Blame the scientists who are teaching me sign-language Mum: It's not my fault if it's easier to learn the rude signs..."

"So no bases are uncovered, Sister Ann gives the sermon to the deaf and Brother Brooks blogs it."

'Mr. Fitzburger, didn't we agree on a no-pets-in-the-apartment policy?!!'

'The last Doctor to go into medical records has still not been found.'

Magic Ring to gain entry into Tolkien Archive

Dive in Archive.

'Oh sure, Your Honor, he can speak. He's using sign language ...

Energy trap.

Doo inc..can and no can.

"I let go of all my earthly attachments, but there's one I can't seem to shake."

"I'm still looking, sir?"