Tw Cen MT is not Futura.

Hull’s Art & Framing Store (Annex to main store on Chapel St), Sept 16, 2007, 2:43 PM.

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And no one wants a tune about the 100th luftballoon that was seen shooting from the window of your room to be a spot against the sky’s colossal gloom, and land deflated in some neighbor’s state that’s strewn with 99 others.

One of the side benefits of living in New Haven is that it’s a city full of fabulous architecture, including two art galleries designed by Louis Kahn.  More importantly, the city is fervent about preserving this part if its culture.  This is why I am able to live above a drug store that is likely [...]

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The customer service number you must have.

For all of you who live in the U.S./order on Amazon.com, you must have this customer service number at your fingertips:
1-800-201-7575
That is the number to reach Amazon.com’s customer service desk.  To understand how important this is, read this story to realize the arduous task it can be to acquire this.
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And yes, [...]

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So I read to myself: a chance of a lifetime to see new horizons; on the front page a black and white picture of Manhattan skyline.

My first visit back to the MoMA after its massive renovation brought with it some melancholy—perhaps because my exicted hopes were somewhat diminished when I couldn’t see Night Fishing at Antibes, but perhaps when walking around the early 20th century galleries, we came across a series of three paintings by Umberto Boccioni known as States [...]

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I’m alive, and how I know it; but for chips and for freedom, I could die.

“It’s like the Modern Art section of the Met but, like, the whole museum is modern art.”—overheard in New York on the 4 subway, February, from a North Jersey high school kid to an NYU freshman girl, explaining what the Museum of Modern Art actually was.             
I always get excited to go visit the MoMA [...]

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