happy national pack rat day – may 17th

There’s a fine line between holding on to nostalgia, and being a serious contendor for an episode of Hoarders. But just for a day, you are permitted to openly cherish the growing stack of Signals catalogs piling up in your basement sans any judgment of concerned family and friends. Who knows? Maybe your Beanie Babies will become collectibles again, and the joke will be on us.

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and 2 very different philosophies from 2 very creative geniuses on this subject: 

“i want to lead the victorian life, surrounded by exquisite clutter.”

-freddie mercury

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“out of clutter, find simplicity.”

-albert einstein

team freddie or team albert?

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credits:  stanford university (image),  mental floss