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Stranger Than Wal-Mart

"Some 138 million Americans shop at Wal-Mart each week, making it perhaps the single most unifying cultural force in the country."
Chris Anderson, The Long Tail

Monday, October 10, 2005

Hands | Tina Bishop

1. Tightly stuck to legs at military attention.

2. Forced into coat pockets on a cold day.

3. Clutching pen during major, timed essay test.

4. Tiny fist of three-year-old signing "I Love You."

5. Nervously sliding hair behind ears.

6. Competitive thumb-wrestling with a friend.

7. Anxious shading over the eyes while driving into the sun.

8. Rubbing another's hand while giving Ancient Chinese Hand Massage.

9. Vigorously diving into a bowl of fresshly-popped corn.

10. Scooping up desert sand and flitering it through fingers as it blows in the hot wind.

11. Aggressively grips brush while shining shoes.

12. Five-month-old clumsily grasps at spoon and pulls it towards his mouth spilling applesauce on mommy.

13. A mother's hands guide the baby into cradling arms.

14. Mother catches the toddler before he jumps out of restraining arms and hits his face on the floor.

15. Rock! Paper! Scissors!

16. Forms a claw when transferring a CD from case to player.

1 Comments:

Blogger Christie said...

The fact that a three year old can say I love you in sign language just makes me happy. I think you should take a picture of that and send it to me, because that totally makes my day.

12:57 PM, October 11, 2005  

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