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I can't pinpoint the exact moment Jamie and I became the Go To guys for every birthday, farewell, wedding, baby and special occasion too obscure to mention (Happy Bandaranaike Day, Sri Lanka!), but I suspect it had a lot to do with how seriously we take those bloody cards.
It's one thing to Photoshop a co-worker's face onto Fabio's body. It is something else entirely to interview the co-worker's co-workers for personal tidbits that fuel a Petrarchan sonnet referencing the summer their Ukrainian folk dancing troupe toured the Commonwealth (Happy Dominion Day, New Zealand!).
I can't think of a decent segue to save my life, but I'd like to extend a warm, Words & Pictures welcome to all our new readers: Hi Donald.
Oh, and the several thousand other people from every corner of the planet who swung by after our little site got mentioned in the trades. Hi to you, too. ;-)
And, seriously, Happy Bandaranaike & Dominion Days.
-Graham