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Found Around Town
Ephemera def. transitory written and printed matter
Here's a very interesting visual blog that I came across today: ephemerania. It's simply a collection of photos of found objects assembled together, sort of grouping visual pieces together.
Jet Trash
Every day, a hundred thousand people travel through the Minneapolis-St. Paul airport, lugging an astonishing quantity of stuff. They leave for vacations, board connecting flights, and come home from business trips. About 5,000 times a year, they leave things behind. They leave cell phones and carry-ons. They leave prayer rugs and acupuncture instruments and snow shovels. They leave rings on the edge of sinks.
