A few days ago I thought I somehow stepped through a time warp as I opened my mailbox and found a piece of non-corporate snail mail. At first I eyed this envelope suspiciously as it was not my birthday nor could I conjure any other reason for the snail mail. As my paranoia subsided, my fingers ripped open the envelope to find a card inside, with a hand-written note from a Ms. Sophie Grossman.
At this point my mind was blown, not only had I just received snail mail it was also hand-written! Crazy!
As my eyes read the note this article about a local teen in Somerville collecting business cards in an attempt to set a Guinness record came soaring back into my conscious. After reading the article I sent Sophie not one but two business cards (part of a set of ten that I received for free from flickr).
As of this note, she's received nearly 800 business cards so far. That's 800 in addition to her already existing collection of over 2,200 business cards! She plans on submitting an entry to the good folks at Guinness Book of World Records once her collections hits 5,000 cards. If you've got a business card and want to help Sophie in her record breaking quest you can send them to her attention at:
Somerville Journal
20-40 Holland Street
Somerville, MA 02144
If you do send one, let me know! If you include links to your business (non spammy) I might do a shout-out post to those who help Sophie out...
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Post written on 2008-10-21.
