Terry Gross: "Can you share some of your favorite comments from readers that you've gotten over the years?"

Maurice Sendak: "Oh, there's so many. Can I give you just one that I really like? It was from a little boy. He sent me a charming card with a little drawing. I loved it. I answer all my children's litter--sometimes very hastily--but this one I lingered over. I sent him a postcard and I drew a picture of a Wild Thing on it. I wrote, "Dear Jim, I loved your card." Then I got a letter back from his mother and she said, "Jim loved your card so much he ate it." That to me was one of the highest compliments I've ever received. He didn't care that it was an original drawing or anything. He saw it, he loved it, he ate it."

So your bags are packed then, yes?

Make sure you send postcards! Oh and.. never ask for a hamburger.

>> ^quantumushroom:

Wow. India has more freedom than the US.

It must be nice to live in a world so black and white. Send a postcard sometime

>> ^SeesThruYou:

Wait, wait... this guy was a drug addict or drug dealer? If he was a drug addict, they should have gotten him some help for his addiction. If he was a drug DEALER, then they didn't shoot him fast enough or use enough bullets. Drug dealers are not human beings and shouldn't have any fucking rights. I'm so sick of fucking pussy-ass liberal fags supporting criminal activity. "Waaahhhh! The big bad police are hurting all the drug dealers, rapists, and murderers!!! How dare they! Waaahhhhh!!! Where's my iPhone? I'm gunna call mommy Hillary!!!"

I'm an fine artist working mainly in oil painting and silkscreening and gave a great interest in graphic design. I've worked freelance for years designing everything from logos to packaging design.

I used to run a small web design company which was lucrative in its day but I opted out when websites started to become less design and more about programming and data-basing. I am technical minded and could have done it, I just chose not to so I could focus on the design side of things

I worked for several years in the Newspaper industry designing ads for just about every company out there from WalMart and Canadian Tire to large oil and gas companies, local mom & pop stores and even government.

I now work full time as the designer for a large college in my area, where I design all sorts of marketing pieces, brochures, newsprint ads, magazines, posters, postcards, logo and concept designs as well as web content.

I like my job, I wish it paid a bit more as living costs in my area are high. I also wish I had more time for my personal creative work. I should be working for myself but I'm lousy at business.

>> ^eric3579:

I think this ones dead.


It plays OK right now. Maybe Vimeo was hiccupping, it seems to do that sometimes

Your video, TDS 9/23/10 - Postcards From the Pledge, has made it into the Top 15 New Videos listing. Congratulations on your achievement. For your contribution you have been awarded 1 Power Point.

@chilaxe, you're a strange person.

Make sure to send me a postcard from the higher plane of existence. I've been thinking about buying some property up there.

good analysis...

here is a selection of statements he made and for which he is currently being prosecuted:

Fitna(film)
"The Islam wants to conquer, subjugate and destroy our civilization. In 1945 Nazism was conquered, in 1989 Communism, and now we most conquer the Islamic ideology"
The movie show images of a future Holland as a Islamic country. A postcard of The Netherlands which s only shows minarets, a violent decapitation and images of terrorist attacks.

Volkskrant, 08-08-2007
"The root of the problem is the fascistic Islam, the sick ideology of Allah en Mohammad demonstrated in the Islamatic Mein Kampf: The Qur'an. The texts of the Qur'an leave little to the imagination."
as sanderbos said, referring to Mein Kampf is a big no-go in Western Europe.

"Ban that book (the Qur'an). Just like Mein Kampf!”
It is still illegal to sell Mein Kampf in the Netherlands. You are allowed to own it and trade it but not to buy it however.

De Pers, 13-02-2007
"Enough is enough. Close the borders, no more Muslims for the Netherlands, export as many as possible. Take away the Dutch passport of Muslim criminals"

Volkskrant, 07-09-2006
"Close the borders for non-western immigrants'
“We have to stop the tsunami of Muslims. It is a matter that touches our heart.”

>> ^sanderbos:
Well rougy,
Dutch 'liberal' here, not a Wilders fan.
The court case is completely ridiculous, of course he should be able to say what he wants, especially since he is a politician and has to be able to express things even if they defy laws (since politicians define laws), and because he represents a large constituency of Dutch voters (8 percent in last election, could be up to 30% according to some polls).
However, this speech, man he or his (famous) lawyer seemed to have cobbled together all divine phrases of free speech and wrapped them together in a nice little presentation. Anybody can put together a speech like this ("wasn't it Voltaire who said 'as much as I despise your opinion, I will defend your ability to speak it'" is a staple of such speeches, and no it wasn't Voltaire).
You must understand that Wilders' other thoughts include a tax of say (pinky to mouth) a thousand dollars per hijab (islam head scarf) to fix the economic crisis.
The situation on free speech in the Netherlands is super unclear. Because we are such a liberal free country, nobody really bothered/ bothers to ensure those rights are also legally documented. So on some fronts the freedoms of speech are very limited if prosecution occurs (almost yearly people are put in prison over making pretty tame references to the queen, giving somebody the finger is technically an offense).
In this particular case, the Dutch DOJ first decided not to sue, then some hippy who can't deal with anybody not agreeing him (Rene Danen) forces the DOJ to reconsider, if you read the verdict of that case you can see it is all about Nazi Germany references, a big no-no in the Netherlands (Wilders compares the Quran to Mein Kampf, as in both books that cause people to do bad things).
Anyway, this is just part of the whole Wilders big clown extravanganza show that is going on for years now. He is just making outregeous claims and getting in trouble everywhere to drum up support (actually I am most impressed by the way he does these things, as he does really little press or other public things yet gets the press to talk about him constantly). I think it is unclear what will happen if he gets into power (which probably won't happen all too soon, in part because of him the Dutch political landscape is superfragmented now, any coalition created in the next four years will be crazy enough without him in it).

"I'm a lot better before you know me."
That's the one that got me...

There was a video made a few years ago (I think by the same guys). It was basically a "slideshow" of their postcards, but I couldn't find it on the site.

Anyone got any ideas?

EDIT: Actually scratch that, if you google there's million. I'm sure I can find the one I was thinking of

Ok Ok OK...(Lost power and having to start over for your job-losin' ass....

This should make you feel less like a time wasting dumb ass....

I worked at a Xmas store back in 87 for a friend of my mother's from the hippie days...seasonal-retail...On break one day OI bought a copy of the collected "Life In Hell" Series from Matt Groening...while reading it at work, I realized that Bongo and his co-workers, represented perfectly in my own experience, just how much my life was like their hell.

I quickly and enthusiastically xeroxed a copy of my favorite workplace escapade, labeled each character with co-worker's names, esp the boss, and proudly pinned it up for all to see the next day.(You see I closed, and the boss opened, and I thought her recovering alcoholics Excedrine-addicted crazy bitch-ass would have a sense of humor!!...

She greeted me the next day with a smile, a coffee and caffeine jag from the asprinz addiction, and a piece of paper in her hand she smiled and described as my last check, my ass at the door...(she could have called, I was fucking late anyhow)

I wrote Matt.

I sent him a copy of his doctored cartoon strip and an explanation attempting to evoke some sympathy as well as tickle him because I had had enough of that place anyway ...he replied with a postcard with a "You know what they say, work is hell." and a signature on the back, and a cool autographed in marker production print glossy of him next to a marina holding a duck with a cartoon bubble for the duck quacking, "Halp, Halp! HALP!"

This was the year the Simpsons first appeared on the Tracey Ullman Show-Still got that gear, baby.....On f'sale on Ebay..... Item# 90824655..?

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Blankfist, the cheese-eating, wine-sipping, Ron Paul-felchin, Navy-buttfucker.
The first thing that sucks about blankfist is his L.A. residency, one of the worst cities this side of the Mason-Dixon line. He fits right into this pretentious asshole heaven by letting us know that, the first time he tasted acceptance, was for an "audience vote" his "second year" in "film school". This fucking douche-bag can't even make it five paragraphs without name-dropping, himself!
The second thing that sucks about blankfist is that he has a cat named Maceo. That is so fucking lame. Only cheese-dicks and 12 year old school girls belong to this club, although, it's often difficult to pinpoint which one of these blankfist belongs to.
The third thing that sucks about blankfist is that he thinks Spider-Man's web slinging ability is a power. Even fucking D.C. fans know the score on this.
The fourth thing that sucks about blankfist is that he left Kronoposeidon alone to raise their son. He still sends wish-you-were-here-sunset postcards, but he hasn't used his pay phone on Venice Beach to reach them for some time now.
Blankfists' one way of rebelling comes from posting cat fart videos as an anonymous user on a superb, yet underground, website. He is a tame conformist who is an essential member of VideoSift and I hate having him here.

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original song here btw: http://www.videosift.com/video/Beirut-Postcards-From-Italy

Thanks to everyone in the group. There are some days when I think, "I must find videos that will sift." But I always go back to videos that I want to sift - the fun stuff. I’ve also found that now that I am posting videos, I don’t have as much time to watch, vote and comment on all the videos – though I’m sure I do my share.

Yes I like Star Wars and toys, having kids has helped to fuel me. A few years back I had to sell all my vintage Star Wars stuff, much of which was still in packages. It killed me but when you’ve got young kids and bills to pay, you gotta make that call. So since then, and now that my job prospects have improved, and my kids are old enough to be my excuse, I’ve gone a little crazy with the star wars toys. I’ve got about 500 of so figures still in packages and a hundred or so out of package. (plus all the ships). And tons of other “suff” as well.

I am an artist with a triple major in painting, printmaking, and the graphic arts. I’ve got way more credits than I need for my BFA but missed just a couple of the academics I needed to complete it. One day I’ll go back but for now I must pay the bills. I’ve worked in freelance design, newspaper, website design and I am currently working as a graphic designer for a local college designing everything from posters, invitations, handouts, postcards, binders and, well, anything that is requested from five different campuses. I put together about 25 major brochures a year (over 40 pages) and am in charge of all newspaper and magazine ads. Lots of fun eh?

Edit: Deleted lots more about me, I didn’t want to bore you all….
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