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April 29, 2009

In Honor Of First 100 Days, Obama’s Superpower Cuffs Are Finally Finished! (Secret Map Included!)

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We have been working very hard on the President’s Cuffs,

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and they’re finally finished!

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So, today we had a party with punch!

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We are cuffmakers.

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Fairy cuffmakers*

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We make cuffs for people out of things we find;

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and sometimes we find amazing stuff

just laying on the ground!

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We make cuffs so that people will feel:

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and also, to make old things seem like new again.

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Originally, we came from here:

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But we also came from here,

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here

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and here.

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Ladies and gentlemen,

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we are here now!

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So, without further ado,

President Obama’s New (Old)

Super-Powered Cuffs!

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Something old…

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I found this tiger cowrie shell at an ancient site on the Napali Coast (Kawaii, HI).

About ten minutes later, I found a brand new one on the beach a few feet away!

It had just washed up in the surf.

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We found this special map yesterday,

and as a rule:

anything we serendipitously find on the final day of making cuffs is very special.

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Vintage hook closures on a cotton backing that was grown and then spun by a family in Ethiopa in the 70’s.

(That family’s son lived with my grandparents for a year, and the cotton fabric was a gift.)

Washington,

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Lady Liberty,

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Abe Lincoln, twice.

One of them is very green!

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Green…

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how are we going to make it stick?

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(*polaroid from my brave, wandering family, wth lveo.)

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