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The world will be less clear when they’re gone


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Zylindro Teapot from Jenaer Glas
Our happy on-line tea vendor (Adagio Tea) also sells a lot of teaware, and through them we’ve purchased some really nice stuff made by Jenaer Glas. In particular I have a nifty Zylindro Teapot that I keep at the office and which is sufficiently cool that at least two students ordered ones as well. And if memory serves New Kid and LDH have a teapot or two of theirs as well.

Sadly, Jenaer Glas is going out of business:

After more than a century of making the world’s finest glassware, the factory of Jenaer Glas is shutting its doors.

There is still time to brighten your day with the stunning design and intelligent functionality of these fine products. These expertly crafted products remain in limited supply, so please consider them before they are gone.

Sigh. They have a really nice sense of design, and it’s always sad to see something like that go out of the universe.

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Make Tea Not War
A few weeks ago, Sub-Evil Boy amused himself greatly with his new, improved definition of vending: “Buy crap, sell crap, eat crap”. Short and to the point, eh?

In that (not entirely) grand tradition, we’re here to flog our first foray into the land of unhindered commerce with our new, improved (huh? there was nothing there before…) Unhindered By Talent Cafe Press shop! You can use this venue to purchase really spiffy “Make tea not war” gear, calligraphed by yours truly. You can’t eat our crap, but you can wear it, and help spread an excellent meme in the process.

Mags Make tea not war photo from Flickr
This all started with Mags’ excellent photo on Flickr, which I just had to show to WeatherGirl. Her immediate response was that she wanted that sentiment on a shirt for her birthday, which seemed an excellent idea to all. I then squandered my opportunity to do the work over the summer, and ended up doing the calligraphy in a crazy rush the weekend before her birthday. Once we got it all sorted out, it became clear that we would all need to get “Make tea not war” clothing, and once we’d started down that road a Cafe Press shop was pretty much the unavoidable outcome.

So, there you have it. “Make tea not war” on a dizzying array of random stuff.

Or, to (mis)quote one of the great minds of the 21st century (at least among those minds that regularly hang at our house): “Buy crap. Sell crap. Wear crap.”