Comments on: Wishbook, How I Miss Thee

By: Hierarchy « Grumplestiltskin

Hierarchy « Grumplestiltskin — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 06:30:59 +0000

[...] find the idea of hierarchy endlessly interesting. Tangentially related to the aforementioned Sears Wishbook, my grade school friend and I used to play this game where we would take a huge catalog, like the [...]

By: Aaron H.

Aaron H. — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:28:53 +0000

My sisters used to be jealous that I always got exactly what I wanted for Christmas.

The problem was that they would do something like say “I want a stereo.” I would say, “I want the stereo on page 324, item F, model number HiFi3499.” It’s all about the specificity.

Now, I’ve graduated from the Wish Book to an Amazon Wish List.

By: Kari Crowley

Kari Crowley — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 06:01:49 +0000

Brilliant blog! I remember doing the same thing with the Sears catalog before my own June birthday. And the “growing up Skipper” rocked!!