Welcome to my 100 by 50 project! I will formally kick off this project this coming Monday the 12th of May when I send my first post card. Why Monday? Well, the postage rate for domestic post cards goes up to .27 on Monday. Why 100 postcards? Well, The .27 stamps came in a roll of 100, and 100 is 50 times 2, and it just seems like a reasonable number of postcards to send.
Now 100 people is a bit less than the value typically assigned to Dunbar's Number. A commonly assigned value for Dunbar's number, (the number of people with whom one person can maintain stable social relationships) is 150. But that's a few more postcards than I wanted to send. And, with only 480 days to run this project (yes, 480 days till I turn 50), even at 100 cards I will have to write a postcard every 4-5 days. As follow-through and perseverance have never been particularly strong suits of mine, this is reasonably ambitious.
So congratulations on reaching my blog, and on receiving a post card. I welcome your comments, both on this website and, should you wish, in crisp blue or black ink on 4 x 6 postcard, stamped and placed in a mailbox!
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Welcome!
My name is Paul Greenspan. I set up this blog to accompany my "100 by 50" postcard project. It's a simple idea. I will send vintage postcards to 100 people who I like and admire by the time I turn 50 (in September 2009). Why? Well, everyone loves getting a hand-written postcard in the mail, right? And I can carry a stack of them with me as I travel, or go to work, and if I feel like establishing an old-fashioned connection with someone, well, I can just slap on a stamp, scribble a message and an address, drop it in the mail box and there you go!
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