paperclip

kseb has a great link to the history of paperclips. how can anyone call themselves a nerdy scholar without being informed on this! jen and I loved the read and I compare it to the many fine examples of barbed wire I saw while on vacation in south dakota. the barbed wire may be dangerous to collect, so I think i'll switch my planned collection to paperclips. I say 'planned' because i've never collected anything, I usually just plan to. wait... i have like 3/4 of the 50 state quarters. oops.