The idea that romance needed venture capitalists to come up with innovations like this is … kind of too funny for me to get heated about it.

Day #160: United States Postal Service (1969)

I was a student assistant archives librarian at Mount Holyoke College. I loved Wonder Woman as a kid, and completely coincidentally, her creator, William Moulton Marston's first/legal wife of their throuple, Sarah Elizabeth Holloway, is an MHC alum, so I got to access her stuff for researchers. ❣️

I'm not much more than a novice myself! Like, Novice Plus+ if I were a streaming service?! I only started watching "Columbo" in 2024, after being invited to join #ColumboTV from #MurderSheDrank! I've never even once seen almost all of it, so I'm in complete suspense every time! 😻💕💕💕

Thank you for a year of delightful hosting, @rubberplant.bsky.social!

And thank you to @sesamesquirrel.bsky.social for taking over as our next #ColumboTV host!

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I love this 1974 airport security theater. I'm so glad I flew on two major trips to Australia and Europe (Italy, Austria, Switzerland, & France) as a teen before 9/11 changed it all creating TSA, because it feels like I'm mildly insane describing that reality to kids these days.

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Someone did some "Columbo" style opening credits photo-shopping using images of Mark Ruffalo, if I recall correctly, in his 1970s detective finery from the set of "Zodiac" (dir. David Fincher, 2007)!

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Lust is really just a horny flow state of being! 🫡 #ColumboTV

Well, if you're asleep, it's harder to get air sick! And if you throw up in your sleep, you're likely to choke on your vomit and die -- in which case, being air sick is really the least of your current problems!!!

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The shirts-to-parachute ratio conversation reminds me of this incredible lingerie set made for Countess Mountbatten from the World War II silk escape maps given to her by her RAF beau at the time!

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The parachute fabric lady hitting on Lieutenant Columbo for being Italian just reminds me how much I would enjoy seeing Mark Ruffalo take a spin in Peter Falk's role! I'm a bit exhausted by reboots and Falk is obvs iconic, but it's too good a concept for me to resist!!

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For all we know, this is a secret double murder episode, with that metal thermos bottle flying out -- or being thrown out -- of the window, and sticking the landing in some unsuspecting person's skull!

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I've always wanted to take flying lessons from the small airfield nearby, because I have such major control freak anxiety issues when flying as a passenger, surrendering my control to the pilot when I have no training to compensate for that in an emergency!

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Microfilm!!!!

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Same! I'm a terrible liar, I have a *glass face* that transparently tells on me even if I wanted to try, and I'm about as subtle as a brick to the face! Never ask me a question if you can't handle the most extreme, ridiculous, shocking answer possible!!

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