OBSOLETE WITH SOMETHING OBSOLETE
Reader Anh Chi Bui just sent this photo. Not sure I’ve ever seen this model of Polaroid before. Also: I don’t quite understand how this picture was taken. Was it taken with the Polaroid?
In any case, I love it. Look for an obsolete hotel keychain in a mailbox near you, ACB!
Apparently, OBSOLETE’s publisher, Abrams, was having a book-giveaway via Twitter yesterday. I didn’t catch on to this until today. D’oh! Ah well. Wait, I already have one!
I have a feeling, however, that they may keep the lines open for another day or so. So, if you like free stuff, go onto Twitter and write “@ABRAMSbooks is giving away Obsolete for #free today! RT this for a chance to win http://ow.ly/xiuQ #abrams60”
Mmkay?
If you REALLY like free junk, email me a photo of OBSOLETE with something that’s obsolete, and I’ll send you a limited edition obsolete hotel key chain.

This just in from Martin Petersen. “Mixtapes—I hope they never die,” he writes. Martin sent this allllll the way from Bremen, Germany. Last night at a Russian restaurant I met a Lithuanian waiter named German. He said it was a German name. I asked what it meant.
Him: It means “German.”
Me: But I don’t think that’s how you say “German” in German.
Him: They say “Herman.”
Huh? Zackly.
Send in a photo of your copy of the book with something that’s obsolete and we’ll send you a free obsolete hotel key chain! Woohee!