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Doing Time 2013

By Paperstone on November 27, 2012 in Office & Personal Planning with 0 Comments
Doing Time 2013

Feel imprisoned in a humdrum life where work, relationships and even “fun” smack of a stuck record whispering reminders of mortality in your ear? Or perhaps you think 2013 is going to be a criminally unlucky for you? Then Her Majestys Prisons of England 2013 Calendar might appeal to your gallows humour, that is if […]

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The Whisky Advent Calendar

By Paperstone on November 26, 2012 in Office & Personal Planning with 0 Comments
The Whisky Advent Calendar

It’s hackneyed to say Christmas is a time of overindulgence but it’s true as well. Prepare for these intense, liver-bashing days by giving yourself a drip feed of alcohol every day in te run-up to Yuletide with this advent calendar from Master of Malt. This calendar promises to banish the relative ennui of the choc-filled […]

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Calendars for 2013: Awkward Family Photos (with Pets)

By Paperstone on November 20, 2012 in Office & Personal Planning with 0 Comments
Calendars for 2013: Awkward Family Photos (with Pets)

If you are expecting a less than comfortable Christmas this year, what with meeting prospective in-laws for the first time or battling bubbling family tensions which threaten to erupt, what better way to alleviate the awkwardness than by looking at situations more awkward than yours? The blog Awkward Family Photos, created by Mike Bender and […]

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Pretty Girls Make Graves 2013

By Paperstone on November 17, 2012 in Office & Personal Planning with 0 Comments
Pretty Girls Make Graves 2013

Polish coffin manufacturer Lindner is again using sex to sell its caskets. For several years now, Lindner has bee commissioning raunchy calendars to promote the company. Last year, each month had a naked girl wearing body paint. This year the company throws more exotica, otherworldliness, suffering and a bit of bondage into the mix. Said […]

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The Celebrity Diaries

By Paperstone on October 4, 2012 in Office & Personal Planning with 0 Comments

Today, 5th October marks the birthday of Rene Zellweger – star of the 2 broadly celebrated Bridget Jones films: "Bridget Jones’ diary" and "Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason". What more of an opportunity could Paperstone need in launching a celebration of famous and humorous diaries, diarists and diarisations? 1. "Diary of a Nobody", (Grossmith, […]

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Countdown to Doomsday

By Paperstone on December 2, 2011 in Office & Personal Planning with 0 Comments
Countdown to Doomsday

December 21, 2012 is regarded as the end-date of a 5,125-year-long cycle in the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar, or Mayan Long Count calendar. Some interpretations see this date as the beginning of a new era, others as the end of days. Mayanist scholars contest the significance of the date, saying that the date’s apocalyptic import […]

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Awkward Family Photos: 2012 Wall Calendar

By Paperstone on December 1, 2011 in Office & Personal Planning with 0 Comments
Awkward Family Photos: 2012 Wall Calendar

As we approach the potentially awkward time of year that is Christmas, think about buying a loved or hated one an Awkward Family Photos Wall Calendar for the New Year. Finances may well be under strain from the seasonal ritual of generosity, alcohol may fuel arguments over undercooked turkey, first-time meetings of prospective in-laws may […]

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Global Road Kill 2012 Calendar

By Paperstone on November 28, 2011 in Office & Personal Planning with 0 Comments
Global Road Kill 2012 Calendar

For the last week or so, we’ve been bringing some of the offerings of quirky calendar retailer roundaboutsofbritain.com to your attention. Amongst our favourites are Her Majesty’s Prisons of England 2012 and Birmingham’s Outer Circle Eleven Bus Route (anti-clockwise) 2012 calendars. We round off our highlights of roundaboutsofbritain.com with their top-seller for the last few […]

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Prisons of England Calendar

By Paperstone on November 25, 2011 in Office & Personal Planning with 0 Comments
Prisons of England Calendar

Now in its fourth year of “bird,” Her Majesty’s Prisons of England Calendar sets a criminal justice system theme for the coming year, showcasing Albion’s finest disciplinary institutions (in the Foucauldian sense). With its imperial past fading into distant memory, Britain can now celebrate on its new centres of excellence: banking and finance, arms exports, […]

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Insane Asylums of England 2012 Calendar

By Paperstone on November 22, 2011 in Office & Personal Planning with 0 Comments
Insane Asylums of England 2012 Calendar

Insane Asylums of England 2012 is a calendar which celebrates the dubious legacy of the country’s most notorious institutions for the psychically unwell and ostracised. From the Bethlem Royal Hospital of London to Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum, England’s finest insane asylums are given the calendar treatment, a month dedicated to each one. Photographs of the […]

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