Oh my god, the whole world has gone geeky. Even the federal government.
Have you come across one of these R2-D2 mailboxes? (Apparently there's only 400 of these geeky mailboxes around the country, so count yourself geekily blessed if you've been in the presence of one.) Didja wonder what the heck was up? Yeah, me too. Turns out the good ol' stodgy United States Postal Service will be issuing a series of 15 new First Class stamps (at the soon-to-be-new 41-cent rate) on May 25th to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Star Wars.
Man, I feel old. I remember being scared to death as an eight-year-old by Darth Vader and those skeleton-looking stormtroopers, and now I'll be able to buy Princess Leia stamps to slap on my obscene credit-card payments.
Continue reading Star Wars stamps: may the First Class be with you.
