Wednesday, January 9, 2013

USPS shows CES modernity with, um, Marilyn Monroe





Is she the future?




(Credit: Chris Matyszczyk/CNET)

LAS VEGAS -- If you want to be impressive, you have to make an impression.




Which is why I walked up to the United States Postal Service's booth at CES yesterday and felt involuntary tears well up in my eyes.




For here, in this vast cave of newness, was the USPS offering Marilyn Monroe.




Yes, I know it's Vegas, where everything fake is real and vice-versa. But when you already have an image of being slightly behind the times, it's a little odd to offer an image that is slightly before color TV.




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