1. Email offers usually get ignored, whereas the physical content is meant to grab your attention more directly.
2. It isn't really a catalog in the traditional sense; it's not intended to "close the sale". It's meant to stoke curiosity, like, "Ooh, that looks neat. I think I'll scan the QR code and check it out online!"
3. A cordless jump rope has two handles with a weighted ball on the end of each string. (About six inches long.) It’s supposed to be more practical than a standard jump rope, as it doesn't require as much room to swing, and there's no tripping hazard.
We'll be having a Max request for dinner: steamed pork buns.
We're rounding the meal with smashed cucumber salad, garlic sautéed broccolini, and Hot and Sour soup. And for dessert: mandarin orange panna cotta. 😋
The Fortingall Yew, a 5,000-year-old tree in Perthshire, UK, has always been recorded as male. However, experts at the Royal Botanic Garden in Edinburgh have spotted berries on several branches---something which only female trees can do. This tree, the oldest known arbor in the British Isles, is naturally undergoing a sex-change.
I'm so sorry for everyone in France right now.
Those jewels are priceless cultural artifacts. Whomever is responsible, I hope they're swiftly captured and made to face the consequences of their actions.