{"id":573898940,"date":"2026-04-28T20:09:05","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T00:09:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/wordpress\/?p=573898940"},"modified":"2026-05-22T02:59:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T06:59:13","slug":"a-unique-piece","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/wordpress\/blog\/2026\/04\/28\/a-unique-piece\/","title":{"rendered":"A unique piece"},"content":{"rendered":"

I wanted to add to my small lapel pin collection. I have 15 of them, most of which I’ve just collected over the years. About half of them were given to me. I have little case to display them in, and lapels on which to wear them. And so it seemed a good time to add a few to the rotation. This is tricky, I figured, because they should have some sort of meaning to the wearer. How many meaningful lapel pins can you be autobiographical about? <\/p>\n

It turns out you can get custom made lapel pins for pretty cheap. So I made and purchased two of them. They arrived late last week, and I’m slapping one on today. <\/p>\n

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I like the old logos. And the quality of these is pretty good. So it is probably a good thing that lapel pins ought to mean something, otherwise I might be adding more to a medium-sized and growing collection. <\/p>\n

But no one needs that. Least of all me. <\/p>\n

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Today in Rituals and Traditions I wrapped up the last of our lectures. I shared this video, which is all kinds of great. It has just the right amount of spiteful, prideful, “Make me.” What’s more, FIFA deserves attitude, at the very, very least. It’s a shame they won’t get more. <\/p>\n

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