If I looking for frog...

It makes me sad that there are millions of little stories that disappear every day when people die. Little treasures that won't ever get passed on or documented disappear because no one has told them or remembers them.

One of my very favorite things about the digital world is that it's possible to know the fascinating real little stories that would have evaporated otherwise. Not only do we get the story, but we get the internet community's response. One of my favorite examples is Hopkin Green Frog (I may have mentioned it before--forgive me.) In 2004, hand made posters began appearing in a Seattle neighborhood. They were "Lost Frog" posters, in a child's handwriting, with a carefully drawn mugshot of said frog from the front and side. The poster was signed, "Love, Terry." The earnest quirkiness and odd grammar of the posters caught the interest of someone who scanned a few and put them online.

20 years ago, very few people would have known or ever remembered that Terry lost a frog in Seattle. But today, not only do I know, but I can look at the poster, (click on it for more) find out the back story, and see the rather funny responses of people who were inspired to make their own versions of it. (very much like the "All your base" phenomenon.

Hurrah for technology, and for quirky stories to tell with it!