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Norman, Pen in Hand

I’ve been having a sort of sludgy, incoherent week but then today I found a picture of President Hackerman that I’d never seen before. Here’s Norman signing diplomas in his office, probably early 1980s:

If that doesn’t cheer you up, there’s nothing I can do for you.

As an aside, note that he’s using some sort of felt tip pen. Over time this revealed itself to have been a mistake–that ink tends to fade into near invisibility and on some of the diplomas he signed you can barely see a signature at all.

Bonus: I smiled when I saw that someone had kept a sample of his signature in an envelope. His is easily the worst handwriting I’ve ever been forced to contend with.

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