Swizzles from the Fictional mythical Atlantis Hotel! A Polaroid. I have a small collection of Swizzle Sticks by happenstance, a few vintage ones from the golden age of airliners and Las Vegas. Another Polaroid. This otherwise unmarked one appears to be a Toucan lounging in a bean bag chair with a cigar… Currently in the […]
Month: July 2023
Notebook Notes
Weapon of Choice: 1959 Smith Corona Skyriter #3Y 210063 An unused Wilson-Jones A5 binder from 2000 that I picked up recently at the thrifts. Perfect for archiving EDCN, Franklin-Covey and DayTimer 7-Ring punched sheets! I found the original sales receipt in the front pocket. Love this sort of time-capsule documentation. Also recently found a Daytimer […]
Mail Call: The President can Wait, I’ve got a Letter from Bill! (:
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My First Olympia SM9
Weapon of Choice: “Doris Day” 1966 Olympia SM9 #3098142 Joe Van Cleave: Olympia SM3 & 9 Comparison The “Carriage Lock Discount” as found. I suppose it needed a little work cleaning that price tag & grease pencil “Needs Some Work” off of it, but it functioned perfectly then and still does. Oh hey, now final […]
What to bring to the Type-In? What Type-In? The 9th Phoenix Type-In! :D
Weapon of Choice: 1962 Triumph Perfekt #3061978 Currently in the earholes:
Bones like broken glass, and other weird feels.
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Mail Call: Double Gothics From Bryan Texas – Are You Hep 2 The Jive?
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Sunday Morning TCL and Corona 4 & Zephyr Bible Now Available!
The Smith-Corona 4 and Zephyr Typewriter Repair Bible is now available! 341 Pages, Professionally printed and coil bound to lay flat on your work table. Contains: Corona 4 User Manual Corona Zephyr and Zephyr Deluxe User Manual Complete 1948 Corona Four Portable Typewriter Adjustment Manual Covering Typewriters: Corona 4, Four, S and Junior Complete 1938 […]
UJTU: Bibles in the Mail & a Cat in the Dirt
Boomer being cute & silly after ripping up my typin’ chair long ago…Currently in the earholes:
Mail Call: Double Letter Day Full of Joy & Sadness
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Mail Call: A Secret Squirrel Chip Letter From Joe!
A Fresh Type 71 ribbon for Moshura! Journal 8-Point Medium [J-8-M] Currently in the eyeholes: Moovies from Joe!
ZoomFail – This Typecast Brought To You By The Letters: T-11-I
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Mail Call: Shiny Silver Stationery and the Case of the Swiped Swizzles.
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This Typecast Brought To You By The Letters AR-12-I
Weapon of Choice: “Mothra” 1972 IBM Selectric Composer #5016537 Currently in the earholes:
Mail Call: Mothra Invades Canadian Correspondence
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Spacetime Resync and the Joy of Installing Windows XP on New-ish Hardware
2014 HP Pavilion p7-1110 3.30GHz Intel Core i3-2120, 4GB of DDR3 RAM, 500gb 7200rpm Hard Drive, SuperMulti DVD Burner. Snappy Driver Installer Origin (the good one) Let’s install some fun games! How about Sid Meyer’s Alpha Centauri, Alien Crossfire, Civilization 4 and Beyond The Sword? And while we’re at it, why not throw on SimCity […]
Final Proof for Corona 4-Zephyr Bible, Mothra Back in Rotation, Sequential Letter #4 and 9th Phoenix Type-In News!
Weapon of Choice: “Richard The Deep Breather”, 1925 Corona 4 #H506286 Weapon of Choice: “Mothra” 1972 IBM Selectric Composer #5016537 Type Pals Sequential Letter #4 in progress. Phoenix Typewriter Round-Up and Type-In, Tentatively scheduled for Sept 23rd @ First Draft Book Bar.Currently in the earholes: