Save The Date!
How To: Join in a Tape Pals 3-Way!
Suggested Implementation: You gonna need a box. Plain on the outside, tasty on the inside! Mmm, yummy! Mission folder, Cassette Tape and Agent Log Scroll ensconced in hand-crafted padded satin bed. Insist on genuine MunkTone(tm) Instant Loading Tape Cassette! Available at participating Western Auto stores for a limited time. Gilt-edged, wax-sealed Mission Folder containing Mission […]
Mail Call: Canada Represents & An Offer I Couldn’t Resist.
Mail Call: Magnifying Glass Mail
I may have created a monster when I started including these tiny envelopes and letters in my mail. It’s caught on with my Correspondents, and the Tiny Letter Revolution is now necessitating having a magnifier at hand for reading my mail. :D Currently in the earholes:
On the events of this weekend…
I’ve been seeing more Criterion Collection films since The Brother’s been bringing them over. His picks have been relevant to my state of mind lately – probably magnifying my ennui. When the night is at it’s most quiet, I can hear Death. I am very proud of my sadness because it means I am more […]
Mail Call: 100% Cotton Linen Chicken Pants Stationery
Classy Dames: Olympia SG1 and Husqvarna 6430 @ myoldtypewriter Currently in the earholes: Joe mentioned that “Chicken Pants” would be a good band name, which reminded me that I recently saw this photo and thought that “Orangutan Umbrella” would be a good band name. :D
Mail Call: KT finds an even better thermal toy camera
Mail Call: EJT’s Shagalicious Stationery
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Mail Call: Chops Aplenty and The Birds Are Not What They Seem
Tape Pals 3-Way #2 Round 3 Cassette Arrives!
Tape Pals 3-Way #2 Round 2 Arrives at JVC Tape Pals 3-Way #2 Round 2 Away Tape Pals 3-Way #2 Round 2 Marinates Tape Pals 3-Way #2 Round 2 Commences Tape Pals 3-Way #2 Round 1 Originates Sony ICF-2010, mah DX’n Rig!
Mail Call: TC Doubles Down
Just a day after getting a letter from Teresa C, comes a postcard that I think deserves a post all its own. This one was worth going over with a magnifier. (: What’s a Giori Press? Currently in the earholes:
Mail Call: Scratch & Sniff Postage Stamps?
Mail Call: Cheese Planets and Tentacles, oh my!
Ahh! Tentacles! O: Save the date! Currently in the earholes:
Happy Typewriter Day!
Ha! Random hit on the Navidrome. You sure couldn’t name an album that these days…
Mail Call: Two Letters and The Typewriter Revolution, Thrifty Edition
So yeah – I hit a couple thrifts this afternoon and saw a familiar title on the books aisle shelf. First time I’ve seen a typewriter book at a thrift store! Also scored a couple nice DVDs – the Criterion Collection release of the Royal Tenenbaums and the first series of Endeavour, a Brit-Mystery series.
Mail Call: It’s Easy Bein’ Cheesy!
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Mail Call: Trichrome Photography and the Curiosity of Youth
Ok, I’m super-curious about that “Damnation Alley“-style RV in Gunier’s backyard. Maybe I have some curiosity juice left in me still? Modern Mini-gaming device. An excellent example of market dictating form and function. Currently in the earholes:
Mail Call: DB and His Addin’ Machines
Mail Call: Green & Orange Ribbon from TC!
Well that scans as red sorta – it’s orange in real life. Currently in the earholes:
Microcassette Tape Pals Ahoy!
“30 Minutes on Microcassette” *Offer available to qualified Correspondents, terms and limitations apply.Some guidelines about the preferred content of the submitted microcassettes: This particular Series is different than the more “audio letter” kind of series I participate in. Basically what you put on the tapes should be content that you’re comfortable being passed around to […]
Mail Call: Microcassette Jazz, Chickarazzi and Conchords for Cheep!
Well, as I check the Dana’s battery this morning, I see that “hockeystick” effect on the battery meter. Now it’s dropping fast, nearly empty all of a sudden. I may get this post off, but I’ll be back to the typewriters for the two letters I got in the mail tonight. One from Constant Correspondent […]
Mail Call: Agent K Wins The Typeface Duel
A large envelope in the mail last night from Correspondent Kevin K. Inside, a letter written in a very unique script face which he is keeping me in suspense concerning the name and details, other than it is on an Underwood Typemaster. Also enclosed was an article written by Mark Schrad on the whole “SS […]
Mail Call: Rich & Mitch in the Mail!
Two letters in the mail tonight, both from the Great State of Ohio. Richard P writes of the days of the Bush Papers and being called on for his expertise on propotionally spacing typewriters, which reminded me of being visited by a couple of County detectives wanting me to invalidate Obama’s birth certificate on typographical […]
Mail Call: Die-Cut Envelopes Ahoy!
A letter in my mailbox last night from Sue M, who mentioned in a comment on last post that her strange envelope might have gotten stuck in the mail – turns out it’s just fine! I examined the envelope when I got it, the size and construction, and came to the conclusion that it had […]
Dry Spell Creativity
No mail for a few days, and I have taken the spare time to have The Brother over for a movie swap and a recording session. Weapon of Choice: 1986 Canon TypeStar 4. Also had time to re-design all of my Correspondence Episodes for new paper and window envelopes. I’m running a bit low on […]
Mail Call: A Letter From a Type Pal, and another Thriftin’ Haul
I went and hit the Deseret before the end of the day today, and on the way back, found a letter from Gunier K in the mailbox! Correspondent Gunier has had excellent response from joining Type Pals for his Type Pal needs. He’s collected a nice lil’ stack o letters so far, but soon he’ll […]
Mail Call: A Letter, A Zine & A Bit of Nice Cine…
In tonight’s mail, a letter and some photos from Mitchell F. This is an interstitial Correspondence, or at least it feels like it, because it discusses the Tape Pals 3-Way Cassette, which he will have gotten from Joe just days after he sent this letter to me. Circular patterns in the postal system, ships passing […]
Mail Call: The Plastic Dog Gives Up The Ghost
The Typed bundt cake and instant of part failue… And the Blog Post with all the tasty detail.. Currently in the earholes:
Mail Call: Two More Letters From California
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Mail Call: Brutalist Stonebending and Opossum Superpowers
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Typewriter Drop Test #1: The Cursed JP4
Well, I suppose it eventually happens to some of us, and now it’s happened to me. I dropped a typewriter. ): Admittedly, it was a cursed typewriter, one that’s had just about every misfortune an electric typebar machine can have other than a busted belt since I obtained the poor thing. It did work well […]
Mail Call: A Letter Exchange Between Two Vintage Word Processors
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Testing AlphaAverage Replacement Battery for Alphasmart Dana and Neo
Well, that was very quick delivery indeed! Thanks, Dave! A few days ago, I was contacted by a fellow who had built a small batch of brand new replacement rechargeable batteries for the Alphasmart Dana/Neo – offering to send a demo unit of the new battery to me for review. He had left his message […]
Mail Call, Light Reactive Stamps!
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Lazy Sunday Thrift Report
Currently in the eyeholes: I did find a couple’a real classics – $1.29 each! (: