Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Holy Conspiracy Theory, Bard-Man!

Holy Bard Man typecast

Psalm 46 typecast

Holy Bard Man typecast 2

(The fine print: bulk of post typed on a Remington Noiseless Model 7, neglected for too long, and now so unfamiliar with my touch - as evidence by the skipped spaces - as to make me weep with shame. The Psalm itself was typed on a SC Silent Super, which is the same machine Shakespeare himself preferred. More evidence? You be the judge.)

Saturday, December 31, 2011

Maphead, Typehead

Maphead Cover
Maphead Typecast
(Typed on a lovely and perfectly functional Cole Steel. All you CS haters, keep hatin'.)
Banger Island
(Drawn by hand - no, seriously! - on wonderful graph paper scratch pad donated by an anonymous midwestern typospherian. Thanks, typehead brother!)

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Police Academy Meets Typosphere

Did one of you typospherians refer me to this video of The History of the Typewriter Recited by Michael Winslow? Because if you didn't, you should have. I had to rely on a local writer's-group pal, and that's a shame.

I'm not 100% sure he got all of the varied typewriter sounds precisely right (the Remington Noiseless is suspicious, to my ears), but just the fact that Michael "Larvell Jones" Winslow can make so many varied typewriter sounds is awesome enough.

EDIT: I see now that, in addition to the PTF post mentioned by Deek, that this video was mentioned in the December 2011 issue of ETC (which I just got to read last evening). So, well done, Typosphere. Sorry I missed it.

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Saturday, November 12, 2011

Thursday, November 3, 2011

While You Were Noveling

While y'all were noveling, feeding the NaNoRhino and whatnot...

Conkles Hollow, Nov 2011 II

The Lovely Mrs. Moon and I spent a few days just a short distance from home, in the Appalachian foothills of Southeast Ohio.

Maybe just a few days past peak foliage-viewing. But when you're taking a few days out of your busy schedule to celebrate a 17-year anniversary, you take what you can get.

Lake Hope is beautiful in the summer, and starkly lovely in November.

Lake Hope, Nov 2011

We stayed in a tiny cabin atop a ridge, surrounded by leaves newly-fallen or about-to-fall.

The view from the porch was pretty nearly free from anything man-made.

Vinton County Cabin

I even found a fiew moments to write (that's a Cole Steel, for those keeping score at home) before the sun set.

NaNo In The Woods, At Dusk

During the day, we visited some sites in the Hocking Hills area which, for my money, is some of the most beautiful real estate on earth.

Rock House is particulary striking, and worth a visit.

Rock House, Nov 2011

Love was in the air, even when that air was under millions of tons of rock.

Lopsided Heart

So, now that I'm back in what passes for civilizatoin in these parts, I have some catching up to do. Don't wait for me. Y'all go on ahead. I'll be along in a piece.