Typewriters are wonderful machines. Two are coming to auction, and they’re more wonderful than most.
I started earnestly writing when I was 15 years old. I wrote with a Parker 75 fountain pen filled with Sheaffer’s …
Writing
Dulé Hill reads “As Fast As Words Could Fly.” A wonderful, thoughtful, & teachable 16 minutes.
I joined Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists—now, SAG-AFTRA—in 1972. For the past 48 …
Explainer videos are exceptional or awful. 1950s explainers were films and usually pretty great.
Today, corporations make short explainer videos fast and on the cheap. And, most of them look it. While popular data …
A new Library of Congress exhibition showcases Rosa Parks through her own words and rare documents.
Rosa Parks: In Her Own Words opens December 5 and showcases rarely seen materials that offer an intimate view of Rosa …
Nibs, barrels, grips, and feeds. Today is National Fountain Pen Day. Here’s a write-on memory.
My broad-nib Montblanc Meisterstück 149 died a few years ago. On a cross-country trip, it was frozen in my luggage …
My friend and fellow writer, Brian Sullam retired last year. I thought you might like to meet him.
A PERSONAL REFLECTION In late 2017, four T. Rowe Price talent scouts were at Bukowski’s—a dark, dusty little joint in …
Attention Designer Types: MyFonts.com has deeply discounted the Artegra Sans family.
It’s a simple truth: I love fonts. A font can do a lot of heavy lifting. The right font, in …
Christie’s: “Everyone from Tom Hanks to Lady Gaga is rediscovering the beauty of manual typewriters.”
In the old days, writers used to sit in front of a typewriter and stare out of the window. Nowadays, …
Late draft of Donald Trump’s acceptance speech.(Via Politico, it’s scary.)
We are going to build a great border wall to stop illegal immigration, to stop the gangs and the violence, …
Time Inc., “We’re hiring a bacon critic.”
Polish up that resume and say, “Mmmmm, pork.” More from ExtraCrispy.Com
Alice asked, “How long is forever?” The White Rabbit responded, “Sometimes, just one second.”
An original 1865 edition of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, the Lewis Carroll fantasy that went on to become one of the most …
Not the best question to ask a gay guy: “So what does your wife do?”
I’m a writer in the financial services and asset management industry. Some years ago, a new manager came to lead our department. To introduce …
Baltimore. Christmas eve, 2015. What fresh hell is this?
This is the most depressing Baltimore holiday forecast ever. The National Weather Service, 10am EST–The Christmas Eve forecast for the greater …
Hear Reese Witherspoon read the first chapter of Go Set a Watchman
The newspaper, The Guardian, is a self-described center-left British national daily. Founded in 1821 as a local paper replacing the …
The 2015 AP Stylebook. Now available.
The Associated Press released the 2015 edition of The Associated Press Stylebook and Briefing on Media Law this past week, …
What do I really know about Film Noir? I’m going to find out beginning June 1st.
Offered by Ball State University—with films and learning materials courtesy of Turner Classic Movies—The Case of Film Noir is an online learning …
Hear Candice Bergen read a passage from her new book, A Fine Romance
I love to read and I read a lot. But, I enjoy hearing Candice Bergen’s voice more than I enjoy …
I finished our taxes today. The weeks before April 15th always remind me of the Fitzgeralds.
“Let’s cut down expenses right away,” began my wife when I reached home. “There’s a new grocery in town where …
Thurber, man. James Thurber riffs on Swinburne.
When the Hounds of Spring by Algernon Charles Swinburne When the hounds of spring are on winter’s traces, The mother …
Oh crap, I just learned that my old buddy Gary Owens has died
I’ll miss you, Mister. And, thanks again for the wonderful introduction to your son, Scott, at the Hollywood Roosevelt. You …
