holiday mess(age)

my birthday gift.  That's an oak gall to the right

Christmas gift.  These were done by my niece (wife's side).

short comment

someone was spying on me during NaNoWriMo

Another new blog in the typosphere, but this comic is a little too close for comfort..

This guy in the comic isn't bleeding, and neither was I.  I was barfing, although this year I had a lot of dry heaves, so to speak.

Olympia SM-something

One more thing - I found an Adler electric the other day.  The unusual thing was the huge strap holding it in the case.

interesting typefaces 3

Last two

interesting typefaces 2 Remington Noiseless

Above is a sample of the type with a glaring typo.  It is really hard to see the output.  The window is tiny and sometimes the ribbon doesn't drop out of the way.  I still like it.

 Here is a post with pics of this machine.

Here's a bit of text from it laid across the FP's sample.

interesting typefaces 1

These are the ones with stylistic similarities.  Because of inconsistent inking, I used a carbon paper sheet over a much brighter sheet of paper.  The first image is the carbon, second is the top sheet.
None of these has a one key, so of course I messed up the alignment of shifted numbers.   And I made NUMEROUS typos in the text as well.

bin there left that

followers of g+ will know I left two interesting ones in the bins this week.I was sorely tempted both times but just had to leave them.  One was an 88 cosmetically much cleaner than mine, but the keys were sticky and for some reason some were not making the full trip to the platen.  sigh.

The other was an electric - SCM, mid-sixties, very clean, fired right up.  I only checked it because the typeface looked non-boring.  The small sample I took looks just like my Hermes 3000 techno typeface.  It also used a standard SCM ribbon and the one inside was very good.  I should have taken it just for that.
Has anyone successfully transplanted the basket from an electric to a manual?  It would be nice to have a techno classic 12...

preview and Adler

Adler Universal

1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3!

belated post on my portland trip

dinner

powells

the actual Bob himself!

This Goodwill bin outlet is at least 3x bigger than mine in Tacoma, yet on this day, no typewriters.

made a stop at Microcosm for a few zines

Did someone say Hermes?

heard today

radio essay on NaNoWriMo

NaNoWriMo wrap-up

Congrats to all the winners!  I didn't quite make it, resolving my story at just over 35,000 words.  It will surely expand to 50+ when I rewrite it.
I learned something about myself.  I didn't plan out my novel with outlines.  I knew roughly what I wanted the story arc to be, but left a lot of things open.  Even while writing, I was reluctant to move the story forward, and I realized that I wanted to enjoy the suspense that I hoped to provide the reader.  I didn't want to spoil MY OWN NOVEL.  I don't know if that's incredibly stupid, or brilliant, or common.  But it came as a surprise to me when I realized it.