- The end of an era: the last typewriter factory in the world shuts its doors. [via]
- How food breaks sway the decisions of judges] [via]
- Comics re-imagined as secondhand paperbacks [via]
- “The closure of the Japan-based factory that has the monopoly on production of a tape crucial to the TV and film industry has Hollywood insiders scrambling to cope with the shortage.” [via]
- And finally, an exclusive interview with the writer of Fast Five [via]
Today Now! Interviews The 5-Year-Old Screenwriter Of “Fast Five”
Month: April 2011
Tuesday
Today had a distinct Tuesdayness about it. Lots of other people at the office were taking part in an all-day copywriting workshop, which if I can’t remember if I wasn’t invited to or just declined to attend weeks ago and forgot about. Either way, I’m sort of glad I didn’t go. I don’t write a whole lot of copy these days — which, for us, extends mostly to back cover descriptions — and did I mention it was all day long?
I was much happier just working at my desk and enjoying the gorgeous weather on my lunch break. Aside from the humidity, which keeps hovering right around 100%, the weather has been quite pleasant the past few days, Sunday and today especially.
Not much else to report. A decent, if unremarkable Tuesday all around.
Song of the day
“Queen of Hearts” by Juice Newton
Tuesday various
- House Republicans Paying Outside Counsel $500,000 To Uphold Defense Of Marriage Act. Leaving aside the potential ethical and legal problems with this, isn’t it funny how politicians always find the money when it’s for their pet projects? [via]
- Chris Christie: “I AM the law!” [via]
- I think I agree with Tasha Robinson: nobody really comes across looking great in the recent Weird Al/Lady Gaga tempest in a teapot.
- Gary Busey endorses Donald Trump for President. As TV’s Frank noted on Twitter, “Hope this doesn’t suddenly turn Trump’s candidacy into a sick stupid joke.”
- And finally, The Fantastic Mr. Starfox. [via]
Humid spring
I’m not sure about much, but I think I can say with some degree of certainty that today was in fact a Monday.
Neither the best nor worst Monday, even in recent memory. Manhattan seemed especially crowded and muggy today, but that might have been my imagination. Well, the first part. It’s definitely been oddly humid the past couple of days. The sun we had all day yesterday broke into rain at the first sign of evening. I don’t even know what you’d call this weather. Summer’s Worst With a Hint of Evening Chill?
Well, tomorrow’s Tuesday. I’m pretty sure about that.