Read Zippy tomorrow
All I’m gonna say is that anyone who reads Orange Crate Art should read Zippy tomorrow.
Orange Crate Art
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More Moleskine woe.
Trump, not immune
“We cannot accept former President Trump’s claim that a President has unbounded authority to commit crimes that would neutralize the most fundamental check on executive power — the recognition and implementation of election results. Nor can we sanction his apparent contention that the Executive has carte blanche to violate the rights of individual citizens to vote and to have their votes count.”
Moleskine, sono pazzi
Lousy quality control, lousy customer service.
Ed Kudlick, dishdoer
I like seeing a comic strip in which someone is doing the dishes by hand. And I like the way Ed Kudlick does the dishes.
A Honeymooners correction, still needed
Still a mistake in the NYT.
Calendar, notes, task management
A paper planner is all three apps.
Für Nancy
Composing with a rake.
The Duke Ellington House
On St. Nicholas Avenue.
Today’s Saturday Stumper
“While away the hours.”
A word in The Waste Land
And search engines.
“This is not a letter”
From Katherine Mansfield.
Phrase of the day: cacoëthes scribendi
“An uncontrollable urge to write.”
Griffy, Zippy, and NPR
“Th’ reassuring timbre of Mary Louise Kelly, th’ velvety tones of Steve Inskeep, th’ friendly chatter of Ari Shapiro, th’ lilting warmth of Audie Cornish.”
A speech balloon on the move
Today’s Nancy.
Word of the day: ekphrasis
I recall sitting in an NEH seminar and being told that if one wanted to befuddle colleagues, all that was necessary was to speak the word ekphrasis. Well, maybe. I’m not so sure.
“Tin yars in Versales, Mazura”
From Jean Stafford’s Boston Adventure.
Melinda Wilson (1946–2024)
Says Brian, on Instagram: “She was my savior.”
Kranmar’s Vision Pro
From the maker of Kranmar’s Delicious Mystery Appetizer comes an AR device for the rest of us.
In there and out here
Re: Apple’s Vision Pro: Out here will always be better than in there.
A kidhood mondegreen
“Keep your eyes to look out, keep your ears to hear.”
Floppies in the news
Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry is abandoning its use of the floppy disk.
FreeTube
A free app for watching YouTube videos minus the ads.
The states of reading
Axios surveys states’ approaches to reading.
The Grennie Pharmacy
A Staten Island pharmacy, and a son dead days after D-Day.
Today’s Saturday Stumper
“Amount to.”
Bill Griffith, notebook user
“I have a notebook that I always keep in my pocket, because I never know when an idea will come up, a punchline, an idea. I try to never censor myself. I write it down immediately in my notebook.”
PBS NewsHour , salt, and tea
From the PBS NewsHour: “American chemist causes stir in Britain by suggesting salt can improve cup of tea.”
What do fonts talk about?
Elle Cordova: “Fonts hanging out.”
$83,300,000
A staggering and well-deserved judgement.