Makeready by John S. Carroll FROM conversations I have had with amateur printers, one thing stands out clearly: all of them know what makeready is. … Read More ›
Month: September 2019
“The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune…” – Shakespeare, Hamlet “lacta alea est.” (The die is cast.) – Julius Caesar “Fortune, not prudence, rules the … Read More ›
OBVIOUSLY last issue didn’t quite beat that sneaky deadline set for the creaky postal system’s outrageous hike in postage from 14 to 20 cents apiece. … Read More ›
“DID YOU SEE that North fellow? What’d he want?” “I don’t know what he wants; he wasn’t ready to tell me. I think he’s a … Read More ›
A Mighty Force by Harold Segal BACK in the thirties, before television was invented, we had a radio broadcast during a convention. Burton Crane was … Read More ›
Which decided a little heat would feel good on a cold day. In Defense of Cliches When Virginia Baker gave her talk on writing at … Read More ›
Jungle Tiger If I should ever move to the jungle, OhThe first thing I’d do is build a bungalow.Next, I’d find a tiger to give … Read More ›
Timber! by Robert Holman “NO MAN but a blockhead ever wrote,” said the famed Dr. Samuel Johnson, “except for money.” So, immediately, introductions are in … Read More ›
by Martha E. Shivvers IT WAS December 8, 1941, and President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt was speaking: “Yesterday, December 7, 1941, a … Read More ›
Salute to Aunt Sarah IT HAPPENED the other evening. I don’t know why. There certainly had been nothing to suggest it. I had finished dinner … Read More ›