Baldo by Hector D. Cantú and Carlos Castellanos for November 13, 2021

Suddenly, a shot rang out! ¡La criada gritó!

Tribute to Charles Schulz?

It has to be typed on top of a doghouse.

Thank you Snoopy!

Gracie knows how to use a typewriter?!

Snoopy will be suing for plagiarism .

On the horizon, a pirate ship appeared

I’m surprised she knows how to type!

I wonder if that’s what my nieta is typing? She’s appropriated my old portable Olivetti 32 about a year ago. She loves using it for school papers and whatever else “almost-thirteen-years-old” (“Next week, Abuelo!”) girls like to write. Who knew retro would be so cool?

“It was a dark and stormy night. I know that’s a cliche, but I can’t help it; I don’t make the weather.” -me

Do they still sell typewriter ribbons? They can’t last forever in storage.

most excellent

For those who have never seen it, the Complete quote is:

“It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents, except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which swept up the streets (for it is in London that our scene lies), rattling along the housetops, and fiercely agitating the scanty flame of the lamps that struggled against the darkness.” ― Edward Bulwer Lytton

Seeing the entire sentence helps a lot when trying to understand Why it is so often lampooned as the Worst opening sentence ever written.