{"id":2673,"date":"2023-10-06T19:35:47","date_gmt":"2023-10-07T03:35:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bobtherieau.com\/blog\/?p=2673"},"modified":"2023-10-06T19:42:23","modified_gmt":"2023-10-07T03:42:23","slug":"the-conceit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bobtherieau.com\/blog\/2023\/10\/the-conceit\/","title":{"rendered":"The Conceit"},"content":{"rendered":"

Friends,<\/p>\n

It’s been a while, but I’ve been busy.<\/p>\n

However, I have a plan. Two weeks ago I visited my piney paradise (more on how much I miss the forest tomorrow) and stopped by the local thrift shop. While there, I was thrilled to discover a 1964 Olivetti Lettera 32 that I promptly picked up. This was in service to satisfy my newfound desire to own a nice typewriter (this is news. – ed<\/em> I don’t know if you missed this, but I haven’t posted anything new in quite a while.)<\/p>\n

\"a<\/p>\n

The new machine is going to replace the previous two typewriters I picked up solely because the typing effort on the other two is way too high—I really have to stab the keys on the Sears machine and the Smith Corona very hard to get anything on a page and that’s annoying.<\/p>\n

\"two<\/p>\n

So here’s the idea: I type out a post on paper, plop it into the scanner, then it shows up here. It seems fun to me. Gizmos, scripting, and old mechanical things. What could possibly go wrong?<\/p>\n

– bob<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Friends, It’s been a while, but I’ve been busy. However, I have a plan. Two weeks ago I visited my piney paradise (more on how much I miss the forest tomorrow) and stopped by the local thrift shop. While there, I was thrilled to discover a 1964 Olivetti Lettera 32 that I promptly picked up. … <\/p>\n

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