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Month: May 2019

Make up your mind!

May 2, 2019May 5, 2019 L.T. Hanlon2 Comments

Today’s typecast is printed on thermal paper, the kind used for cash register receipts. Want to know more about thermal typewriters? Joe Van Cleave explains.

Photo is of a bright yellow cash register paper receipt tape. This is thermal paper. Text follows. Thursday, May 2, 2019. Chicago, USA. Canon Typestar 5. Freedom of Choice. Hardly a week goes by that scientists and other know-it-alls don't change their minds and make a public spectacle of themselves. Frequent flipflops include red wine, beer, saturated fat, sex. And now chicken skin. Yep, I just read a story in which it's now OK to eat this. Translation: East whatever you want because folks don't know crap!

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Deja-vu, Hollywood style!

May 1, 2019May 5, 2019 L.T. HanlonLeave a comment
Photo taken of a large sign for Musso & Frank Grill in Hollywood on a bright sunny day. The dark green sign features the restaurant's name in white cursive lettering.
Musso & Frank Grill is a Hollywood tradition. Writer and author Scott Holleran introduced me to this wonderful place. (Photo copyright © Leigh Hanlon)

The following text appears in this photo as typewritten characters. Wednesday, May 1, 2019. Chicago, USA. 1970s Olympia SM9. I've seen this place before. One of the neat things about watching movies and TV series shot in Los Angeles is that when you do visit the area there's a bizarre sense of deja-vu. I experienced one such moment while watching the Amazon series Bosch. During a scene with supporting cast members Amy Aquino and Troy Evans the pair dines at Hollywood's famed Musso & Frank Grill -- a place introduced to me by author and writer Scott Holleran. Scott recommended Musso & Frank's spaghetti with meat sauce, which he correctly described as having a classic supper-club taste. I loved it! But back to Bosch. Season 5 is a lot more of an upbeat police procedural than the previous seasons. Not that police work wasn't on display in 1-4, of course. This latest story arc just gelt more like the savvy offspring of The Rockford Files and Double Indemnity. We even get a cameo appearance by Jeri Ryan. How cool is that?

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