The Lazy Dog

If you type at all, you’ve typed it, “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.”  People with typewriters use it to test them and to quickly fill a page when one can’t think of something else. It’s less threatening to onlookers than “All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy” running down the page.

Joe Van Cleave made the panagram the subject of this week’s typing assignment.” We were encouraged to write about the dog, the fox, or whatever came up around this sentence. A story of the dog came to my mind.

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

Hermes Typewriter Muses

Joe Van Cleave is leading the willing through a set of writing exercises using typewriters. The first one was to anthropomorphize your typewriter and have it … well go to the link and read for yourself. Part of the point of the exercise is to bang out a draft. “Show us your process.”

This is my typewriter’s story.  The image below links to the full resolution scan of the page.

Hermes typewriter speaking
Hermes typewriter musing on recent life changes.

Argentina Meat Love

Argentina is known for wine and beef. In truth they like all meats. Places like this is one of their worship sites. I attended.

La Parrill on Junin in Buenos Aires.
La Parrilla on Junín in Buenos Aires. A take out grill.