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Doing everything wrong online since before you were sentient.

TomsTypewriter.com - Royal Quiet Deluxe 1953 model
Loaded with Truth

Yes, a Capital T “Truth”. [Yes, it DOES exist.]

You might be surprised what this typewriter will churn out.

TomsTypewriter.com - 1953 Royal Quiet Deluxe
Done on a typewriter.

….then scanned in. No Google-readable text here, son – you’ll have to read it for YOURSELF.


[Yes, I know about OCR. I’m conveniently ignoring it. If you don’t know what it is, go look it up yourself. I’m not your Momma].

TomsTypewriter.com - 1953 Royal Quiet Deluxe typewriter
Posted when I feel like it.

That’s right – no particular schedule. Yet, worth keeping an eye out for. What’s posted here will be short, pithy, interesting, and sometimes even witty.

…and all Artisanally Typed on a 1953 model Royal Quiet Deluxe, with a crinkly gray finish.

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Another in a series of posts with very short titles. Either it is a trend or my fingers are getting tired. What’s with the title? You’ll have to read and think about it……
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Song Title

Weather in the South can be so stupid. Why “Song Title“? Because I have a tune I recorded called “72 Degrees in January“. CLICK HERE to check it out! Maybe one day I’ll p…
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CHANGE

As I was prepping this entry – and in a fit of irony – I realized I’d left out several parts of the process [including exporting the PDF as a PNG and running it through the MacOS Pre…
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Welcome, LinkedIn

Wait – did I just break the rules of this blog and actually mention it on social media? Apparently, the answer is yes.
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Rules

YES, the pun is intentional. It bugs me when people apologize for puns….. MEAN it when you pun! A quick reminder of what this anti-blog is about, the rules under which I type, and yet another wa…
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Irony, Thy Name is Tom

Seriously – I do wonder if I have high hemoglobin given the level of irony in my life……and that’s not exactly a recent phenomena..
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Creativity and Deadlines

I’ve often said “Nothing gets done without a deadline”. [I should make that a tshirt or a coffeemug over at HamSandwichTees.com]. How does that relate to the “Week Begins”…
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Warning

New posts coming. As usual, “on the 7s”. Around 6:00am or so. Here’s some Jazz while you wait:
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Workin’

Well, lookie there…. I found a use for AI that wasn’t stupid or lazy. What I’ve been working on is – well, just read the post. [Yes, it is music related!]
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Snow

There, I said it. The “S” word…. at least down here in this part of the country. Some thoughts as I sit on the typewriter, in front of a window overlooking the backyard, watching it&…
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ChatGPT

Yeah, I have thoughts. It this new? Well….. yes, and no. The tech is new. People are not. Read on……..
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9/29/2023

WHY am I typing about late September on a hot muggy afternoon in June? Read and find out…..
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Who am I?

Branding, sure – but which part of my schizophrenic work life would I brand? Or is it easier to just be me, write about whatever [like I do here on TomsTypewriter.com], and get on with life?
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What?

The various meanings of "What?".... and maybe a passing reference to the word "umpteen".
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The Week Begins: Friday Already?

More [hopefully] accessibly deep music. BY THE WAY: I’ll be performing at Joey Stuckey’s Alive Day celebration on September 29th, 2023, at the Douglass Theater in downtown Macon. It’…
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Meetings and Schedules

Some info about recording “The Meeting” – the next being recorded for Tom’s next album The Week Begins. Some pix will be available over at tomrule.info – take a look at t…
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What This Is

A Place for Tom Rule to think out loud.

Given he’s lefthanded, dyslexic using a real honest-to-goodness typewriter, and is usually out of WhiteOut, this should be interesting.

Tom's Typewriter - interesting as usual. tomstypewriter.com
Seriously, a TYPEWRITER?

Yes. A vintage 1953 Royal Quiet Deluxe.

Assuming I can build up the finger strength.

What's an Anti-Blog?

A Blog where the site owner deliberately breaks all the rules for making their blog popular.

What is this thing?

A place for Tom Rule [of TomRule.info and other sites] to put serious thoughts. “Serious” ones as well.

Tom has been in education for a long time, and is old enough to want to think out loud.

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Seriously, a typewriter?

Yes.

Tom's Typewriter - interesting as usual. tomstypewriter.com

Are you anti-Tech or something?

Given I work in Tech, have used Tech in creating music for longer than you’ve probably been alive, and that the stuff I type up will be scanned using a recycled Epson scanner connected to a Raspberry Pi 3, which will then ship the file off to a Mac Mini over a wireline Ethernet network for minor editing……. Nope.

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Are you always crotchety?

I’m going more for the “old and interesting” vibe. Crotchety is just a pleasant side effect.

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