The Virginia Arts of the Books Center and Charlottesville Office Machines are putting on a TYPE-A-THON. Its like a phone-a-thon, except you don’t need to call anyone and no charitable donations are involved. It sounds like you just show up, and type anything you want on a good old-fashioned typewriter (for those of you who have no idea what this antiquated machine is, click here). If the end result is as long as I imagine it can be (3 type writers going non-stop for 14 hours), I think the only place this can be displayed is at the “almost ready for summer 2009″ Landmark Hotel. It sure seems tall enough, and we all know we need something to cover that hideous eyesore, even if it is cheese-stained stream of consciousness poetic musings.
The idea is kind of cute; put together as much random drivel on one continuous sheet of paper and see if it makes sense. If that isn’t a good enough reason to go…the free mac n’cheese is. What isn’t addressed is if they are serving the amazing white-truffle infused cabot cheddar cheese mac n’cheese from the x-lounge. I don’t know if we will show up for that Kraft nonsense.
Just two questions: Are they using recycled paper? Does anyone know/remember how to use a typewriter?
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Wait, why?
Seems like a great way to finish up Earth Week! /sarc
i saw those Earth Week brochure/guides at Eppie’s yesterday… bunch of BS. I don’t know why anyone in their right mind would pay for a print product under the guise of environmentalism. even though it is printed on recycled paper, still…
the roll of paper was being tossed out by a local print shop, i believe…
“All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy”
dayum, broken linkypoo
Crap. I hate premature linkypoo. Better linkypoo
/cvillian needs to let us edit/delete our own comments…
@ 6: Or at least have a “Preview comment” feature.
@7 – we have some sweet changes that will go live in the next 48 hours or so…
/wait for it.
@8: Hopefully it includes an on-site calculator to help us do the math easier.
@ 9 – can we hire a programmer to make a giant flash widget to do that?
by the way, anyone know how to add those feedback flash widgets that float on the page?
@8 a live cam in the upstairs so we can watch you drink?
More Scowly in thread infestations
Even more poop threads
Cyber stalkers for everyone!
@11 what are you talking about, ese?
@12 possible changes you might be doing to site, do try and keep up
SSStupid.
Huh. Anyone else here old enough to remember the old Bob Newhart routine about the “infinite number of monkeys and the infinite number of typewriters”?
Alas, no, just old enough to have forgotten it.
Bob is no longer as sympathetic to therapy as when it was paying his bills.:
mad tv clip