Sunday, February 11, 2024

Goudy by Bernard Lewis and Goudy in His Own Words

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Twice Frederic W. Goudy lost his life work to fires that destroyed his offices and workshops. Disheartening as they must have been, we have ...
Tuesday, January 30, 2024

Frederic W. Goudy by Peter Beilenson

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I wish that this story were more interesting. I am willing to believe that the life of Frederic W. Goudy was prosaic and yet could be made h...
Sunday, January 14, 2024

Words into Type

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Sir Robert worked hard and well to make himself a king and then wanted to unite his realm under a single banner. So, he called his vassals i...
Saturday, January 13, 2024

LOST IN TRANSLATION

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Hola Yeah, mama was kill, but I record our child. I'll find appointment wait I'm in bed for stuff on your list and at Quadro qua de ...
Saturday, January 6, 2024

A Musical Joke

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I found the book by serendipity, misshelved among works on Typography in the UT Fine Arts Library. I brought it home and then opened it to r...
Sunday, December 31, 2023

Books Read and Not Read in 2023

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This past summer, I read  The Left Hand of Darkness  and  The Dispossessed . I also read  The Time Machine ,  The Invisible Man , and  The W...
Thursday, December 28, 2023

OBSERVATION LOG

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  I am writing an article about the 31 January 1783 and 1862 first sightings of the white dwarfs 40 Eridani BC (companions to Keid Omicron-2...
Sunday, December 24, 2023

Christmas Stars: Menkar and Keid; Scrooge and Franklin

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Every Christmas we wonder why astrologers were compelled to travel a thousand kilometers across the desert. I have no idea. But I do know th...
Thursday, November 30, 2023

30 Minutes with Dinosaurs

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I made time during my campus patrols to visit the Science and Natural History Museum at the University of Texas at Austin. The collection is...
Thursday, November 23, 2023

AFK: Parking Enforcement

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Working as a University of Texas parking enforcement officer since 11 September has allowed me easy access to the libraries that I use most ...