Tom the Dancing Bug by Ruben Bolling for October 31, 2014
October 30, 2014
November 06, 2014
Transcript:
computer efficiency ernest hemingway's new typewriter what if... 1925 man: here's your new typewriter, ernest! ernest: ah, thank you! so, now to work on ym first novel! just me and my typewriter! man: here's how it works... you put the paper in here, and you can edit as you are writitng! ernest: this is a marvel! man: but this typewriter does so much more. press this button and it becomes a telephone. ernest: fantastic! man: press this button and it shows all your correspondence, instantly! ernest: keen! man: press this button and it becomes a movie theater. ernest: remarkable! man: press this button and it beocmes a limitless library! ernest: good lord! man: and this... ernest: that's quite enough! i'm ready to start my novel! man: of course. ernest: but of course, first i should check incoming correspondence... and perhaps i'll be inspired if i quickly view a movie... ring ernest: ah, i'll get that... 1961 woman: how tragic! took his own life. man 2: but what a life! he'll always be remembered as the author of several 140-character jokes and the inventor of the smiley face! :)
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jmarkoff2 over 9 years ago
I always found Hemingway unreadable anyway.
Donaldo Premium Member over 9 years ago
Wow. Brilliant
steverinoCT over 9 years ago
Raise your hand if you’re reading this at work.
Malcolm Hall over 9 years ago
I think in many of his later books King has actually improved. And, with the exception of the Tommyknockers — oh, and that horrid and endless tome about the fates, I’ve always finished his books in one go.
kapock over 9 years ago
“And without pressing any buttons at all, J. Edgar Hoover is instantly informed about everything you do with it.”
“Plummy!”
aardvarkseyes over 9 years ago
Can’t say I agree with this – people are obviously still writing novels, many of them very good. What Internet distractions may be doing is keeping people who shouldn’t be writing novels from doing so.
Talking Bag over 9 years ago
Did you notice how Ernest’s turtle neck appears and disappears? I wonder…. if the clothes make the man than the retreat and emergence of the wool knit sweater’s neck, arguably the sweater’s head, signifies the dichotomy between Hemingway’s blusterous public persona and the tormented inner man. Perhaps his affection for the garment was cry for help, a visible symbol of his slow but inevitable race toward oblivion.
ickymungmung over 9 years ago
I almost read the cartoon! Woo-hoo!