My classroom in 2001
Charles Nelson Riley in Bic Banana Commercial
My Classroom and a Bic Banana
posted 6d ago by Tom Fasano
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Robert Shields – Type On
posted Feb 9, 2026 by Tom Fasano
I’ve written about Robert Shields before. What’s amazing in this interview is that he admits he didn’t have a clue why he was doing what he was doing: typing the world’s longest diary on a fleet of IBM Wheelwriters.
Excerpt 1 from his diary
Excerpt 2 from his diary
Recent Postcards via Postcrossing & a Jimmy Breslin Comic
posted Feb 2, 2026 by Tom Fasano
Saturday brought a great haul of postcards from Europe. Joining Postcrossing has been such a joy. I’ve tried other pen pal groups before, but this one is really active. It’s simple: you send a card, and you get a card back. The whole process is random, which makes it fun.
And the stamps! I love seeing all the different international stamps. They definitely put my plain American ones to shame.
Jimmy Breslin
Years ago, I started a comic strip called “Crazy Mad Poet.” The original idea was to feature famous writers, poets, and philosophers. It never really gained much traction back then, but I’ve been working on a revival lately—this time with a heavy emphasis on typewriters.
In case you were wondering what the famous journalist Jimmy Breslin looked like.