in which i have an educational monday

[tsuki_no_bara]

this morning i ran into corruptviridian on my bus and learned that she's (temporarily) working at a colonial print shop in the north end (ie, boston's answer to little italy, and also paul revere's old neighborhood) (and ben franklin's) (and lots of other colonial revolutionaries) - ANYWAY. she demonstrates 18th-century printing on an old printing press, and i

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[amnisias]

Well, I for one will not be surprised if you start musing about an 18th century printer who prints pamphlets for some liberal cause and starts a steamy tryst with one of the revolutinaries. This big bang will aslo feature slurping post-coital hot chocolate.... ;)

[tsuki_no_bara]

eeheeheeheehee! i wouldn't rule it out! ...oh, damn. that could actually be a cool story. *fends off the baby bunny with a stick*

[amnisias]

Oh dear - I really shouldn't comment on posts before the 2nd cup of coffee - the number of spelling mistakes seems to be inversely proportional to coffein intake......*oops*

[tsuki_no_bara]

well, it worked - i spent some quality time today trying to cast the damn fic,

[jola]

did i ever tell you i was the last Ludlow operator in Chicago? it's true.

(a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludlow_Typograph">The Ludlow)

[tsuki_no_bara]

how cool! i never even heard of those before. linotypes i know, tho.

[ghost1880]

your posts are always so pleasant to read <3

[tsuki_no_bara]

aw, thank you! i've been trying to post every day for a month and i kind of worry that i'm running out of things to say and am getting boring. so it's nice to know i'm not. :D

[ephemera]

That sounds like an entirely awesome historical day out :)

[tsuki_no_bara]

oh man, it so was. i really love working downtown - i'm close to historical nifty.