Before You Get a Freewrite, Answer This One Question

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The makers of the Freewrite bill it as a “smart typewriter.”

I see it as a dumb word processor.

But nicknames aside, the device has its allure.

I spent a good month reading and watching everything I could about the Freewrite.

These various models are marketed solely to writers. The hook is that they offer an immersive experience that is hard to find anywhere else because they are built for one thing and one thing only: writing.

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The Stupidest Thing You’ll Hear This Week: Demento Wants to Be Pope

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When he wasn’t busy cratering our 401ks or defunding PBS and Meals on Wheels, the Bronzed Turd shared another career ambition: He wouldn’t mind becoming the next pope.

The bizarre revelation came when reporters asked him who he’d like to see succeed Pope Francis, who died late April at the age of 88.

“I’d like to be pope,” he said. “That would be my no. 1 choice.”

Say what?

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Baboon to Harvard: Stop Hitting Yourself

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Ole Yamtits’ war on Harvard took another turn late last week:

Administration officials stated the letter demanding that Harvard cede control of its hiring, admissions, and curriculum was actually a draft that was accidentally sent and that Harvard should have known that, and Harvard blew it big time by making the entire kerfuffle public.

Does this letter look like a draft to you?

It’s literally signed by three officials of the Orange Dodo’s administration.

An unnamed member of the administration complained to the New York Times that Harvard went on a victimhood campaign after getting the letter.

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Little Batman is the Hero We Didn’t Know We Needed

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Sure, the much anticipated “Hush” sequel “Would You Be Damn Quiet” – er, I may have that title wrong – dropped this week with 87 variant covers.

Honestly, I got a bit batty myself at the local comics shop staring at the three rows of covers for sale, including the oversized edition, a third taller than a Treasury Edition.

Good luck storing that one in mint condition, kids!

Oh, “Batman” No. 158 is gorgeous, just what you’d expect from artist Jim Lee.

But we have, what, eleven more issues to go to settle a verdict on Jeph Loeb’s story.

Let’s talk about the recently concluded miniseries “Little Batman: Month One.”

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