Renga Arts was featured in a “Small Business Success” segment on CNN this weekend as “trash to treasures” recyclers. Disappointingly, one of the first items shown was…typewriter key jewelry. This is the letter I wrote them in response. Click the letter for a larger version if it’s too hard to read.

Incidentally, this was typed on a 1941 Olivetti Studio 42 .

Typewriter: 1934 Remie Scout

Typewriter: 1963 Remington Holiday

Typewriter: Ulysses, a 1923 L.C. Smith #8

Typewriter: 1946 Smith-Corona Silent

I beg forgiveness for writing in rhyming couplets. I didn’t want to. Honest.

Typewriter: 1946 Smith-Corona Silent

Underwood Noiseless Portable

Number of times said

Ahmadinejad…7
Al Qaeda…5
Bush…10
Cheney…6
Exxon 5
Hamas…3
Hezbollah…3
Jong-Il…2
Bin Laden…2
Maliki…2
McClellan…2
Reagan…3
Talabani…1
Todd…2

Afghanistan…30
Alaska…13
Iran…12
Iraq…26
Israel…15
Korea…1
Pakistan…10
Scranton…2
Wall Street…12
Main Street…4
Washington…13
Wasilla…1

bipartisanship…1
partisanship…5
Democrats…4
Republicans…5
agree…12
disagree…5
did…30
didn’t…15
support…31
together…11
understand…13
wrong…6
fact…22
truth…1

crisis…7
dangerous…11
extinction…1
evil…1
extremists…1
Holocaust…1
reckless…2
security…6
terror/ism/ists…8
weapons…13
safe…4

diplomacy…6
war…30
peace…2
strategy…8
success…2
failure…4
victory…2
surrender…1
military…8
troops…21
surge…12
withdrawal…3

executive…7
experience…5

democracy…4
freedom…3
patriotic…3
unpatriotic…2

darn…2
doggone…1
heck…2
jerk…1
hockey…1
soccer…1

climate…11
energy…36
environment…1
coal…12
clean…16
nuclear…25
technology…6
oil…14
gas…6
drill…7
independence…6

economy…18
bailout 3
jobs…15
tax/taxes…75
spending…7
cut…10
deregulate/deregulation…10
regulations…5
companies…5
homeowners…1
savings…2
wealth…1
bankruptcy…4

reform…12
maverick/s…15

education…12
infrastructure…4

can…55
can’t…11
help…12
opportunity…4
promise…4
plan…32

how…35
if…44

change…34
important…11
fundamental…10
need…41

intelligence…1
wisdom…3

turpitude…1

Typed on an Erika No.5

Brought to you by a 1939 Royal KMM.