November 19, 2007 – Allyn Gibson

On a Cool Cover

If you ever wondered how Johnny Cash might’ve interpreted The Who’s “Pinball Wizard,” wonder no more. Bill Kerchin does “Pinball Wizard” in the style of Cash’s “Folson Prison Blues,” and it is marvelous. Besides being weird, of course. 😉

On Reading Levels

I’d say this is mildly depressing…. Except that it’s not. I write for a living, and most publications — like newspapers — have a target reading age of junior high school. Even someone like Hemingway has a low reading age. It’s a function of the writing style employed, and tools like the website are, atContinue reading “On Reading Levels”