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Dean Allen
Blogger and book designer Dean Allen on watching people get bopped on the head.
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Site: Textism
DOB: 2 June, 1966
What do you do: Scowl at blocks of text
Favorite book: Charlotte’s Web
Heroes: Bare Bones Software
What makes you laugh: I tried once to devise a formula for this, with elements of expectation and surprise, suffering and non sequiturs, but I always come back to seeing someone bopped on the head with a long-handled Turkish coffee pot.
Charity worth giving to: Médecins Sans Frontières
Five words that sound good: Imbroglio, luncheon, dipsomaniac, gymnasium, figpecker
DOB: 2 June, 1966
What do you do: Scowl at blocks of text
Favorite book: Charlotte’s Web
Heroes: Bare Bones Software
What makes you laugh: I tried once to devise a formula for this, with elements of expectation and surprise, suffering and non sequiturs, but I always come back to seeing someone bopped on the head with a long-handled Turkish coffee pot.
Charity worth giving to: Médecins Sans Frontières
Five words that sound good: Imbroglio, luncheon, dipsomaniac, gymnasium, figpecker
—Published September 27, 2001

