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Dean Allen

Blogger and book designer Dean Allen on watching people get bopped on the head.

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
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Rosecrans Baldwin co-founded TMN with publisher Andrew Womack in 1999. His latest book is Everything Now: Lessons From the City-State of Los Angeles. More information can be found at rosecransbaldwin.com. More by Rosecrans Baldwin