Links From Yogi To Pens To A $1000 Rat

No lie. The rat costs more than $1,000!

• Yogi Berra Quotes (Met him years ago. Super nice and unassuming. Very impressed by him.)
• London Pen Club: Saturday Pen Club Theme – Demonstrators
• Chris Hadfield’s series of videos showing how various activities work in space
• JustDaveyB: Pilot iroshizuku inks dip penned
• Leigh Reyes: Snug as pens in a rug.
• Flying Steampunk Rat
• Marginalia: A Dying Art In An Increasingly Digital Age?

More Fountain Pens Than Bacon In These Links

Facebook still isn’t my playground but it was nice to get a mention this weekend. Despite the thrill of my two seconds of fame, the bacon cooker takes the cake in this lot of links but I bet you can’t eat just one. (Yeah, I know that is pretty lame but it was worth a chuckle when I first thought of it.)

• 11 Things You Didn’t Know About Facebook Pages
• The Onoto Heritage With its exclusive plunger-filling mechanism
• The Mary Sue:  Lion King Bloopers
• Foodista: Cook Bacon with Your Hair Straightener?
• ZDNet: Is Facebook damaging your reputation with sneaky political posts?
• Japan customs say pens need weapons import license (h/t Edison Pen Company)
• Pen and Design: Pentel Pocket Brush Pen Review
• FP Geeks: Lamy Dialog 3 Fountain Pen – The Awesome Review (h/t Chris Meisenzahl)
• Collectors Weekly: Vintage Fountain Pens (h/t Missive Maven)
• Rhonda Greene: The Daily Steampunk
• Cake Wrecks: 12 Swoon-Worthy Steampunk Sweets
• Blastr: B5′s Boxleitner wants back on sci-fi TV in intriguing steampunk series
• Steampunk Cellphone

Some Fun And Uplifting Links At Mid-Week

No bad news in this lot so prepare to feel good about a variety of subjects.

• Sennelier Indigo Blue Ink (not for use in fountain pens)
• Hautlence HL2′s Steampunk Technology Explained on Video (h/t Chris Meisenzahl)
• Opossum protein neutralizes nearly all poisons, could have benefits for humans
• Actor Helped Fulfill One of Greatest Make-a-Wish Requests Ever
• Jelloware: Drinking Glasses You Can Eat
• Exiled Stardust: Hyper-Realistic Detail
• Nutrient mixture improves memory in patients with early Alzheimer’s
• Hiding in that green tea bag
• Fabriano fountain pen ink, in serious and facetious colours
• Bookshop Santa Cruz unveils the future: the Espresso Book Machine

Sunday Brunch with Coffee, Doughnuts, and a Dozen Links

You bring the coffee and doughnuts. I’ll bring the links…

• The Guardian: Why Japan prefers pets to parenthood (Me, too, some days.)
• Seize the Dave: Fountain Pens for Beginners
• East…West…Everywhere: Ink Comparison: Caran d’Ache Sunset and Sailor Grenade
• Writer’s Bloc: Clearly, Demonstrator Fountain Pens Are Cool! (h/t HisNibs.com)
• Notebook Stories: Beautiful Notebook Pages (via Pinterest)
• Underwater Ink Photography (h/t HisNibs.com)
• A moon of Saturn may have ‘tropical’ lakes
• Life Imitates Doodles: New steampunk tangle pattern & children’s book
• Letter Writers Alliance member survey (h/t Missive Maven)
• Nibs.com: Sailor Professional Gear Regency Stripe Fountain Pen
• Office Supply Geek: InkJournal Giveaway
• Athene Donald: End the macho culture that turns women off science

Links And Some Laughs

And who couldn’t use a laugh these days…

• Fun Facts About Cursive (h/t His Nibs)
• Vintage Craft Studio’s handmade journals (No info on the paper but the designs are cool.)
• The Norsk Woodshop: Steampunk Watch Parts Rollerball Pen (I love steampunk designs.)
• Write to Done/Sean Platt: The Biggest Mistake Most Writers Make 
• Montblanc Announces Unprecedented Partnership With Texas Children’s Cancer Center (h/t His Nibs)
• Happy Place: our favorite entertaining, obnoxious, or completely insane notes written to neighbors (language warning)

A Handful Of Links For A Midweek Break

Whether this week seems short or long, here are a few things to help you over that midweek hump…

• Penoply: Penscapes Steampunk Collection
• LifeImitatesDoodles: Steampunk Warehouse Zentangle
• 18 Most Expensive Pens (Link removed on 8/26/2012 at request of Nishu Kakkar, editor, world-most-expensive.com)
• How to be wonderfully gracious on paper from Crane and Co. (h/t Missive Maven)
• Rhodia Drive: Everyone Is An Artist
• Sherlock Holmes ink? (h/t Rori Lieurance)
• Ink is still king at New York City’s Fountain Pen Hospital
• Jet Pens: Pelle Leather Journal
• RealClearScience’s Top 10 Stories of 2011
• Personal Financial Management: Manilla and Mint