It’s My Birthday But The Gift Is For You

It’s my birthday so no links post today. However, I couldn’t resist sharing the videos below. The second one is good for a giggle if you like cats and dogs. The first video proves cats are capable of great patience and that cockatoos have a sense of humor. Enjoy!

😼😹😹😹😹🐶 pic.twitter.com/JpUzC5BP6X

— Anna C Alves🎨 (@AnnaCAAlves17) January 12, 2019

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A Few Links: Pens, Inks, Plus A Singing Cat

Thursday is my slump day so a break from the usual was in order. Do enjoy today’s mishmash of links especially the ten-second cat video. Hard not to smile at that one.

• LuxiPens: 18 Famous Authors and Their Fountain Pens
• Warning: Android Malware Can Empty Your PayPal Account
• Montegrappa Configuratore
• 125 Essential Movies, According to Martin Scorsese
• Rants of the Archer: Fountain Pen Review: 2018 Special Edition Lamy Safari All Black (Love my stealth Lamy!)
• Nibs.com: Pilot Iroshizuku Seven Gods Limited Editions
• The Little Free Library (One popped up recently less than a block from us. Are you game for opening one in your neighborhood?)
• Just desserts, comeuppance, or something else? Regardless, the video is very satisfying to watch.
• Forbes: Graf von Faber-Castell announces its Pen of the Year

おはようございます🌤

幸せならミャ〜♪😽💗😊https://t.co/yLZBxQquJC pic.twitter.com/NG0Ef2REr6

— 25mom-snsn (土日お休みします) (@tomarigi25) January 6, 2019

Lazy Day Links: Inks, A Doxie, And Seeing Red

Recovering from a night of revelry? Here is some easy fare for a lazy day…

• Jet Pens: Top 6 Fountain Pen Inks for Ordinary Paper
• The Pen Addict: December Sponsor Spotlight plus some remarks on sponsor support
• The Most Stunning Red Buildings Around the World
• Nibs and Flourishes: 2018 Year In Review (Ink with a waterbrush reveals multicolored hues.)
• Nick Stewart: My Top 12 Inks 2018

 

Sunday Reads: Pen Paper, Oysters, And Vandalism

Crazy busy headed into the holidays, but snagged a few choice bits for you…

• Jet Pens: The Best Fountain Pen Paper
• The Well-Appointed Desk: Inkmas Day 10: 3 Oysters Doldam (I would buy it for the name alone.)
• Stay with it to the end. His presence and connection with both the audience and the orchestra are a joy to watch.
• Making Monograph: The Hardcover Journal from Dapper Notes
• Random Acts of Genius Vandalism
• 116 Amazing Facts for People Who Like Amazing Facts

Sunday Reads: Pens, Good Reads, And A Very Cool Cat

A few tidbits for a busy Sunday…

• Teoh: $5 vs $500 fountain pen: What’s the difference?
• Write eXperience: My Goldilocks Pen: Lamy 2000, 50 Years Old And Still Just Right
• Goodreads Choice Awards: Best Books of 2018

You’ll never be as cool as this cat. pic.twitter.com/yKyW8V5jW9

— ANIMALS R US (@Animal_R_Us) December 6, 2018

 

 

Sunday Reads: Pens And Horses

In my youth, I was horse crazy. Fond memories. I still love horses, but these days I rarely get closer than the two Baoer Eight Horses fountain pens below.

• The Gentleman Stationer: Platinum #3776 Revisited: My Thoughts 2+ Years Later (Permanent member of my top five list.)
• The Pelikan’s Perch: The Story Of Günther Wagner’s Danzig-Langfuhr Factory and the Danzig 100N
• Fountain Pen Blog: First impressions of the new Platinum Procyon fountain pen
• Life Imitates Doodles Giveaway
• Watch if you agree that horses are delightful creatures.

Five years ago, this was my rotation.

Platinum #3776
Platinum #3776 Century
Lamy AL-Star
Pelikan M400
Pelikan M215
Pilot Namiki Falcon
Sailor 1911
Sailor Sapporo
Baoer Eight Horses in Bronze
Baoer Eight Horses in Copper
Pilot Custom 742FA

Midweek Links: Pen, Paper And Ink

The first link about slowing down handwriting speed is good advice though it isn’t always practical. However, this action does improve legibility and suits any writing that others must read. The last link is to an article about one of my favorite journal creators and includes several pages as well as a few of the fountain pens he uses. Enjoy!

• Life Hacker: Improve Your Handwriting by Slowing Down
• Why Havanese dogs should come in pairs. (My Havanese, Macy, approved this video.)
• Cheap Joe’s 2 Minute Art Tips – Noodler’s Ink
• Goldspot Pens: Why the Pilot Custom 823 fountain pen is a quintessential writer’s pen
• Poor thing. Some days it just doesn’t pay to get out of bed.
• This $1.7 Million Motorhome That Will Blow Your Mind
• The art of the travel diary – in pictures

From the archives, my Autumn 2012 rotation: