Sure, Sunday is the Oscars which to some will be an event to note but, to me, the event of the week is the 30th anniversary of Pretty in Pink, a seminal film of my youth that solidified my taste in men (I’m pretty sure I married Duckie), my taste in music (from New Order…
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Review: Yasutomo Niji Pearlescent Watercolor 21- color set
Yasutomo Niji Pearlescent Watercolor 21-Color Set ($5.25) was a total impulse purchase. The price point was so low and sometimes I’m just a crow and require something shiny. Besides, I love watercolor sets. I knew this was not going to be the end-all be-all of watercolor sets because no watercolor set that sells for under…
A Safer Way To Sit
I keep hearing people talk that they sit too much and that they know its bad for them. I know they are right but I wanted more details on exactly why it’s bad. So here are a few articles: The health hazards of sitting (via The Washington Post) The “Sitting Is Killing You” Infographic Shows…
Link Love: Pen Shows & Crotchety Old Men
Posts of the Week: What Happened When I Tried To Declutter My Brain (via FastCo) which lead me to the podcast Note to Self’s project Infomagical, a 5-day effort to make information overload disappear. I recommend listening to the whole Note to Self series and trying to streamline your digital information overload… I’m willing to…
Ink Review: Akkerman #9 Laan Van Nieuw Oost-Indigo
Akkerman #9 Laan Van Nieuw Oost-Indigo ($28 for a 60ml bottle) appears to translate to “New Eastern Indigo Avenue” which is not at all what I expected when I looked at the color. I thought it was like “new moon night sky” indigo or something like that since its such a deep blue color and…
Review: Lamy Al-Star Charged Green
The new limited edition Lamy AL-Star in Charged Green is absolutely beautiful. It clearly is THE signature color for a Lamy pen for me. I’ve always favored the AL-Stars to the Safaris as well for the beautiful luster of the the anodized aluminum as well and the price increase for the aluminum is nominal for…
Podcast: Freakonomics “Who Needs Handwriting?” Part Two
Oh, yes… its time to listen to and discuss part two of the second part of Freakonomics “Who Needs Handwriting?” podcast called “How Can This Possibly Be True?” I listened to the episode this morning and it went into more detail about the making of pencils and that no one person or country can actually…