About four years ago, I went to the local Subaru dealership and purchased a brand new 2012 Subaru Forester. This probably had something to do with Whole Foods opening up near my home. There’s something about that place that makes people walk aroun…

Yup. His tastes are a bit more expensive than https://cheapgeezer.wordpress.com/rule-25/, though both pens are fantastic and I’d write with either/both if I could stomach spending that much on a pen.

I didn’t want to call out any particular pen today, though my image shows a Jinhao 699. The problem I’ve been observing spans multiple value brands from China, including Jinhao and Baoer. There are some nibs out there that should be avoided. Let m…

In my https://opusmagnus.wordpress.com/2016/01/12/state-of-the-nerd-pens-homelab-dockerrancher-intel-nuc/, I talked a bit about how I was investing time and resources into experimenting with Docker, Rancher, and RancherOS. There have been a lot of…

!jinhao159 Next to a common (and spendy) Lamy Safari, the Jinhao 159 is a beast of a fountain pen. Total cost: $3.59 on eBay.

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When I saw http://www.ebay.com/itm/131300838435 in my auction trawling, http://www.ebay.com/usr/hejing1314 piqued my curiosity with promises that this would be a mysterious pen. Is this pen some avatar of Eastern mysticism?

As soon as I saw this handsome pen available http://www.ebay.com/itm/361345956777, I had to pull the trigger and see what it was all about. I mean, sure it looked good online in a photograph. But would it hold up to closer scrutiny? And could it w…

I’ve been a fountain pen user for about five years now. The number of pens I had was actually pretty small, and the few times I’d dabbled with “cheap” pens it ended with disappointment. Actually, the first time I dabbled with an expensive pen (the…

I had a pretty interesting childhood. My mother was from a very frugal working class family. Her’s was a big family with lots of brothers and sisters. Her father was a blue collar worker, and her mother stayed at home to raise the kids. I remember…

I’ve enjoyed using fountain pens for a number of years. This probably tickles the same part of my brain that appreciates typewriters and Victrolas. This is a really elegant writing instrument that never should have been allowed to fade back into o…