This is just a quick check-in round to cover an assortment of subjects. ## Fountain Pens !12375062_440618112798127_1029054338935177851_o

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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…

During this calm before our family Christmas storm, I thought I’d drop a fresh State of the Nerd report. This one was going to be all over the map, as I’ve been very busy with a lot of things. But it became clear as I was writing it that it would …

I’m eighteen days into http://nanowrimo.org/ 2015, a writing challenge to help aspiring authors to finish the first draft of a long form novel in one thirty days. And I’m going to finish tonight. Even though a real novel is closer to seventy to ei…

Last week was an inconsistent yet productive week for writing. I had a lot going on, between fighting a virus and having multiple health & well-being type appointments to keep up. I ended up having one sub-par writing day, and two non-writing days.

Despite the relative quiet of this blog, I’ve been quite busy.

What have I been up to since https://opusmagnus.wordpress.com/2015/08/31/update-of-random-stuff/?