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I have two Lamy 2000 pens. One is the black polycarbonate and the other is stainless steel. The black has a fine nib while the steel pen is medium…both 14K gold. Never had a problem with the resin pen but the stainless has consistently written a bit too dry and skipped a bit. (Note the sounds...

Another serious BH submission…will not be made today. Instead, I leave you all the following to ponder. A bit of light hearted content in the world of plastic.

The Hamilton Khaki Field Mechanical Wristwatch. I wore one that looked very similar when I served in Vietnam in the early seventies. It is mechanical only…I have to wind it…a super long 80 hour power reserve means winding that frequently. And…no, it won’t tell me how much air is in my tires...

Our regular maintenance/service inspection tipped us to a potential problem that then came true. Massive explosion, half the city leveled, favorite craft ale breweries up in foam! Well, the visual might be slightly exaggerated but the hit to our retirement fund is grotesque. I’m having...

This morning out my back door…

I know I belong to a bygone world because… The US military jets look like UFO’s. Especially ones like the B2 bombers and the F117 & F35 fighters. All the TV ads are for designer drugs I’ve never heard of for diseases I’ve never heard of. Kids don’t play outside any more…it’s all...

Buy it for $14 from the big A and get it tomorrow or wait a few weeks and pay $8! It’s BIG. It has a giant sized ink converter. The reviews are solidly encouraging, but then sometimes they’re like that. Do yourself a favor and google “jinhao 9019” and check out a few reviews. I ordered the...

Recent ice storm hit Western Oregon. Snow, then Freezing Rain. Ugly. The liquid rain falls onto a surface that’s well below freezing and everything gets coated, like 1/2” or more. The Lake Oswego segments are a mile from my house. Thank goodness my neighborhood has 100% underground utilities.

"Too much of anything is bad, but too much champagne is just right." — F. Scott Fitzgerald

As of about 6pm a new magma chamber opened up and has started to pump out gas and lava and whatever.

Pretty dog gone amazing.

Halloween? What blend? Sutliff Pumpkin Spice? John Patton’s Stormfront? Something chocolate? What’s it gonna be gents?

I was watching TV the other day and a commercial came on that had Martha Stewart in it. It was for eye make up. They put a bunch of mascara on her and she was fluttering her eyes into the camera trying to be “cute”. Scared the crap outta me. Hey! Maybe it was an early Halloween ad!

The fun has centered a lot around parks, shrines, anime…and FOOD! He sent us a pic of some Takoyaki…fried balls with a mix of sauce and octopus. (See pic #1) I replied by asking if they had found any Sharktopus Sushi. Fresh out I guess. (pic #2)

After a run in last year with a motel manager that wanted us to pay $20 a day to allow my Pug to stay with us in a funky beach front motel I investigated and ultimately secured official certification for him as an Emotional Support Animal. Heh, heh. So I had my official wallet card picture...

I’m sitting in a Safeway parking lot in Lincoln City, on the Oregon coast. Wife is hunting for a rest room. We’ve been redirected twice by the google driving map thing on our new car several times. Quite the adventure. (Snarl!). Need to get to our room close to Newport, about 25 miles south.

My wife’s drive was a 2016 KIA SOUL with 90K miles on it until a few weeks ago when it died heading North to visit her ailing sister. AAA towed her 70 miles home. It would still putter around but we couldn’t trust it. We had it looked at…new Catalytic Converter…got quoted $4500 total repairs...

Now HERE’S an amazing variety of gorgeous beach agates, jasper, etc. Drool worthy.

Been looking at men’s “fragrances” recently. My my. It’s a whole new world. Found in a drug store (English Leather) or Designer level (Prada, Armani, Gucci) and the top tier (Tom Ford, Creed). I like Creed’s Green Irish Tweed. Now I know why dogs love to roll in meadow grass! $250 for 50...

Ended up Saturday night in the ER doing the hard rock dance with what turned out to be TWO fat kidney stones (7mm & 8mm). An 8mm stone is the same diameter as a 30-06 bullet…so think about a couple of those little brutes rockin’ and rollin’ around in there. Really priceless was the look on my...