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Pocket Blonde: November 2012
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Journals and notebooks, fine papers and pens, inks and their ilks, a few other things, and the occasional rant. Wednesday, November 28, 2012. TUL GL3 Retractable Gel Pen. Many thanks to OfficeMax for sending me some of their TUL pens to try out and review. These were a pleasant surprise, as I don't get to OfficeMax very much and have been wondering about them. The first up for review is this TUL GL3 Retractable Gel Pen. I do like the way this feels, the rubber grip has just a touch of give to it so I'm n...
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Pocket Blonde: Happy Fountain Pen Day!
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Journals and notebooks, fine papers and pens, inks and their ilks, a few other things, and the occasional rant. Friday, November 2, 2012. Happy Fountain Pen Day! November 2nd is the first celebration of Fountain Pen Day. Page down to see the discount codes available. Some of my favorites? Monteverde's Invincia Color Fusion. Waterman's Agnes B. Hemisphere. Clear Demonstrator, Levenger's True Writer Golden Tortoise. And Jack Labusch's review of the Jinhao Evening Stripes. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Pocket Blonde: September 2012
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Journals and notebooks, fine papers and pens, inks and their ilks, a few other things, and the occasional rant. Friday, September 28, 2012. Over at Desert Island Blogs. To Millie, the proprietor of Ms. Logica. Regarding the three things I'd take to a desert island is up. Go take a look, and I'm curious: what would you take? Links to this post. Monday, September 24, 2012. J Herbin Bleu Ocean 1670 Anniversary Ink. J Herbin's new addition to the 1670 Anniversary line is Bleu Ocean. Links to this post. Has s...
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Pocket Blonde: Fabriano EcoQua Notepad
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Journals and notebooks, fine papers and pens, inks and their ilks, a few other things, and the occasional rant. Wednesday, November 14, 2012. Found these interesting Fabriano EcoQua. I really liked the pale ivory-colored dot-pad paper, 85gsm so it's fountain pen friendly while the dots don't distract me the way lines/grids can. Here's a side view of the Fabriano, and I have to say I'm really liking this idea. Sometimes perforated paper gets stuck, or rips, but glued notepads are ideal for that. Todays Th...
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Pocket Blonde: Namiki Custom 823 Clear Demonstrator
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Journals and notebooks, fine papers and pens, inks and their ilks, a few other things, and the occasional rant. Thursday, December 24, 2009. Namiki Custom 823 Clear Demonstrator. Just as Passion at The Pen Archives could marry JetPens. I have an enduring love for Namiki fountain pens. I had read about Namiki years ago in a fantastic book by Florence Scovell Shinn. It's a complicated pen. December 24, 2009 at 8:46 AM. December 24, 2009 at 4:09 PM. December 25, 2009 at 5:30 PM. December 27, 2009 at 1:18 PM.
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Pocket Blonde: Architekt Ink Review: Antique Pink
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Journals and notebooks, fine papers and pens, inks and their ilks, a few other things, and the occasional rant. Tuesday, October 23, 2012. Architekt Ink Review: Antique Pink. Just received my shipment from xFountainPens. And couldn't wait to try the Architekt ink, which is clearly a De Atramentis. Bottle. I ordered several different inks, including Antique Pink. Architekt Antique Pink on the left, Diamine Flamingo Pink on the right. Is antique pink associated with Mary, Queen of Scots? On to the color, w...
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Pocket Blonde: Guest Post: Life's Too Short to Drink Cheap Wine!
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Journals and notebooks, fine papers and pens, inks and their ilks, a few other things, and the occasional rant. Wednesday, October 24, 2012. Guest Post: Life's Too Short to Drink Cheap Wine! I'm so pleased to welcome Dinitro as a guest blogger on Pocket Blonde, to post what I hope will be his first of many observations on wine, Life's Too Short to Drink Cheap Wine! Dinitro has been blogging about wine for some time. A page from Dinitro's Journal. Life's Too Short to Drink Cheap Wine! I should also mentio...
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Pocket Blonde: July 2012
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Journals and notebooks, fine papers and pens, inks and their ilks, a few other things, and the occasional rant. Tuesday, July 31, 2012. Preview: Launches Thursday on Amazon Kindle. The cover for the project I've been working on the past three months. I'm publishing Thursday on Amazon, in their Kindle e-books section. Will have more details then, but I'm starting to get excited. Many thanks to Jack and Carolyne for reading parts of the various drafts. Edit- forgot to add the synopsis. Links to this post.
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