NakedSushi

Noodler’s Ink Red Black in Lamy Safari on Quattro artist pad
If you can’t read my writing:
This ink is such a chameleon. On first glance, it’s just brown. Then I start to notice its subtle shading. (It’s more apparent on less toothy paper.)  It’s less red and less black than I had hoped. I wanted a [...]

This Lamy Al-Star actually belongs to the BF.  It’s fairly similar to the Lamy Safari except for two obvious things: the body, unlike the plastic body of the Safari, is aluminum and the section is a tinted, clear black, making the feed visible. He got his with a (M)edium nib.
The Lamy Al-Star still has its [...]

In an effort to keep my penmanship from deteriorating further, I purchased a fountain pen and have been using it for a little more than a week.  I went with a fairly decent starter pen, the Lamy Safari, with a F (fine) sized nib.  In the spirit of writing by hand, I even wrote down [...]

After using the Nook for a little less than a week, I can justifiably say that ebook readers, are maybe just not for me for the time being.  When the more known Kindle first came out, I had gadget-envy just because e-ink was so different than the LCD screens I’ve grown accustomed to.  It was [...]

One of my resolutions for this year is to write more. Not just write more posts, but write by hand more.  Since I have a job where I type on the computer all day, my penmanship has been going downhill ever since college.  I recently bought a fountain pen to inspire me to write by [...]

I’m not one for excess packaging. Usually, the fewer pieces of cardboard or plastic I have to throw out, the better. But I was impressed with the packaging my new Sigg bottles came in. I had sent some old bottles (with the old BPA lining) in even though it was after the end date of [...]

One thing that I really needed to get when I started to run more often was a good sports bra or two.  Even though I’m not the most endowed person around, running in a regular bra is just not comfortable and going without is definitely not comfortable.
Luckily for me, Target carries a great line of [...]