[Writer Post] Scrivener – The Initial Assessment
You know your schedule’s a little bit full when you sit down at your keyboard to put together a writer blog post and look at the clock and wonder what you have the most time for before the next thing on your list – writing the post or getting on the treadmill so your whole [...]
[Pen/Pencil Review] The Swingline SmartTouch Stapler and Swingline Premium Chisel Point Staples from Shoplet.Com
This will be a slightly different review. Shoplet.com has a program that lets office supply bloggers/reviewers get supplies from them in exchange for reviews. I thought I’d try it out. They do have guidelines for their reviews, so bear with me – that’s where it will be a bit different. Last Wednesday (2/1), after an [...]
[Pen/Pencil Review] The Monteverde One Touch Ballpoint Pen
Back in September of 2011, I hit up the Dallas Pen Show for a whopping two hours. I would’ve spent a lot more time there if it weren’t for the fact that it was (and will be) the same weekend as FenCon -which takes over my life (in a good way). However, in my limited [...]
[Pen/Pencil Review] The Pelikan School Fountain Pen – Right Handed, Fine Point
This week’s review is the Pelikan School Fountain Pen – fine point, right handed. Yes, it says so on the box . I’ve used Pelikan inks for a long time since the ink cartridges also work in Waterman fountain pens and many other pens that use the small cartridges – except they come in much [...]
[Pen/Pencil Review] The Sharpie Stainless Steel Pen
After I wrote last week’s review of the new Sharpie Pen RT design, a Twitter follower asked if I’d tried the Stainless Steel Sharpie pen. I told him that the pen was in the queue to review, and decided to go ahead and just get it done. And now, back-to-back Sharpie reviews. I picked up [...]
[Pen/Pencil Review] The Sharpie Pen RT and a New Grading System
It’s one of those Mondays where the “To Do” list is rather daunting especially coming off a weekend that only added to the “To Do” List rather than take from. So, here’s one thing off the “To Do” List… This week’s review is of the new Sharpie Pen RT design – black ink. I think [...]
[Pen/Pencil Review] The Editing Pen Side-by-Side Comparison
What’s new for the 2012 pen review blog? Well, I’m going to try to put a more objective grading system in place so maybe a more consistent way of awarding the Bronze Pencils evolves. That way there can actually be some kind of plan to this blog. Not sure how that’s all going to work [...]
[Pen/Pencil Review] Another Editing Pen for the Holidays – the Pentel Slicci 0.25mm in Red
I told you there would be a slight Christmas theme this month – the color red. Normally, I’m a green person (color not eco-nazi – though I do like to recycle and take care of the planet), but this year… Christmas 2011 is the Year O’ Red. Don’t know why. So today I give you…The [...]
[Pen Review] The PaperMate InkJoy White Barrell/Red Ink – Some Holiday Joy(ish)
Since it’s Christmas, I thought I’d continue (sort of) the holiday theme with pens (sort of). This week I’m taking a look at the PaperMate InkJoy 700 RT 1.0mm ball point pen – silver and white body with red ink. And there would be your holiday connection. The white body InkJoy retractable pen is pretty [...]
[Pen/Pencil Review] The Giant Christmas Novelty Ball Point Pen – Love, Mom
‘Tis the season to be jolly. This week I’m reviewing a novelty Christmas pen. My mother gave me – as a joke – one of the Giant Christmas Ball Point pens you can get for $1 at any CVS, Walgreens, RiteAid or any other like retailer. This pen comes from Greenbriar International out of Chesapeake, [...]
