Oh this is perfect. Thank you. Do keep it going! It would be more work, but I do love the idea of comparing it to Biden or Obama.
Retired elementary schoolteacher and Episcopal priest. Loves cats, reading, cello, writing, and coffee! ποΈRecent fountain pen convert. Wait, did I mention the coffee? β
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Oh this is perfect. Thank you. Do keep it going! It would be more work, but I do love the idea of comparing it to Biden or Obama.
Not a NYC resident, but thank you! You're giving me hope! β€οΈ
Really?! Guess I'm so used to seeing this nonsense in the US that seeing it elsewhere startles me with its absurdity.
The Republican party, especially the Vice President, have begun talking about how bad it is to have too much empathy. They know they are being needlessly cruel.
Oh, I would be lost. She would have me at first meow.
Oh... I thought it was something you say when someone is constantly whining, "Oh, tohubohu! Get over yourself."
Oh, I did not need that mental picture. Right. I'm off to tame the wild hedge in the front yard to clear my head. βοΈπΏ
Probably announcing they are changing the name of the Dept. of State to the Dept. of War. He's mentioned it numerous times. All he can think of is force and violence... not statesmanship. Plus, this is the day Epstein's victims are testifying on Capitol Hill. He needs to distract from that.
When I call to schedule my regular furnace maintenance every year, they always ask, "How old is your furnace." Last time I decided to joke, "Um... let's see... when was the Battle of Hastings?" They didn't get it. Americans. *sigh*
Well that escalated quickly.
I think this might be one of your monthly contests. Create a miniature, but it must hold the redesigned flag!
I'm not a doctor, but I don't think this is good. I know someone who can help...
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Yeah, I'm looking at my leather fountain pen holder now. My green pen is not pictured, it currently lives with my Moleskine. I have another pen on the way for orange ink in October. That's four pens so far. It won't take long to fill this. π¬
That nib is gorgeous!
Oh, that is lovely!
My daughters come over Friday nights for dinner, and I try to keep it simple: Italian Subs, chips, and root beer floats next Friday! π₯πΊ
Still with the flag thing?! π² I think this has gone from patriotic to jingoism, and now it's bordering on fetish territory.
Yes, time spent with Dr. Squoof is never wasted.
I love this quote!
I'm so sorry. How could you not be anxious? It may be they can do something sooner to help you. β€οΈ
Ooh! We get a cool movie this time!
But how could it be bad? T'was mother's milk to her.
My daughter's subscription to Office 365 went up $40. She called, and found it was due to adding in their AI, Copilot. She asked to cancel, and they said she could keep her subscription without Copilot for a lesser price. She said Nah and cancelled the whole thing. I have raised her right. π
Unbelievable they would think AI would help a patient better than their years of experience. The heart of counseling is listening and compassion, something AI does not possess...
Making Italian subs with sausage, green & red peppers, and Mozzarella next Fri. Your sub rolls look so much better than the ones I get at the store. Bet they taste better too!
I would love to hear it!
Usually we both end up crying.
Reminds me of what the church did to many people. One of my great joys of being a priest is to wear a collar and to look someone in the eye and apologize for what the church has done to them.
Whoa. That's really maladjusted and... well, just a weird statement.
I've seen these too and have actually wondered if it is a concerted right-wing thing. I wouldn't put it past the Orc Lord of X to organize something like this. OK, gotta get back to blocking...
I don't understand what Discord is.
Thank you for your talent and time. I love the books. So often gay characters are two-dimensional. Yours are real and the relationships are complicated as real ones are. In book 3, I cried for Annis; not at the end, but when Morgana explained why she was the way she was. πͺ
*feeling *deep, heavy sigh lamenting my sausage fingered typing *
I haven't had any bleeding or feathering that I've noticed. Writing has been clear and crisp (see pic.) The only bleeding was when I tried a blotch test at the bottom of the next page and it bled through. I scratched and used a lot of ink, so of course it did.
Been using them for two months, and I like them. No problem with drying... no skipping when I write. I didn't buy Nahvalur ink because I didn't care for the colors. I bought other brands: Wordsworth & Black, Jacques Herbin, and Waterman. Chose medium point; fine point never works for me.
No matter how these things are done, whatever your felling about the person who died, it shakes a person up. The world is not as it was. I'm sorry you're in this place right now. Keep breathing and taking care of yourself.
I think people have become more comfortable with cremations now than in the 90's.
As someone who deals with this regularly, a couple weeks for cremation is not unusual. They do have special fridges, of course, but they can keep them only 30 days. It does give the family time to make decisions.
Huh. I see mixed reactions. Some of the folks have really specific complaints like the weight of the pen and the smell of it (?) Maybe because I'm new to this and have less set preferences. The only problem is I was pressing too hard like using an old ballpoint. I've learned to relax my hand.
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I loved all the James Bond movies. Get the bad guys! Save the world! (God save any innocent bystanders since he always cut a wide swath of destruction.) Completely ridiculous, but I loved them. And, this is still one of my favorite memes...
Double-whammy! Triple if you count that it's Monday. That's completely unfair. I'm sorry. π
Aaaand, we're off to the races! π
*more Can't blame my poor typing on the Nahvalurs.
Already started the first in the Tiffany Aching series (Book #30? #31? What a prolific writer!) I love it already!
I'm glad you were there. So many people are afraid to step into that room, but our loved ones need us. It is both beautiful and awful, spiritual and completely physical, heart-breaking and joyous. It really is a thin space between the worlds.
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They are lovely, but I already have a coffee brown, and I thought they were too close. I don't remember all of them I looked at, but the one I liked was called Burnt Orange.
I was primed for it. I loved my calligraphy pens when I was a teenager, but hated the cartridges. I had to take them out, seal the hole with wax, wash the pen out, insert a new cartridge, etc. It was a mess. But I had not seen or tried the new fountain pens with piston fillers. So cool!
I still call all brands of carbonated drinks Coke. "Do you want a Coke?" "Sure." "What kind?" "7-up."
* sigh * That's "blotch" test.
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Ooh! Those are the times when it would be fiscally irresponsible not to buy them.
That's exactly how I see myself. All I really know is it is a terribly holy place to stand... a thin space.
I'll remember that. I just learned what "baby's bottom" means a couple days ago.
Omigosh! I just learned there are 41 books in the Discworld series. Clearly, I've not read them all. Just had a sample of Book #30, which I guess is the first in the Tiffany Aching series.
No, I've not read those. I think what I read are his Discworld series. I love Science Fiction and Fantasy. I'll have to pick them up.
Since I'm retired, I'm usually only brought in at the end instead of being able to help along the way as I would a parishioner. I do a lot of just being present with the person. Thank you for educating people about wills. I tell people it is a last act of love for your family.
A dear friend of mine was a rabbi. I miss her. We once did a gay wedding at Lake Tahoe with us sharing parts all under a chuppah, thereby cementing our reputations as the two grooviest clergy in Reno.
Oh, Arkansas, I understand. I have been working on getting the congregation where I sub to refer to them as Jewish/Hebrew Scripture and Christian Scripture (Instead of Old & New Testaments.)
How would you describe the difference in the nibs?
Huh? This will be my fourth Nahvalur Original, and they've been perfect. Of course there are other mor expensive types. I do always choose a medium nib, not a fine point. I don't know if that makes a difference. I find them easy to load with ink, smooth writing without skipping or blotching.
Of course! I've watched the entire series twice. Favorite quote: Giles β "I'm afraid it may be the end of the world." Buffy and the crew β " Again?!"
Mine always look at me as if to say, "Well, did I draw blood?" If the answer is no or yes, their response is the same look that says, "Oh, don't be such a baby."
They do learn from each other, but in my house, only the bad traits and tricks.
I've often wondered that myself. The only thing I can come up with is they are in the habit of ignoring facts so much because of their political decisions that all honesty is lost. Also, they have no shame apparently. I'd be humiliated if caught in such a lie. They have no such response.
You'll laugh, though why after looking at so many inks, I chose this one. There was a similar color I liked, but I didn't like the shape of the bottle; too thin and easy to tip over. It also didn't look ink-bottley enough for my tastes. Clearly, I am down the rabbit hole.
Thank you for the introduction!
I'm a retired priest. I'm gay and my family were fundamentalists, so when asked why I became Episcopalian, I always reply, "It was pretty much a self-defense move. π I also am really interested in your experiences helping people deal with death. I can always use different insights.
So nice to meet you! JK does have good taste and she is the one responsible for luring me into the fountain pen gutter in which I contentedly wallow...
I just looked at them, and they're very nice. They do look quite similar to the Nahvalur. Higher price point than the Nahvalur. Are they better pens?
No, that was from a trip years ago. I have no excuse for deciding I had to have an orange pen for Halloween (My favorite holiday!) π
And it's the same level of pen from Nahvalur you recommended originally that work so well. The trick was retraining myself to write with it instead of having to press down as with a ballpoint pen ("Biro" in England?)
Ok, just one more fountain pen, a Nahvalur Original Summer Fountain Pen. I've got brown ink, but felt I needed orange for October. A little more of a bold orange than I'd originally planned, but the darker oranges were all too brown. No, I am not going to attend FA! (Fountain Pens Anonymous)
Follow-up Moleskine report: Front and back writing in my Moleskine notebook. You can see there's no bleed-through with regular writing, but it does fail the bloch test. You can tell from the front page that on the back I've learned to relax my hand and press less, letting the pen do the work.
Missed on in my alt text: The door is saying, "Lock me."
Adulting is hard. [ α΄α΄Κα΄α΄α΄Ι΄ κ°Κα΄α΄ α΄Κα΄ Ι΄α΄α΄‘ Κα΄Κα΄α΄Κ α΄α΄Ι’α΄α΄’ΙͺΙ΄α΄. ]
And it feels awkward to say, "Oh, just thrown them on the bed in my bedroom." That would make them cat magnets. Unfortunately, not everyone appreciates, as I do, the love and attention to detail of two cats shedding on their coats.
You always trigger me going shopping. I realized a wall-mounted coat rack was what I needed in the living room. I have a coat closet, but it's stuffed with my coats, sweaters, vacuum, exercise equipment, etc.
My sister who lives near there has mentioned it to me.
After sourdough, there should have been a question mark, not a period. I just can't stand it. If I didn't post this it would have eaten at me all day long.
Who doesn't like sourdough. Every time I drop down to San Francisco, I make it a point to pick up two things: Ghirardelli chocolate and Boudin sourdough. I can get both locally because we're so close, but it just tastes best when I get it in San Francisco.
Similar experience of discovering clothes, however. I've lost significant weight over the past two years. Went through clothes I'd vacuum sealed in 2010 (?) Some things I'd never wear, but some really nice new-again dress shirts and casual T-shirts.
I'm always amazed at how quickly laundry and dishes pile up. When you live alone, there's no one else to blame; it's just me...
I always get to the end of these and say, "Oh, no!" I never see it coming.
I love how writers watch the world. Many folks just sleepwalk through things like this, but a writer is always observing.
Oh, this sounds awful. I hope they get useful information that can help you feel better.
Fair.
As an young naΓ―f, I'm so glad your tender sensibilities are being protected by Parliament.
Yet another person engages his teeth with dirt.
Sounds wonderful! It's been too long since I've been to a concert.
I should have said the first time I had my cat's teeth cleaned...
Vets are expensive. I'm so sorry. The first time I had my cat cleaned I got a $1,200 bill (Β£889.) I was shocked. It was because of extractions of small teeth. Over the years with so much invested, if he needs the quarter of a million dollar surgery, I have to go for it. I'm In too deep.
Watched π»ππ π»πππππ ππ π΄πππ ππ πͺπππ on Netflix last night. Highly recommend it! Never underestimate old people, especially if one of them is Helen Mirren!
And if you're in the Tardis, "There will be has been bacon." π₯
No, the fascists took it. π