vintage

I spotted a vintage Pelikan 100 in the wild — the reference desk, really — on Monday. It was burgundy with a bright gold “beak” clip and its owner let me write with it. It was filled with Private Reserve Chocolat, an excellent choice for this smooth writer. I let the patron write with my Lamy 2000, which is the new hotness of my collection and the Pelikan’s opposite in form and character; while the Pelikan reminded me of an antique Bentley, my Lamy is more of an Audi TT. It was a random treat in the middle of a dull day. Now I am flipping through Fountain Pens Past and Present and it smells just like my high school yearbooks used to smell. That combined with the smell of freshly-baking bread is making me homesick for Chicago, but only...

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Posted on 14 Apr 2009 | 2 comments

first chirp

Last July, when I visited my mom in Chicago, we went to the Museum of Science and Industry. I filmed some video of my favorite exhibit, the baby chick incubator, then tweaked it a little in...

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Posted on 7 Mar 2006 | Comments Off