[Pen/Pencil Review] The Schneider Xtra Document 0.6mm Rollerball in Black Ink
My favorite, local Office Depot is moving to another spot in its shopping center. In anticipation of this, they’re having Moving Sales. Which means I can buy random stuff to review for cheaper than I would normally–and makes me almost as happy as Back-to-School sales. One of the pens I bought to test out that […]
[Pen/Pencil Review] The Dane-Elec ShareBytes 4GB USB Drives
This week’s review isn’t a pen, pencil, or notebook. This week, I’m talking about novelty flash/USB drives. Why? Well, one, I already have pictures taken of them so that’s one less bit of effort. And two, they’re too darned cool. While at a 20% off anything you can get in the bag sale at Staples, […]
[Pen/Pencil Review] The Bic Cristal Classic Bold 1.6mm Ballpoint Pen
I know I’ve complained loudly about pen manufactures (BIC and Papermate, I’m looking at you) defaulting to larger and larger ballpoint sizes. I’ve been quite vocal about my love of fine points. But to be fair, I hadn’t actually used one of the “new” 1.6mm “Bold” points. I needed to give them a try. So […]
[Pen/Pencil Review] The Iwako Elephant Novelty Eraser from JetPens.com
I love when JetPens.com has a sample giveaway for reviewers. I sign up every single time (and not just because I like being sent stuff for free–though BONUS!) because I always seem to get something I would never, ever buy on my own and either find what I get amusing (the pink gel pen) or […]
[Pen/Pencil Review] A Rerun and An Apology – The Rotring Rapid Pro
I apologize for doing another rerun. It’s been a crazy/weird Monday. I’ve had some brain burps from being out of town this weekend for our 5th Wedding Anniversary – then I discovered a scheduling snafu that has me all discombobulated. AND there’s really unstable weather playing tetherball with my head… all that adds up to […]
[Pen/Pencil Review] The BIC Biro Fine Point Easy Glide in Blue Ink
Seriously, I wish the BIC Biro Easy Glide fine point (or any BIC fine point) ball point pens were available in the US. They would be one of my every day, always have one on me, pens. I’m constantly frustrated that BIC and Papermate and other manufacturers have arbitrarily decided the default pen point is […]
[Pen/Pencil Review] Murder by Fred – the Post Convention Rerun
I mentioned I’d be doing a couple of reruns this month. This one was from July 2011… — I’ve seen the Fred line of products in catalogs before but haven’t ever gotten around to ordering any of them – no matter how cool. Fortunately for me, a brand new Sam Moon opened up in my […]
[Pen/Pencil Review] The Platinum Preppy Fountain Pen — Rerun
Because I’m hitting conventions hard this month (SoonerCon is over, ApolloCon Looms), I’m going to rerun a couple of early pen reviews – yes, the ones from way before I came up with a system. Also… a challenge has been thrown by author, Lou Antonelli, to find The BIC BRIO fine point (orange/yellow) barrel GREEN […]
[Pen/Pencil Review] The BIC Triumph 530RT
This week’s pen is the BIC Triumph 730 RT. I picked this up at Office Depot in the clearance bins. The package came in a 3 pack, either all black or black/red/blue. I chose the multi-color pack. BIC apparently believes in this pen, it’s been given its own webpage. The BIC Triumph 730 RT packaging […]
[Pen/Pencil Review] The MonAmi Essenti Soft Highlighter in Evergreen from JetPens.Com
Apparently I totally spaced on the fact I signed up for another random sample giveaway at Jetpens.com–until I pulled a package out of my mailbox on Friday. That was a nice surprise. This time JetPens sent me the Essenti Soft Highlighter in Evergreen by MonAmi. I’ve never reviewed a highlighter before, so this is going […]