So, I've recently reviewed 'nice' pens and some porous tip ones I thought were okay-ish. How about a cheap pen that you can buy in the high street which is good? Actually I've got a bunch that fall in this class but first out of the gate is one I bought last year.

My review of the V5 Grip/V7 refillable wasn't positive due to feed reliability of ( Read more... )

In my exploration of pen happiness I like to try new things. So when my favourite pen blogger Brad Dowdy listed his top five plastic tip pens I figured it was a cheap way to try something new ( Read more... )

Only saw one film this weekend, 'When I will be Dictator'. It was made from hundreds of recovered 8mm home movies and is tied together by a voiceover narrative in French (with subtitles ( Read more... )

So SFL have decided to update their formula again and have spread film showings out over a week and a half. Which is a pity as some of the week night stuff I'd liked to have caught but can't get to the Stratford Picture House from Chiswick in time. They also have stuff at the BFI again but most films seemed booked out quickly; maybe the BFI ( Read more... )

Well as pierre_fermat pointed out it's been too long since my last pen review.

While I have a number to get done this particular one is long overdue. The Cross Edge was a 40th birthday present last March from my partner Vicky. It has been in the work circulation a couple of times so is well overdue for a write up.

Which is more of a pity as it is one of the ( Read more... )

At this year's Dragonmeet was a stall which Vicky and I got very excited about. We had seen the All Rolled Up gaming wraps online and were very impressed. Now we had the chance to buy one in person from one half of the couple who make them ( Read more... )

I've been neglecting my journalling, as usual. So...

Job - I've been with OpenBet for 5 months now. It's going well. There's a great atmosphere and the two teams I work on are nice. I'm still on the learning curve and it's still a bit stressful but much better than the last job for my mental health. They're very big on staff contentment with lots ( Read more... )

When I left Testhouse my team bought me a Lamy Al-Star fountain pen with the 'Ocean Blue' barrel. I really liked my Safari rollerball and my Platinum Preppy fountain pen. So my colleague, also a pen geek, made the sensible call that I'd like a combination of the two ( Read more... )

(Alan - feel free to use this for MH ( Read more... )

So the Platinum Preppy is my first fountain pen. I'd seen them on Cult Pens shop and decided at less than £4 I could give one a try. I didn't expect very much from such a cheap pen but I've found it very good. So good in that using it at work I have completely used up the ink cartridge ( Read more... )