last one I swear?

If you buy me a box of these, I will write you ten letters (one for each pencil).

Please click on the image to visit an online store which has only 8 (wonderful) products.

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redesign!

Today, instead of editing a short piece about pencils and their optimal dullness (and another about lunchtime OCD), I decided to update and sort of redesign this here blog thing here. Productive, no? I have updated the blog’s theme; this one now supports widgets! I have also made it so that now, instead of one header image, there are 21. You will receive a different image every time you visit (until, ostensibly, you’ve visited 22 times). Also, if you visit this site on a mobile device, you will see a site optimized for mobile devices! My goodness! Any and all feedback will be greatly appreciated!

Maybe, at some point, I will also update and redesign the content I put here.

To keep you from hitting the refresh button 21 times (because I know you’re itching to do so?), here are scaled down versions of all the possible header images.





















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pencils!

Since my oddly illustrated post about insects and pencils, my friend Kristy and I have been talking (well, digitally; mostly via the Facebook) about pencil obsession, which is something other people (not me, not Kristy) have. I initially pointed her to Mark Frauenfelder’s review of the new, pre-production Palomino Blackwing on boingboing, as well as some other pencil-obsessed sites. Earlier today, Kristy pointed me here, FTW:

PENCIL TIP SCULPTURE BY AN ARTIST NAMED DALTON GHETTI!!!

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please read the image in this post from bottom to top

This is already several days old, which on the internet is months or something. However, I highly recommend reading it out loud to someone who would appreciate it. Then, go out and buy the first four seasons of Tim & Eric Awesome Show Great Job! on DVD.

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-08-28

  • Dear Mr. Larsson: Was giving the proper name of every single piece of Ikea furniture really all that necessary? Lack, Malm, SørenstÃ¥ngleson? #
  • @bilald Please excuse my pedanticism, but "non-plussed" means "confused." I'm sure you are also that. in reply to bilald #
  • No one will ever write a song called "Nitro Burning Funny Cars." #fb #

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oh wait, this post needs a title

There is currently a small insect on its back, wriggling helplessly on my desk.

Garage-Bar - 1

I have given it something to grab onto, and it is now right-side up.

Garage Storage - 1

For some reason or another, I have started using wood pencils again.

Garage Storage - 2

I had been using Pentel “Quicker Clicker” mechanical pencils for more than 10 years.

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Mechanical pencils never quite attain an “optimal dullness.”

New Love Seat - 2

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-08-21

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-08-14

  • Some hangovers are kind of sweet because they were so totally worth it. #congratsJess amp;Frank! #
  • That could have taken an hour. Why did it take 4? #
  • Back to work for real today. But what does that mean, exactly, to the unemployed? #fb #
  • @dmg541 Hells yeah. in reply to dmg541 #
  • Proud owner of a new Subaru Outback. #fb #
  • Is the head of the Russian union of ice cream sellers the most powerful person in that country right now? #
  • @cornelln NO. in reply to cornelln #
  • @cornelln There is a HUGE difference between "every day" and "everyday." in reply to cornelln #
  • I've nearly cut Facebook out of my diet, and now, when I want to look at pictures, it won't load them? #RidiculousModernAnnoyances #

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Pictures from Maui

J and I spent the last two weeks on Maui. We went for Jen’s cousin’s wedding (which was a lovely affair), and also for our honeymoon. We had a fantastic time! We rented a cottage in the jungle on the north shore, used that as our base of operations, and explored the island from there. Here is a sampling of pictures from our trip. Each picture is also a link to a slide show of all the photos we put up on Flickr (about 1/3 of the total pictures taken).

We saw a rainbow every day (this was by far the best one):
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We watched John & Becky get married:
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We hiked two miles to a 400 ft. waterfall:
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We went to a gray sand beach:
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We fell in love (with the island and with each other all over again):
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-24

  • @ohoneybird I just bought the Tumbleweed Tiny House book. So beautiful! in reply to ohoneybird #
  • Whole Foods just put an "extra" shot of espresso in my 12 oz. americano, thus making the total 4? Wish me luck. #fb #

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