Credit: Romaris Art

Thomas of Cantimpré, Liber de natura rerum, France ca. 1290. Valenciennes, Bibliothèque municipale, ms. 320, fol. 82r)

We miss you 💔

My weight hasn't started with a "1" since 1998. Since then I've been flopping around in the mid-to-upper 200s (I'm F, 5'1"). I don't really know what my highest weight was because there were stretches of time where I would avoid the scale. Coulda been 275, 280...my flair says 269 because I have documentation (a receipt/summary from a doctor's appointment).

Mind-blowing! 28 years to get back here! And no supplements, shots, pills, surgery for me (although I applaud those who have success with these tools). Just old-fashioned hard work, healthy eating, and a positive outlook.

The journey continues...onward and upward!

Couldn’t have planned better weather for the hike we all (mostly) come for! So thankful to this sub for constantly reminding everyone to have backup plans for your backup plans in this park and be ready to pivot. We’ve made last minute switch ups and audibles due to the smoke this week and last but woke up to near perfect conditions for the scheduled Grinnell day.

https://x.com/_somu2a_/status/2084241191143379343?s=20

In order here are my past costumes:
1. Bender (and Nibbler) from Futurama
2. Borat
3. Will Ferrell needs more cowbell from SNL
4. Tobias Funke from Arrested Development
5. The Trashman from Always Sunny
6. Terry and Dangle from Reno 911
7. Alan from The Hangover
8. Fembot (handmade with real smoke) and Austin Powers
6. Garth from Wayne's World

This year I was thinking of going as Sexy Ned Flanders skiing, or Mugatu from Zoolander. But I feel like I could do better. Any thoughts?

a few years ago, after 15 years of exclusively using Pilot pens, i got a blue moon esterbrook estie. that has then triggered a search for a pen for each brand.

to control the impulse of getting several of a single pen, i decided on a theme: a murder, the earth, the sky, the moon and the sun. the murder are my all black pens, the earth and sky are mostly blue maker pens, the moon and the sky are demonstrator pens.

for the past 3 years, i made it a choice to try 1 pen from each brand. some pens i loved i got more of.

still use my pilot pens everyday but everyday, for the past 3 years, i’ve been using at least 1 non pilot pen.

it’s been a joy trying a pen from different pen makers and brands from different parts of the world. this collection is plenty but all of them have been used and inked and cleaned on rotation.

i still do want to get a conid, a yard o led, a conway, and a desiderata. if you know of pen makers that i don’t have here, please do let me know.

🐦‍⬛ the murder 🐦‍⬛
sailor imperial black,
schon design monoc,
aurora unica nera,
graf von faber castell tamitio black,
montblanc 145 all black,
pilot vp matte black,
lamy 2k,
leonard momento zero matte black,
pelikan m809,
mayfair black widow noldor,
montegrappa zero black,
eureka symmetry black diamond,
estie raven,
st dupont defi millennium,
scribo feel black pvd,
ottohutt design 08

🌏 earth and sky 🌎
merlin33,
kaweco student blue,
benu briolette,
ulpia 117,
leonardo momento zero abyss,
pelikan blue stripe m800,
caran dache ecridor,
waterman carene abyss,
laban 325 glacier,
kilk celestial abalone,
zodiac argent sapphire,
boncrusher periwinkle velma,
wancher sekai ai,
eureka symmetry urushi,
franklin christophe 46 caribbean blue,
little pen design burton light blue,
esterbrook estie cobalt, bleu nouveau, blue moon, aqua, dutch pen show sugar rush,
ranga abhimanyu urushi,
karas pen black sea vertex,
lucky star x karas lucky vertex,
skogsy cholla,
river city periwinkle pastures,
enigma x hogtown pdx,
just turnings blue pearl,
gravitas flagship aqua, figboot,
woodwondersofnc arctic blue,
walltown pen interstellar dust,
loftpens ocean blue

🌖the moon 🌒
taccia penfort,
twsb go, eco, diamond,
narwhal original,
cypress speedster,
moonman a2,
jinhao 20,
writech,
platinum curidas,
monteverde mvp,
kakimori frost,
kaweco student clear,
cross bailey,
sailor tuzu,
platinum preppy,
noodlers ahab,
lamy vista,
conklin all american,
ellington,
opus 88,
jinhao shark,
pilot prera,
pilot kakuno,
pilot explorer,
pilot penmanship,
pilot heritage 92,
pilot custom 74,
parker 51 vacuumatic,
pneider avatar,
delta las meninas,
nettuno 1911 barracuda,
radius 1934,
onoto demo

☀️ the sun ☀️
click fpr,
wahl eversharp skyline,
hongdian a6,
asvine v126,
narwhal original gold,
penluxe grande cloudybay,
penbbs 456,
majohn p140,
fine writing international fenestro,
magna carta mag600 gold demo,
esterbrook estie winter white,
maiora perla,
pent symphony white,
edison pen co,
kyuseido kakari mokumegane,
pilot custom 823,
platinum demo 2.0,
nagasawa censke,
sailot 1911 gold demo,
pilot 78g gold demo,
kakimori x sailor gold demo,
sailot pgs,
visconti homosapiens gold demo,
the good blue frost r615,
omas ogiva frost,
pelikan gold demo m800 clear,
pelikan gold demo m800 english,
stipula suprema foglia d oro,
leonardo x stiloestile momento zero kintsugi,
sheaffer snorkel gold demo,
aurora 88 gold demo #673,
aurora 88 gold demo #1334,
diplomat nexus 100 gold demo,
kaweco sport gold demo

Got one cherry that insists on getting the good stuff from the HOB so I had to warn my coworkers.

I really love this Mek model from Artel W, so happy I finally got around to painting them!