Not that I'm setting out to do a series on pesky critters ...but here's another tale. Some of you have heard it before, but I was...

A bit ago, Rhodia Drive put out a call for photos of your favorite pencil . Of course I want to participate. But picking favorites is hard...

I realize this is out of my usual scope, but caffeine addiction seems to go side-by-side with writing material obsession, no? So here we ...

This, my friends, is why I should not be allowed to roam Staples unsupervised, especially at back to school time. In my defense, at least...

Something of a case in point: a childhood journal entry from the 80s, in which the pencil looks as clear as it did the day it was written, ...

GROCERY STORE CLERK (to two customers): "I'm sorry sirs, but we're currently out of bagged ice." CUSTOMER #1 (nattily if e...

1. July is almost always a tough month for me. It's silly, really: the days are long and bright, the sun and the warm weather have *f...

That which has been seen cannot be unseen: the cafe cap for my Klean Kanteen looks like a cartoon Geordie La Forge.

During the summer, I tend to bike the trail a lot more than I walk it, but the last few days, I've had the urge to play pedestrian. ...

Typed on the robofont Olympia SM-9 that came to me indirectly from Richard Polt , by way of notagain .