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This vibrant rainbow lasted only about 5 minutes, but I happened to be there to see it. ~ listener
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DEAN whatever the weather!
ReplyDeleteIris = [goddess of] the rainbow...
ReplyDeletelistener--notes on previous thread.
--Alan
Have to say that all things considered, the dems did one whole helluva lot better than the reps. If I wuz a rep, I'd be looking fer a hangin' tree, about now.
ReplyDeletepuddle--I do agree about the comparison of the debates. The Republican party seems to be coming a cropper, or actually several, now. All their smart ideas (not just debates) are miscarrying. How they're going to dig themselves out of their hole is at best awfully hard to see.
ReplyDeletelistener--fountain pen update:
I've been using the Platinum Preppy 03 with converter and Noodler's black Eel ink (also half-inch Scotch tape around bottom of cap) at work today (on coffee break now) and I do like it. The converter is heavier than the cartridge, and makes the pen feel more substantial; the gold and black colors of the converter make the pen look snazzier too. A very clear and even black line (fast drying they say and it seems) that doesn't show through ordinary 20-lb copy paper. The Preppy 02 with cartridge ink gives a VERY fine line, even for me. If a person writes really small it would be a good choice, but I want something that stands out better, even if I have to be a little more careful forming the letters and numbers. I think the Preppy 03 will be my regular inexpensive knockabout at-work pen. It doesn't write on masking tape, but I have felt-tip pens for that.
I hadn't realized (hat tip to YouTube) that when filling a fountain pen converter one must be sure to fully submerge the nib in the ink, even to the extent of dipping in a bit of the pen's barrel (you wipe it off afterwards).
Noodler has a huge number of inks--many of which are reviewed online. At their web site there is a *.pdf file comparing most of them. Beware--the bottles are filled right up to the top!
--Alan
From The Atlantic, via Politicalwire.com:
ReplyDeleteThe Atlantic says “don’t be surprised if it’s Bernie Sanders who benefits just as much as Clinton from his performance at the Democratic debate—and possible even more. For an insurgent like the Vermont senator, these initial contests are the first real chance to introduce himself to the country, and judging from the Democratic debate record of 15.3 million people who tuned in to CNN, there was a lot of interest in seeing Sanders take on Clinton.”
“While pundits declared Clinton the winner, television focus groups and initial online polls went decisively for Sanders. Those are admittedly a wholly non-scientific pair of metrics, but the results got the attention of former advisers to President Obama, who said they saw the same dynamic play out during the debates eight years ago.”
--Alan