I'm A Sad, Pathetic Stationery Junkie.

[amberleadavis]

3 hours ago, ParramattaPaul said:

REDUNDANCY! REDUNDANCY!

Nights are by nature dark.

 

When I was a teenager, we would go out to the desert at night.  On full moon nights, you could see long distances and cast a shadow.  On moonless nights, it was scary dark..

[amberleadavis]

@Misfit just start. 

 

[Misfit]

27 minutes ago, amberleadavis said:

@Misfit just start. 

 

If the Ink Goddess says to start, then I will get it started in an hour or so. I am your humble servant. 

[Misfit]

Here it is!

 

 

[ParramattaPaul]

5 hours ago, Misfit said:

...that I repeat myself, that I say things over and over?”

Something of which I am guilty when I'm teaching something to someone.

[ParramattaPaul]

3 hours ago, amberleadavis said:

On full moon nights, you could see long distances

My godfather who was an RAF fighter pilot during WWII said full moon on a clear night called a 'bomber's moon'.  Flying at high altitude, the bomber crews of Bomber Command on their nightly missions over Occupied Europe could look down and see the landscape lit up although dimly which made finding and hitting their targets easier.  

[Z man]

10 hours ago, Gloucesterman said:

I am wondering (wandering too) does all of this back and forth banter make us "lit-wits"?

or am I just being to picky?

I think the correct word is witlings.

[Gloucesterman]

7 hours ago, ParramattaPaul said:

Something of which I am guilty when I'm teaching something to someone.

In fact Paul, when one is teaching something to "someone" repetition is vital. It's a VERY rare quality on the part of a "learner" to be able retain even important information based on a single "hearing". In my experience, the ability, on the part of a teacher, to restate the same information in different ways help the brain process information and retain it more efficiently and more effectively.

 

Metaphors and similes also assist individuals to learn because there are multiple learning styles and people's brain processes input differently. IIRC John (?) Gardener, a professors at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, speaks of different types of intelligence in addition to only the intellectual kind.

 

An old acquaintance used to say, It's not how smart are you, it's HOW are you smart?"

[amberleadavis]

20 hours ago, Misfit said:

If the Ink Goddess says to start, then I will get it started in an hour or so. I am your humble servant. 

 

You are awesome!

[inkypete]

Had a tough husband wife moment today. Walked past a Milligram store and said I was going in for a browse. She asked a killer question - why, what do you need? I struggled to answer intelligently.

[ParramattaPaul]

18 minutes ago, inkypete said:

Had a tough husband wife moment today. Walked past a Milligram store and said I was going in for a browse. She asked a killer question - why, what do you need? I struggled to answer intelligently.

Speaking from personal experience,  the wisest thing we men can do at times like that is to say, 'I was hoping to find something for you that you might like.'  It's that or change the subject and keep walking

[Misfit]

@inkypete I feel your pain. Stationery! 

[amberleadavis]

1 hour ago, inkypete said:

Had a tough husband wife moment today. Walked past a Milligram store and said I was going in for a browse. She asked a killer question - why, what do you need? I struggled to answer intelligently.

 

Oh, I understand. I just give the blank look - then say, I need to walk up and down each aisle.  1. Because it is good exercise in air conditioned comfort (remember it is really hot right now in Vegas so outside exercise is a no go);  and 2. Once I see it, I will know that I need it.

 

50 minutes ago, ParramattaPaul said:

Speaking from personal experience,  the wisest thing we men can do at times like that is to say, 'I was hoping to find something for you that you might like.'  It's that or change the subject and keep walking

 

Ooo that's good.

 

Or you knew I liked these kinds of stores when we started dating. (My first gift to my now husband was a tape dispenser).  And then give the big doe eyes.  Surely your wife doesn't want you shopping without her, who knows what kind of trouble you could get in.

 

 

[taimdala]

On 7/29/2022 at 11:02 PM, Misfit said:

Here it is!

 

 

 

THANK YOUUUUU! ♥ ♥ ♥

 

[Misfit]

3 hours ago, taimdala said:

 

THANK YOUUUUU! ♥ ♥ ♥

 

I read your lovely post there. Everyone should check it out.  

[mhguda]

I loved it too. And I will admit to having - but not yet having used - two MQ graph paper 600 pages notebooks.

The trouble is there is so much great paper made into notebooks - everyone is a choice for one and not for all the others. And every time I am unable to withstand the temptation of getting more paper, that contradiction deepens. And sometimes it's not even getting more paper - it is also nice to make my own notebooks, even if they aren't as perfect as the store bought ones, I still like them and like to use them...

[Misfit]

@mhguda I think it’s cool you make your own notebooks. Why care if it isn’t perfect?  It’s one of a kind!

[mhguda]

1 hour ago, Misfit said:

@mhguda I think it’s cool you make your own notebooks. Why care if it isn’t perfect?  It’s one of a kind!

True - and while not perfect (I am too impatient for that) I do make sure I have good, fp-friendly paper in them.

And making them, with the number of pages I feel like having, is also a very Zen exercise. Enjoyable.

 

[taimdala]

23 hours ago, Misfit said:

I read your lovely post there. Everyone should check it out.  

 Thank you, Misfit.  I hope it brightened your day. 😃

[taimdala]

22 hours ago, mhguda said:

I loved it too. And I will admit to having - but not yet having used - two MQ graph paper 600 pages notebooks.

The trouble is there is so much great paper made into notebooks - everyone is a choice for one and not for all the others. And every time I am unable to withstand the temptation of getting more paper, that contradiction deepens. And sometimes it's not even getting more paper - it is also nice to make my own notebooks, even if they aren't as perfect as the store bought ones, I still like them and like to use them...

 

Glad you liked it, mhguda.

 

And I agree with you on the matter of paper, temptation for more paper, and the background itch to find *just* the right paper with *just* the right features (ruling vs. blank vs. dot or grid) with *just* the right covers and storage options ....

 

It very quickly snowballs into something simply impossible! LOL!

 

My notebook unicorn is one that has an expandable storage pocket on the inside front and back covers, blank pages, multiple ribbon bookmarks, and a cover that is neither too stiff nor too flexible and is durable against scuffs and wet stuff. It has to have white paper--nothing colored or tinted to skew the color of my fountain pen ink. It has to have paper sturdy enough to take light watercolor washes and not have my writing ghost to the other side, yet not be so heavy that it isn't flexible.

 

And while I'm at it, I want it to smell like sakura blossoms or sandalwood. At least, please let it smell like the Hello Kitty store of my children's childhood. All three of us ***MISS*** that store SO MUCH.