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Nov. 17th, 2016 05:06 pmDid you know that Hitler was wealthy enough that he didn't need his salary, so he turned it down as a propaganda move so he could look selfless? TIL.
I ordered Chinese tonight because I haven't had the time to get some real food together. Not that what I eat on most nights is really "real food". It's lots of pasta, no wonder I'm getting bigger. I'm just constantly in low-level "aaaaaaaaaaaaa" mode over work and life deadlines and that makes me procrastinate. I have to sit down with recipes and make some lists for food to buy. I need a plan. Plans are good.
Spent much of the evening cleaning my three repair pens - heating them and getting the last of the rubber bits off the sections, and then rinsing out the nibs. The WearEver's nib won't flush, so I'm guessing there's some dried ink clogging it up and it's going to soak for a while. Either the WearEver Deluxe(?) or the Esterbrook J is going to be Owen's Christmas present with some ink (green ink, it is objectively the most fun): they're both red, his favorite color. It all depends on how the nibs test after I have the pens put back together. I'd like to give Mom one as well, but none of the ones I have right now speak to me as presents for her.
BREAKING NEWS: Merriam-Webster reported Sunday evening that “fascism” is currently the top look-up on its site. According to the dictionary, searches for “misogyny,” “bigot,” “xenophobe,” “racism” and “xenophobia” also spiked after Tuesday’s election. I wonder why. I am pretty sure I literally said last Wednesday or Thursday that I was eagerly awaiting the announcement that people were suddenly searching for things they should have looked up weeks ago. Glad not to be disappointed, I guess.
I ordered Chinese tonight because I haven't had the time to get some real food together. Not that what I eat on most nights is really "real food". It's lots of pasta, no wonder I'm getting bigger. I'm just constantly in low-level "aaaaaaaaaaaaa" mode over work and life deadlines and that makes me procrastinate. I have to sit down with recipes and make some lists for food to buy. I need a plan. Plans are good.
Spent much of the evening cleaning my three repair pens - heating them and getting the last of the rubber bits off the sections, and then rinsing out the nibs. The WearEver's nib won't flush, so I'm guessing there's some dried ink clogging it up and it's going to soak for a while. Either the WearEver Deluxe(?) or the Esterbrook J is going to be Owen's Christmas present with some ink (green ink, it is objectively the most fun): they're both red, his favorite color. It all depends on how the nibs test after I have the pens put back together. I'd like to give Mom one as well, but none of the ones I have right now speak to me as presents for her.
BREAKING NEWS: Merriam-Webster reported Sunday evening that “fascism” is currently the top look-up on its site. According to the dictionary, searches for “misogyny,” “bigot,” “xenophobe,” “racism” and “xenophobia” also spiked after Tuesday’s election. I wonder why. I am pretty sure I literally said last Wednesday or Thursday that I was eagerly awaiting the announcement that people were suddenly searching for things they should have looked up weeks ago. Glad not to be disappointed, I guess.
