In Paris, where I went to school next, it was bic pens...and after that still more bics in L.A. In terms of the sensual pleasure of writing, that did not seem like progress at all.
Maybe I should go back to the nibbed pens/ink writing. Fountain pens don't work for me because, when I pause to think, they dry up. Whereas, with pen/ink, when you're ready to write, you first dip in the pelentitude of the well...and then ....pause for a second...and then write.
Felt tips are kind of like sex with condoms.
Joanna
----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan Rudy" <alan.rudy at gmail.com> To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org Sent: Saturday, July 24, 2010 9:01:12 PM Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] artisinal everything
Joy = Mechanical Drafting Pencil, .5MM Lead, .4MM Fixed Sleeve, Black Barrel PENP205A
I used to love pens with real ink, too...
damn computers...
On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 9:23 PM, martin <mschiller at pobox.com> wrote:
>
> On Jul 24, 2010, at 2:38 PM, Joseph Catron wrote:
>
> > On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 5:07 PM, <123hop at comcast.net> wrote:
> >
> > But it has to be a joke... right?
> >>
> >
> > I imagine that depends on whether anyone sends him money.
>
> I imagine that a pencil, the labor to sharpen it, package it with it's
> shavings and a certificate of authenticity, would be a bargain at the
> fifteen dollar price.
>
> The print option is interesting, but there's not much information, other
> than that they are signed limited editions of fifty. At twenty five dollars
> for an edition of fifty, is only twelve fifty for a sold out edition, and
> there's shipping and studio rent. I imagine one could come up with a labor
> theory of value (of sorts) given that info.
>
> For my part, I don't like number two pencils. I find them too hard for my
> taste, but that's not the reason I dislike them. They are ubiquitous, and
> they make it difficult to find a number one pencil. I like a dark
> smudge-able line.
>
> martin
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