Lost Your Pen Top?
Simple and effective. For fixing the collection of pens with missing or broken tops. What You’ll Need: Pen with missing/broken clicker Appropriately sized nail Hard surface (table/block of wood), Magazine Bit of force Steps: 1. Take the nail and make sure it’s slightly thicker than the ink tube inside the pen (not too thick or it will crack and damage the tube) 2. Take your pen and rest the tip on the hard surface (make sure you have a magazine or something thick on top so the pressure from…Read More
Where Are the Wild Things?
I think the majority of us have grown up with or at least heard/seen Where the Wild Things Are. I enjoyed it as a kid, but was never in-love with it. But that’s sort of changed. I knew the movie was coming out and went all nostalgic and dug up the picture book… it’s awesome on so many different levels. I noticed about 3 spreads in the middle of the book with no words at all. I’m assuming the majority of the film is going to be based within…Read More
Word of the Day – Altercation
Altercation Al`ter*ca”tion\ (?; 277), n. [F. altercation, fr. L. altercatio.] Warm contention in words; dispute carried on with heat or anger; controversy; wrangle; wordy contest. “Stormy altercations.” –Macaulay. Syn: Altercation, Dispute, Wrangle. Usage: The term dispute is in most cases, but not necessarily, applied to a verbal contest; as, a dispute on the lawfulness of war. An altercation is an angry dispute between two parties, involving an interchange of severe language. A wrangle is a confused and noisy altercation. Their whole life was little else than a perpetual wrangling and altercation. –Hakewill. Source:…Read More
Why Not Now?
I think now would be a good a time as any to start the blog I’ve been meaning to for months, the world keeps spinning as I keep waiting for the perfect time and the perfect post to be the first, so why not now? Next Saturday – March 28th 2009 @ 8:30pm is Earth Hour, where everyone is encouraged to switch off their lights for 1 Hour and be part of making a difference. I love this campaigne. It says change is simple and the difference one person…Read More
