The Busted Nib

First of all, let me apologize for the LONG absence. Life has been quite a circus in the last few months, largely thanks to the legal...

Hello! This was originally going to be a short write-up to have been completed several weeks ago, where I was going to tell you about the...

Greetings, all! Allow me to apologize for a lengthy absence. A blog post is well overdue! The 2020 holidays were dizzyingly brutal at my...

Hello folks! I wanted to apologize for my long absence. As many folks know, I work in a call center for a retail business (as do my...

After last month's lengthy post about ol' Edgar Blankenship, I thought I'd steer the Busted Nib back onto pens, with a brief post about...

I apologize for not having posted anything for a while. Work has been a little nuts. This is a brief departure from my usual topics. If...

Have a look at the newest member of John's pen-family! I have a dear friend in New Zealand named Barbara who knows more about fountain...

I want to thank all of you nice folks who read this blog and who write me such wonderful pen pal letters, or are otherwise just good...

For a month now, I've been experimenting with making home made hummus. Up until now, I've poured three can's worth of chick peas down my...

Hello! I'm back at work now, and the post-COVID 19 work load has been horrendous. It's kept me from making time to update my blog; I...

Hello! I hope everyone in the USA had a happy and safe Memorial Day, and remembered that it's about more than just barbeques at the lake....

I have a more pen-related post in the works for you, but before I get to that in my next post, I have at least one more "coping with...

Hello, and Happy Easter Sunday. I thought for today, I'd check to see what festive, "Easter-type" ink colors I have available in my ink...

Dear friends...first and foremost, I hope everyone is okay and is staying safe during these uncertain times. I hope everyone is finding...

Behold: the world's biggest roll of toilet paper, located at the "Ripley's Believe It or Not" museum in Branson, Missouri. (That's not a...

It was Friday the 13th of March, and I was supposed to be at a pen show in Little Rock, Arkansas. I'd been planning that vacation since...

I have been so busy with work lately, that I’ve let my blog languish! I couldn’t let Leap Day go by without a post, however. A couple of...

Deep thoughts, right here. In a brief departure from posts about pens & stationery, I want to share a thought. It occurred to me the...

Hello! The dust at my day-job is finally starting to settle after the holidays (or, "the annual holiday retail apocalypse", as I've been...

Santa arrived early this year! This beautiful pen was sent to me by a dear friend in New Zealand, who has better taste in fountain pens...