The Busted Nib

Hello friends! I hope you are having a splendid November. I have been reliably informed that this year was the 150th anniversary of the...

It happened AGAIN! On Sunday, October 27, the "restaurant gods" got another piece of me. It was my day off. I needed to run some errands,...

Allow me to show off a couple of new inks! First...Jungle Volcano! I figured after my angry tirade about my lost love...Orange...

I'm going to whine like an insufferable brat, in this post. You ready? Here goes. Thanks to the Forces of Evil and Villainy who hold sway...

Eighteen years ago today, terrorists killed nearly 3,000 people. Every year, a cold fist seems to grip my stomach on this day, and I find...

Apologies for having taken so long to post anything! It's been busy at work, is my excuse. Anway, because I'm a colossal dweeb, I figured...

A lying saboteur of a local weatherman promised "a relief from the recent heat wave", and that southwest Missouri "would enjoy a cool...

Cue the Ennio Morricone music. Thanks to some very dear friends in the pen pal world, I'm now the proud owner of four different Conklin...

Today is the evening of my 50th birthday (don't laugh; you'd think I had better things to do) and my younger brother very kindly offered...

A quick holiday shout-out to my pen-friends: if you're in the USA, have a happy and safe Independence Day! Set aside any political...

Hello! Today is July 1st, 2019, and the one-month anniversary of the start-up of this blog. I want to share something with you nice folks...

So, I used to tell people that one of my biggest pet peeves is being on the wrong end of "slackery" in a restaurant. ANY restaurant. This...

Let me start by apologizing for having to wait TWO WEEKS before making my first real post on this blog. Work has been really busy in the...

Welcome to my nerdy corner of the internet. My name's John; it's nice to meet you! I'm increasingly "old and busted", and I am a fountain...