The Busted Nib
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Hello friends! I hope you are having a splendid November. I have been reliably informed that this year was the 150th anniversary of the...
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The Busted Nib
Nov 6, 20197 min read
ANOTHER bad day for restaurants!
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,...
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The Busted Nib
Oct 16, 20195 min read
Smoky Quartz and Jungle Volcano
Allow me to show off a couple of new inks! First...Jungle Volcano! I figured after my angry tirade about my lost love...Orange...
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The Busted Nib
Sep 28, 20195 min read
A Step Closer to the Abyss...
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...
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The Busted Nib
Sep 11, 20193 min read
Never forget.
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...
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The Busted Nib
Aug 26, 20199 min read
Fort Noodlers
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...
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The Busted Nib
Jul 29, 20197 min read
Goats and Gift Shops are Thieves.
A lying saboteur of a local weatherman promised "a relief from the recent heat wave", and that southwest Missouri "would enjoy a cool...
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The Busted Nib
Jul 17, 20198 min read
A Fistful of Conklins
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...
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The Busted Nib
Jul 7, 20194 min read
Restaurants continue to thwart me.
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...
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The Busted Nib
Jul 4, 20191 min read
Happy Fourth of July!
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...
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The Busted Nib
Jul 1, 20194 min read
An Ink Shoot-Out: using my "Grey Matter."
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...
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The Busted Nib
Jun 25, 20194 min read
Restaurants, and the Fall of Mankind...
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...
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The Busted Nib
Jun 17, 20195 min read
Ha Ha Tonka State Park, and the Conklin Duraflex.
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...
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The Busted Nib
Jun 1, 20191 min read
Hello, there!
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...
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