The Lamy, The Snitch, and the Wardrobe
So my 8 yr old ratted me out. "Dad, I can't do my reading because Mom's PEN STUFF is all over the place!" My husband began to notice that I have "Quite a Few pens now, sweetheart..."
Time to go underground! I gathered up all my PEN STUFF and made a Pen Sanctuary out of a wardrobe that I'd only been using for my bongos and amplifiers. Now I have quite a nicely organized spot for all things Pen [including a mini-chandelier].
Looks innocent enough:
But look inside:
A Pen Cave!
"Nolo esse salus sine vobis ...” —St. Augustine
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That is one groovy 8" chandelier.
Online arguments are a lot like the Rocky Horror Picture Show.
As soon as the audience begins to participate, any actual content is lost in the resulting chaos and cacophony.
At that point, all you can do is laugh and enjoy the descent into debasement.
VertOlive (August 5th, 2014)
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That is SO COOL! Does one of the shelves pull out (like desk printer shelves) to allow you to sit and write?
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An exhausting 8-hr roundtrip day to Los Angeles, and I come home to this: a wonderful title for a post, inclusion of the phrase "...been using for my bongos and amplifiers", and then the photos!
This is so cool, Vert, you just totally made my day - Have FUN!
"When Men differ in Opinion, both Sides ought equally to have the Advantage of being heard by the Publick;
and that when Truth and Error have fair Play, the former is always an overmatch for the latter."
~ Benjamin Franklin
VertOlive (August 6th, 2014)
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I'm hoping your bongos didn't get shoved under the bed or banished to the garage.
VertOlive (August 6th, 2014)
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sanctuarium calligarpharis
Looks fabulous but it needs some clowns or an upside-down Montblanc.
Echoing Sinister Scribbler, are you going to add a pullout writing shelf of some kind ?
sinistral hypergraphica - a slurry of ink
"Nothing means less than zero"
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Originally Posted by rdcalhoon
"When Men differ in Opinion, both Sides ought equally to have the Advantage of being heard by the Publick;
and that when Truth and Error have fair Play, the former is always an overmatch for the latter."
~ Benjamin Franklin
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What can I say? I want one. Hubby and I went out this weekend and bought two small cabinets to sit atop the drop down desk I moved from the kitchen to my little nook kingdom. But I feel embarassed at my meager little cabinets compared to the Pen Oz that you have created.
(Isn't Jon's bongo playing tarantula cool?)
Lady Onogaro
"Be yourself--everybody else is already taken." --Oscar Wilde
Jon Szanto (August 5th, 2014)
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So. This is really working out well as a Pen Hide! As to the comments--there is no pull out writing surface, this was used for a clothes closet and an entertainment center in its other lives. The desk is a glass console table next to the baby grand a few feet away.
The bongos are safe! You can still see them in the middle photo--they are a required part of my "Stress Relief Therapy Program" [controlled pounding is quite satisfying after a dicey day at work].
A little martillo to accompany the spidey:
"Nolo esse salus sine vobis ...” —St. Augustine
Crazyorange (August 12th, 2014), Jon Szanto (August 6th, 2014)
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Gives a whole new meaning to the term Pen-oire...
Crazyorange (August 12th, 2014), pengeezer (August 8th, 2014)
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You need more ink...
"What are moon-letters?" asked the hobbit full of excitement. He loved maps, as I have told you before; and he also loved runes and letters, and cunning handwriting, though when he wrote himself it was a bit thin and spidery.
VertOlive (August 7th, 2014)
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I need that outfit.So. This is really working out well as a Pen Hide! As to the comments--there is no pull out writing surface, this was used for a clothes closet and an entertainment center in its other lives. The desk is a glass console table next to the baby grand a few feet away.
The bongos are safe! You can still see them in the middle photo--they are a required part of my "Stress Relief Therapy Program" [controlled pounding is quite satisfying after a dicey day at work].
A little martillo to accompany the spidey:
What you have there is the Inkwart's Room of Requirement.
My other pen is a Montblanc.
And my other blog is a tumblr!
And my latest ebook, for spooky wintery reading:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0CM2NGSSD
tiffanyhenschel (August 12th, 2014), VertOlive (August 7th, 2014)
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I'm so jealous! So much space!
VertOlive (August 7th, 2014)
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Nice space. Wish I had room for something like that. I noticed your ink towel. Anyone done a subject for people to show their ink towels?
Sandy
We don't know what we don't know
Bogon07 (August 7th, 2014)
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Waiting for your moving sale!
"Nolo esse salus sine vobis ...” —St. Augustine
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"When Men differ in Opinion, both Sides ought equally to have the Advantage of being heard by the Publick;
and that when Truth and Error have fair Play, the former is always an overmatch for the latter."
~ Benjamin Franklin
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Yes, somewhere around here I think lisantica started a pen towel thread...
"Nolo esse salus sine vobis ...” —St. Augustine
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[QUOTE=VertOlive;90796]So my 8 yr old ratted me out. "Dad, I can't do my reading because Mom's PEN STUFF is all over the place!" My husband began to notice that I have "Quite a Few pens now, sweetheart..."
Time to go underground! I gathered up all my PEN STUFF and made a Pen Sanctuary out of a wardrobe that I'd only been using for my bongos and amplifiers. Now I have quite a nicely organized spot for all things Pen [including a mini-chandelier].
Looks innocent enough:
But look inside:
A Pen Cave!
I'm afraid all my stuff would not fit!!
VertOlive (August 12th, 2014)
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Love that! It's that exact reason I get all new purchases shipped to my work address and then straight into a cabinet in the basement workshop.
VertOlive (August 12th, 2014)
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Cool....a pen cave. You are so ingenious. Just where are your bongos??? Garage?
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