As The Heel Turns: In Which Count Sockula Rides Again
Count Sockula is seeing daylight for the first time in, well, forever and a half. Not seeing daylight, exactly, because as we all know CS is a creature of the night, muahahaaa.But the author of this...
View ArticleProvisionally Speaking: In Which Count Sockula Continues To Heel
Question: What’s both top-down and toe-up and easy all over? Answer: The Provisional Cast-on. Count Sockula did not invent the Provisional Cast-On. Whoever did that was a genius. However, CS is...
View ArticleFarewell, Mr. Groovy: In Which Dr. Inkenstein Takes A Breather
Disclaimer: Kenshin does not own the Yuu Yuu Hakusho characters (they are the property of Togashi Yoshihiro et al), and does not make any money from said characters.What Kenshin does own, however, are...
View ArticleThen and Now: In Which Dr. Inkenstein Re-Views The World's Worst Pen
Of course, the Zebra V-301 isn't REALLY the world's worst fountain pen. No, that honor belongs to a completely nameless, cheap plastic, turquoise fountain pen Dr. Inkenstein owned briefly back in the,...
View ArticleMaya's Tale: In Which Dr. Inkenstein Posts The Latest YYH Fic
Disclaimer: Kenshin does not own the Yuu Yuu Hakusho characters (they are the property of Togashi Yoshihiro et al), and does not make any money from said characters. What Kenshin does own, however,...
View ArticleMerry Christmas!
Disclaimer: Kenshin does not own the Yuu Yuu Hakusho characters (they are the property of Togashi Yoshihiro et al), and does not make any money from said characters. What Kenshin does own,...
View ArticleThe Story of Ruth: In Which Dr. Inkenstein Paints Horses
Way back in the days when dinosaurs roamed the earth, and no one ever thought of the word 'collectible,' Dr. inkenstein owned some Breyer horse models. Of course, they all vanished somewhere along the...
View ArticleBlue-Blacks: In Which Dr. Inkenstein Ponders A New Obssession
Lately, Dr. Inkenstein has been, well, let's say highly INTERESTED in blue-black inks. After all, they are our favorite colors, if you include those inks that lean teal, like Iroshizuku Ku-Jaku and...
View ArticleNight Sapphire: In Which Dr. Inkenstein Continues the Blue-Black Quest
Continuing with our blue-black mania, Dr. Inkenstein reviews two new blue-black inks, and casually tosses in a third for contrast’s sake.The Chesterfield Night Sapphire, we are told, is made by...
View ArticleBlue-Black and Metro: In Which Dr. Inkenstein Furthers the Quest
Brand, Color: Iroshizuku's Tsuki-Yo, compared briefly with Chesterfield Night Sapphire Paper: Clairefontaine grid.Price: More or less $28/ in big fancy bottle for the Iro; about $8 for the...
View ArticleInCoCroMo! In Which Dr. Inkenstein and Count Sockula Both Weigh In
As many of you know, February is International Correspondence Writing Month. The info can be found HERE. Dr. Inkenstein has been participating, and even though InCo is nearly over, have a look at...
View ArticleSittin' Still: In Which Count Sockula Bags It
Okay, finally.At least Count Sockula did something useful when having to rest an injured knee as much as possible for a week and a half.Yes. Bags. Crocheting shopping bags by the dozen. Using scraps...
View ArticleMoar 'baggage:' In Which Count Sockula Can't Stop Crocheting
Here are the latest ' round' of crocheted bags. Count Sockula started crocheting baggage merely to have something to do when resting a painful knee. Now I can't stop.It's a little scary....
View ArticleBack to Bloggage: In Which Dr. Inkenstein Pinks Out
So many inks...so little time. Actually, that's not true. It's summer. There's lots of time. What we really mean is, so little energy. In addition to being good for laziness, summer is good for...
View ArticleOrange Crush: In Which Dr. Inkenstein Continues With Summer Fun
Continuing with the summer ink theme, Dr. inkenstein recalls a certain Carvel frozen dessert called Icy Wicy, which was a swirled mix of orange and fuschia sugar water on a double stick, so you and a...
View ArticleCostly Blues: In Which Dr. Inkenstein Blames FPN
The Fountain Pen Network has done it to me again: forced Dr. Inkenstein to buy MOAR INK. Forced, I tell you.What happened is that someone proposed the idea that everyone (or as much Everyone as could...
View ArticleInk-tober Ends: In Which Dr. Inkenstein Forges Ahead
For those of you who never heard of the Fountain Pen Network and the idea recently launched that we will do group tests of ALL the Iroshizuku inks, here's the most recent. November. Yu-Yake. Sunset....
View ArticleHalloween! In Which Dr. Inkenstein Weighs in Late
Since it is already December, why not post my Yuu Yuu Hakusho Halloween fan fic here? Thanks. Knew you'd understand. Mob ScenebyKenshin Having been shot, stabbed, poisoned, then dumped off the top...
View ArticleAnd The Ink Goes On: In Which Dr. Inkenstein Deep-Seas It
Yes, we are still testing Iroshizuku's Ink-of-Teh-Month, and December's offering is Shin-Kai (Deep Sea):The ink really does show a Special Effect of drying different from when it goes down wet, and...
View ArticleAll I Want For Christmas: In Which Dr. Inkenstein Posts a YYH Fan Fic
With a cameo appearance by fountain pens and ink. This particular Christmas tale involves Kitajima Maya, Kurama, Hiei, and a rare appearance by Yuusuke. It occurs a few months after the conclusion...
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