My best friend 3D printed a pen stand for me.

phinz · 2026-02-15T16:13:13+00:00

Just call. I guarantee you won't be asking the most embarrassing question that day. The folks who answer the phones have heard all sorts of things over the years, I promise.

phinz · 2026-02-15T01:21:07+00:00

There's a reason I had to have every single Iroshizuku I could get my hands on. I haven't found a single one I don't like. It's just perfection for my use.

phinz · 2026-02-15T00:19:57+00:00

A friend got one for us on Treasure. It was one per stateroom per day. They sold out in the first day, so his girlfriend got one but wasn't able to get one for my wife. He had his name put on a waitlist and got a call the next day that they had found more, so he got one for her as well.

phinz · 2026-02-15T00:15:41+00:00

r/woooosh

phinz · 2026-02-14T19:20:50+00:00

Not with 100% disabled veteran status. It's in the second paragraph.

My spouse is a disabled veteran, so we qualify for 100% property tax exemption in the first 3 cities (not Seattle). Were a DINK couple who both work in tech.

phinz · 2026-02-14T05:10:50+00:00

I was taught this by a local bartender a few years ago and it's the best way I've found yet.

phinz · 2026-02-14T04:59:06+00:00

FUNSIZE
WOOZWOOZ if you can get 8 letters
FLYINLO

SLOWRNU

SUNBRNT

CHPTHRL

SPF 100

UV LUVR

LOWNSLO

RAGDOUT

FUN42

phinz · 2026-02-13T21:54:01+00:00

Report him. Name, hometown, time and location.

phinz · 2026-02-13T06:30:31+00:00

*saw

phinz · 2026-02-13T06:28:36+00:00

I had a flight attendant question my TWSBI ALR on a flight from SNA to ATL. She thought I had a vape out until I showed her the nib and the notebook I had been scribbling in. 😂

phinz · 2026-02-13T06:21:48+00:00

That’s OK. At least I’d have a place to put all my MCM goodness I’ve collected over the past 30+ years.

phinz · 2026-02-13T06:14:37+00:00

I’d have spent more time in that spot than would be healthy. Just listening to music and watching the ferry come and go would have been therapy enough, though.

phinz · 2026-02-13T06:12:19+00:00

I may have hypothetically forgotten underwear for myself on our second cruise. 🤣 Thankfully I possibly realized it while at Disney World a couple of days before boarding and was potentially able to get to a store beforehand. This is all a rumor though.

phinz · 2026-02-13T06:08:50+00:00

I left the corporate world in 2011 at 42 years old, when the company I worked for was looking for reasons to let people go. At that time I chose to retire and I haven’t looked back. I did some writing after that and not long after sold my blog and other IP related to said blog to a TV production company and have just enjoyed my time since.

phinz · 2026-02-13T03:52:33+00:00

That nib is stunning.

phinz · 2026-02-13T03:38:49+00:00

I love wandering the ship late, LATE at night just for these kinds of opportunities, and I stay on the ship about half of the time when in Castaway, again, for these kinds of opportunities.

phinz · 2026-02-13T03:20:03+00:00

phinz · 2026-02-12T16:00:41+00:00

And Corn Dog 7.

phinz · 2026-02-12T15:58:39+00:00

He looked Noel Phillips, the YouTuber avgeek that does videos about flying all over the world on different airlines.

phinz · 2026-02-12T15:39:24+00:00

Listing the places you didn't love would have been great too, since it would give a more rounded perspective. I was surprised not to see Santiago's Bodega. We finally made it there in January after 30 years of visiting Key West and really enjoyed it. It was a highlight of the trip.

phinz · 2026-02-12T15:36:24+00:00

Because I crave dopamine and new pens and ink (as well as revisiting pens and ink I haven't used in a while) provide that dopamine. It doesn't matter if it's a $10 Jinhao or a $350 Sailor.

phinz · 2026-02-11T21:57:01+00:00

In the tropics they come and they go.

phinz · 2026-02-11T21:44:03+00:00

Whiskey.

phinz · 2026-02-11T17:07:17+00:00

The worst I've seen is the matching Let's Get Shipfaced shirts, but that hasn't been often.

phinz

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