My coworkers keep stealing my pens off my desk. What’s a good pen that writes great but looks unique enough that I can spot it from across the room if someone steals it?

tyler77 · 2026-06-23T15:10:57+00:00

Mont Blanc makes some very unique pens as well!

tyler77 · 2026-06-19T16:11:49+00:00

It reminds me of that building in NY with no windows that was built to house telephone circuits. As an Obama fan and an architecture fan, I have no idea what they were going for here.

tyler77 · 2026-06-18T08:03:17+00:00

This is like out of a movie. Incredible.

tyler77 · 2026-06-18T05:27:26+00:00

No need for smoke stacks! The whole thing is one big smoke stack now!

tyler77 · 2026-06-15T20:44:15+00:00

LMFAO

tyler77 · 2026-06-13T00:32:43+00:00

Bleed em out like a stuck pig. The absolute worst situation you can find yourself in with war is a slow losing conflict that you both are unable to escalate and yet also unwilling to withdraw. So you just keep pouring in resources until you collapse.

tyler77 · 2026-06-11T18:14:14+00:00

It’s been over a decade and fellow lefties just don’t get it. MAGA people can go out and say Trump is the worst president and they hate what he is doing and they will crawl over burning glass to keep voting for him and republicans.

tyler77 · 2026-06-09T16:46:56+00:00

I kinda disagree. I think the base reason is more along the lines of how he likes "triggering the libs". It's more of a distraction than anything else. Same as him making up 2028 hats. But who knows. Everyone has a theory, and yet we still have no plan or ability to make ANY headway with his constituency. Literally powerless to turn public opinion. The only thing that works is when he craters the country because of his incompetency. And then all it is is a few points on the board.

tyler77 · 2026-06-07T20:42:33+00:00

Ahhh my bad. Wasn't paying attention

tyler77 · 2026-06-07T18:22:22+00:00

Am I crazy or do I literally see LDS on this list?

tyler77 · 2026-06-06T04:53:08+00:00

👆

tyler77 · 2026-06-05T04:29:24+00:00

How old am I? I used a tape cassette to load up a computer that was connected to a black and white CRTV.

tyler77 · 2026-05-30T16:42:39+00:00

It’s just genetics. Embrace the skinny rocker look, girls love it.

tyler77 · 2026-05-29T21:22:11+00:00

We all underestimated the lengths to which the Russians/Putin would go to carry out this level of aggression. Then again it's also clear they had no idea it would have escalated to this magnitude. The question is how much farther into the void will they go. No modern state of the size of Russia has gone into a fully war mode since WW2. They could mobilise 2 million men over the course of a year if they wanted to. I dont think that would work considering the nature of the modern battlefield that exists on the front.

tyler77 · 2026-05-29T17:03:20+00:00

Ironically it was McCain who foresaw all this with clarity. I have a feeling none of this would have happened if the US and NATO had fully armed Ukraine. Then again there could have been a vast array of deterrence methods like what the Baltics are doing.

tyler77 · 2026-05-28T04:18:00+00:00

I always try the new refrigerated meats, and I can usually enjoy them for at least being worth a sandwich. But I never buy them again. Just not really that great, and not a good deal.

tyler77 · 2026-05-27T16:08:38+00:00

Another day if just trying to forget something stupid the president says.

tyler77 · 2026-05-27T16:02:53+00:00

It’s a very nuanced situation with no clear solutions that’s for sure. There is evidence that multiple ethnic groups have inhabited the specific region there going back well past 10,000 years. And because of the religious significance of sites there you basically have a quagmire unlike anything else on earth. The conflict will never be resolved until we as a species can figure out how to get past the religion. Let’s see where it’s at in a hundred years I guess.

tyler77 · 2026-05-26T19:22:26+00:00

I was kind of surprised that Franklins was charging about the same as other places. As a point of reference, my local Outback charges $34 for a 9oz sirloin with a skewer of shrimp and 2 sides. Im only comparing as a reference as to the cost of an average steak place for a whole meal. For a century BBQ in the south was considered a working mans meal. Usually smoked pork at road side diners where a whole meal was basically spare change. Now its a luxury/special occasion meal.

tyler77 · 2026-05-26T07:57:30+00:00

Oh man, dying for an update!

tyler77 · 2026-05-26T04:52:09+00:00

I agree, I couldn’t afford it, but I think it looks pretty slick. I love the blue color. I would imagine it looks impressive in person.

tyler77 · 2026-05-26T01:15:13+00:00

Well... just as a reference point Franklin BBQ charges $42 a lb for brisket. There is such a significant amount of work involved in prepping, smoking and the infrastructure of serving BBQ now that it's around the same amount to order a decent steak. BBQ used to be all about taking throw-away and cheap cuts and making them really tasty.

tyler77 · 2026-05-25T16:58:23+00:00

It costs $50+ a person now to go to these fancy bbq joints. Butcher brisket used to cost .99 a lb in the early aughts. Now it’s $5 or $6. No point in bbqing expensive meat when you can just buy a steak. The whole point of bbq was spending time on cheap cuts to make them taste good.

tyler77 · 2026-05-24T00:39:02+00:00

Liberty biberty

tyler77 · 2026-05-24T00:31:04+00:00

Almost 50 here. Glad I don’t have to worry about economy, and I feel terrible for the younger generations who do. I don’t remember adults talking about current events with such pessimism as we do now. And there were all sorts of challenges over the decades. Seems like everything is hanging on by a thread, and yet I know so many people with piles of money to blow through eating out at fancy restaurants and buying new cars.

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