2026-04-20T00:56:24Z https://yabu.me eighthourlunch https://yabu.me/npub13vg8g04eh3uc39uwrr6sydcf6jfwywqcgk3gacwdp3w2h5nu0fhqu3tt09 https://files.mastodon.social/accounts/avatars/111/261/784/414/072/137/original/0bcb755782e2a290.jpg https://files.mastodon.social/accounts/avatars/111/261/784/414/072/137/original/0bcb755782e2a290.jpg https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfhfxsuaetk8yyhdl3af38qphesmvyd3t983q0fu5vvqnm6hff5ugzyz93qap7hx78nzyh3cv02q3hp82f9c3crpz69rhpe5x9e27j03axuxhgpvk I wouldn&#39;t go so far as to say I&#39;ve been good this year, but Santa doesn&#39;t seem especially bothered by my lack of piety.<br/><br/>The Lamy 2000 piston fountain pen is lovely, and more than I&#39;d have purchased for myself. The ink and sketchbook on top of that were enough to convince me that good things happen to those who misbehave.<br/><br/>#fountainpen <br/>#lamy<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/752/580/876/218/506/original/d88fa5991cd7d6f7.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-12-20T15:36:45Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0wnq3vcq9rf2gqntxjxhdc8du355dd7uggc94p32qj94mr2m7a9czyz93qap7hx78nzyh3cv02q3hp82f9c3crpz69rhpe5x9e27j03axuva23d2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9zphsp2wms7qu72gd5f2954ncd75qywt9awtm0mayq8c8xpshcqsa3mrp0'>nevent1q…mrp0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Crazy thing that. I vacationed with my family in Evergreen this summer. First impression? Wow, it&#39;s beautiful here! (See the photo.)<br/><br/>Second thought? Why are there so damn many churches? There can&#39;t be that many people, right?<br/><br/>As for Utah...sigh. I&#39;m an exmormon whose family goes all the way back to the originals. I wish I could say anything here surprises me. Salt Lake is super progressive, though. It gets crazier the further away you go.<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/199/680/256/284/900/original/834e8894ed1ab8aa.jpg"> <br/> 2025-09-14T00:01:44Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspxll6dtp4gq5j4fgedqkau2nyldx7vt3znptxg0rkgg637ce7qyczyz93qap7hx78nzyh3cv02q3hp82f9c3crpz69rhpe5x9e27j03axurhvjd9 I&#39;ve been working on this piece and little else for nearly two months now. It&#39;s huge, and it feels like I&#39;ll never be done.<br/><br/>You may want to zoom in on this one.<br/><br/>The paper is an old topographical map. I&#39;m trying to create the image using the existing contour lines. I like where it&#39;s going, but not how long it&#39;s taking to get there.<br/><br/>#mastoart <br/>#fountainpens <br/>#art <br/>#map<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/157/679/674/437/299/original/4913124fabb4ee01.jpg"> <br/> 2025-09-06T14:05:12Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqvfh8hre00l4gmyyx44gt6vq3z55v37xkhf3c77uhuhgjhmw3vuszyz93qap7hx78nzyh3cv02q3hp82f9c3crpz69rhpe5x9e27j03axukj0t34 There are a lot of things I never expected to say in my life. For example, &#34;I&#39;m glad I have a Geiger counter so I can check the shrimp.&#34;<br/><br/>#nerd <br/>#science 2025-08-29T21:16:29Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsp02nqg4e0lsuguexneuwj5l4qfufcgxz2jgh8ta98ghv5gqqms7szyz93qap7hx78nzyh3cv02q3hp82f9c3crpz69rhpe5x9e27j03axu4n0efa I&#39;d post this as a work in progress, but it&#39;s been sitting untouched for almost a month while I&#39;m working on something else. Does that count as progress?<br/><br/>I&#39;m about 30 hours in so far. Fine nibs can do lovely work, but they do get tedious.<br/><br/>Drawing is 4.5&#34; x 12&#34; to fit a pair of weird frames I had sitting around. The scene is from a photo I took near Manzanita, Oregon at low tide.<br/><br/>#mastoart <br/>#art <br/>#fountainpen<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/959/844/965/777/553/original/5c563e858a881882.jpeg"> <br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/959/866/691/866/161/original/7f21659d06e458ed.jpg"> <br/> 2025-08-02T15:34:19Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9utzpgtlhvr57fps4ty3uf4kp67hm50frjalq48h8dkmtwfk5vdgzyz93qap7hx78nzyh3cv02q3hp82f9c3crpz69rhpe5x9e27j03axuf4kyvr Saw this last summer at a small museum in Ely, Nevada.<br/><br/>#fountainpen #ink<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/820/625/537/910/643/original/4a882e54d6e71e2b.jpg"> <br/> 2025-07-09T01:20:11Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsg40emqtg9l648yzq28uwuhhdd95wwhmmk4smqy98fkfepd08yrrszyz93qap7hx78nzyh3cv02q3hp82f9c3crpz69rhpe5x9e27j03axug5vt9x Me: This time, how about using your Pilot parallel pens so you don&#39;t get bogged down in the tiny details?<br/><br/>Also me: The Bog of Tiny Details beckons! Get out your fine nibs! Resistance only delays the inevitable. Every dial, screen meter and thingy must be revealed!<br/><br/>#mastoart <br/>#fountainpen <br/>#sciencefiction<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/784/311/768/531/228/original/86e5251319278bea.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-07-02T15:28:54Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdqxu5avy08scrzmyy84g9suef7sqt2ww4v8uxwpjk8mzpj2myyhczyz93qap7hx78nzyh3cv02q3hp82f9c3crpz69rhpe5x9e27j03axuq6wdm7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsq4gk4r8mkjauddx7ddffrfertgd2csszmfdugrxpvztxjcwykh5glj8zl2'>nevent1q…8zl2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I think that&#39;s it! Thank you so much. It&#39;s so easy, and honestly understandable, to ovverreact these days. 2025-06-16T03:26:40Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsx7x75sjwfxdglxxtanpejp0tyxwhamlcg0dgjz8kc5cyxngs7k7szyz93qap7hx78nzyh3cv02q3hp82f9c3crpz69rhpe5x9e27j03axummwl0h In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswa0pvy4fr5yyjrup0cevzz5wfdsvyv6n4vdp76r2578lmrmxtcesv9dlyk'>nevent1q…dlyk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;m no expert, so take it with a grain of salt. I&#39;ve only been watching that site as sort of an accidental hobby since December. My only aviation experience has been flying Cessna 152s and 172s.<br/><br/>That said, it does seem weird. 2025-06-16T02:56:20Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsp2q59p2ajvn58uw6t8m859xafvdh5grkt4l23uqtwcc8upjsydlczyz93qap7hx78nzyh3cv02q3hp82f9c3crpz69rhpe5x9e27j03axunx6407 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvsk7s5eycn5yp6crz5aacxjtctqzm07nmym9clp6knyaz58jvazcztnw2m'>nevent1q…nw2m</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;ve never seen it. 2025-06-16T02:48:51Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsps0futqepa2mq8ucyejpxskhzk7g5hnngsvakv2vffkc59hkcrzqzyz93qap7hx78nzyh3cv02q3hp82f9c3crpz69rhpe5x9e27j03axuvmtdmd Finished! Behold, the Holy Trinity of Pasta taking up their mantle. <br/><br/>In all, this project of three 12&#34; x 18&#34; pen and ink drawings took me around 220 hours total to complete. <br/><br/>As luck(?) would have it, a knock came at the door as I was hanging the last one. I peeked out the window and d&#39;oh! Mormons! I wish I was kidding. Ignoring my no soliciting sign, they kept knocking. I happily told them to fuck off. They did. Pretty good day, all told.<br/><br/>#mastoart <br/>#fountainpens<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/644/684/952/712/320/original/e80de40bcf52e90c.jpeg"> <br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/644/679/415/857/313/original/cdb1b18f1eeb566c.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-06-07T23:48:28Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsv2spnlema08u72z0r6xzc4p6xp5asgstrlr9g5gkndg4fdhdzlcczyz93qap7hx78nzyh3cv02q3hp82f9c3crpz69rhpe5x9e27j03axuk6sfjt In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstjqtdeu8gty6fcaqt8kmnhqlqckm6nj3dgd20ve83ny82su3fk9cf4x63g'>nevent1q…x63g</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Here&#39;s a drawing of mine from a while back that seems relevant.<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/520/522/421/475/442/original/8feceecab90ac6c2.jpg"> <br/> 2025-05-17T01:19:27Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswf055kaepm7mk98g4dxd4hljj93n0crax6fnu4awgf40rajz2ssczyz93qap7hx78nzyh3cv02q3hp82f9c3crpz69rhpe5x9e27j03axuv6ltu7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxupy5j5acwj3trfertf5ucw4xn3vdee5x96ly85n70x49u7tlylspv2a90'>nevent1q…2a90</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Okay, so this question was eating at me all night. I started thinking about the physics of it first, and it seems possible, depending on your distance from the epicenter. <br/><br/>After sleeping on it, I arrived at the brilliant conclusion that I am not a geophysicist, but I bet *they&#39;ve* figured it out. Yup!<br/><br/><a href="https://www.earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/eew-asp/faq-en.php">https://www.earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/eew-asp/faq-en.php</a><br/><br/>Cool question. Thanks for sharing! 2025-04-15T13:10:53Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsffk6pthqgcrpe4mrgltdq9yrdnmwk23qr8amf6ys4wlpnvu46y4szyz93qap7hx78nzyh3cv02q3hp82f9c3crpz69rhpe5x9e27j03axuy053q0 I always took my math/science notes in sketch books. I guess it&#39;s not surprising that a lot of the pages ended up like this.<br/><br/>#mastoart <br/>#science <br/>#math<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/317/250/427/705/258/original/ba3843135cc759ff.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-04-11T03:46:54Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvgdx529hgm36n9kvy5chhp5jzs34gwzr6s0f8fqnqplu37tuv3zqzyz93qap7hx78nzyh3cv02q3hp82f9c3crpz69rhpe5x9e27j03axu7thul0 Behold, the second member of the Pastafarian Holy Trinity, The Flying Ravioli Monster! <br/><br/>This guy took at least 70 hours to finish. That&#39;s what I get for using fine nibs, I guess. Only one left to do, stay tuned.<br/><br/>#mastoart <br/>#fountainpens <br/>#flyingspaghettimonster<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/253/051/362/375/247/original/e47d4e9dc5827084.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-03-30T19:43:21Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswth3egwyyu0a3s237xdvj6zkcr9rtuxwhdnfpztz2jt65k72ftfczyz93qap7hx78nzyh3cv02q3hp82f9c3crpz69rhpe5x9e27j03axutlw7y4 And it came to pasta that I saw a column of light and angel hair in the air directly above my head. And behold, his noodly appendages did stretch forth mightily unto me as he spake: lo, it is finished. Put down thy damned fountain pens and ink, that ye may partake of stuffed shells Alfredo with sausage and mozzarella, for this is my flesh and thou art hungry, and the time for dinner is nigh upon thee.<br/><br/>#mastoart <br/>#fountainpens <br/>#flyingspaghettimonster 2025-03-10T00:08:56Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsddwlv9z4at8fe2j850u904klnwkgenn68zathv8u8pfpf3lfzckczyz93qap7hx78nzyh3cv02q3hp82f9c3crpz69rhpe5x9e27j03axugh45r4 Work in noodly appendage progress. It&#39;s kinda huge for fountain pen work, so it&#39;s taking forever.<br/><br/>#mastoart <br/>#flyingspaghettimonster <br/>#fountainpen<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/112/734/464/386/242/original/ba62b793f3edde2d.jpg"> <br/> 2025-03-06T00:52:49Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsr076d75j8ce0zwfc508uq8dnzeuv6z6wy6syzuq7cgp4ps27msaczyz93qap7hx78nzyh3cv02q3hp82f9c3crpz69rhpe5x9e27j03axuwmgf43 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsq22uztwwfmzsthcwvz07mmvhzamzwpszenv60k0tjgs0vv8z28xs0f55ez'>nevent1q…55ez</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>My kids went to a school that starts with cursive first. The reasoning is that it makes phonics more intuitive. I haven&#39;t seen any actual research to that effect, but I will say this: my youngest doesn&#39;t have her driver&#39;s licence yet, but she has taken five college courses. 2025-03-04T00:43:59Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrkjnfsjwlq706pthljstfzw2laqfrv79520m542tkwt8sudcfjvczyz93qap7hx78nzyh3cv02q3hp82f9c3crpz69rhpe5x9e27j03axuxcavk5 Made a couple scribbles on cardboard to check ink and wasn&#39;t able to stop at least half an hour. Maybe I&#39;ll work on it again later.<br/><br/>#art <br/>#mastoart <br/>#fountainpen<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/048/753/470/513/055/original/d585fb6cb6289a1a.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-02-22T17:44:01Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2ur7ms2eghgjcxrtgutpwemccg5n33v0td3aq9kst58ml65rjhrczyz93qap7hx78nzyh3cv02q3hp82f9c3crpz69rhpe5x9e27j03axulf5pv5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszsac3ddlssv5qq36g67ea25236ura7889q3crazd6szr7qa7056sja9g0a'>nevent1q…9g0a</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Well there&#39;s a flashback I wasn&#39;t expecting! 2024-09-25T13:08:34Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsy9zf8r82z4whw64n8dtjf3p6gu7e2xhqkpzp3f59aasytzksjvlczyz93qap7hx78nzyh3cv02q3hp82f9c3crpz69rhpe5x9e27j03axuzq4s4y Had this gathering dust in the closet for too long. I won&#39;t claim to be any good at it, but it&#39;s fun sometimes. <br/><br/>#music #drums<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/170/957/401/794/571/original/6ea771439ad80fbf.jpeg"> <br/> 2024-09-20T17:06:33Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8h4yuty588c7r7haf6524uezdcpz3a5xwr422gpq82ukjy20gsmqzyz93qap7hx78nzyh3cv02q3hp82f9c3crpz69rhpe5x9e27j03axuv49vrq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsruhfth7rvvhe878ehuqups0k9yrjs6vrpurr0sk9xpkpq9alz92gcepjl3'>nevent1q…pjl3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I see you&#39;ve found my journals. 2024-08-30T03:47:59Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9s968pkqa5qw0m0myv6k765w9pymke2h558jds6gujj77p6s54cgzyz93qap7hx78nzyh3cv02q3hp82f9c3crpz69rhpe5x9e27j03axu5g5kf7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyfdwvwk436r5f3gezrwn73tnt4q2mk02ywmrjm3kf7h7qhahxu9ccgzny8'>nevent1q…zny8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Lovely aircraft! <br/><br/>I was studying for my instrument rating when 9/11 happened. I planned on seeing it through to commercial, but that ended it for me. I haven&#39;t piloted a plane since. I miss it sometimes, too. 2024-08-13T00:45:07Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstm9vdlm39eh2la4m66zfh3kknxmcr7px5jqwmxme3qdhjzdpjkuqzyz93qap7hx78nzyh3cv02q3hp82f9c3crpz69rhpe5x9e27j03axu6hza3p In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswd9htf6p89wlaq6y5dqr843tym5js97xq62j5ccswyfx8pm77fnqdxyjxd'>nevent1q…yjxd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Well fuck &#39;em. I already hated that I could stream with VPN on Chromecast. I have a spare Linux laptop and an HDMI cable, though. At least I&#39;m the admin on it and can still block ads. 2024-08-06T23:44:31Z