Today, as you might have gathered from Google—Newest Google Doodle- falling apples for Sir Issac Newton—is Sir Isaac Newton’s birthday.
A brilliant chap he was, tad eccentric towards the end of his life I gather—mental_floss Blog » The Quick 10: 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Isaac Newton—but his work affects us all. I’ve always wanted to do a video explaining the basics of Newtonian Physics playing pool, but I’ll save that for another day.
You all know by now that I have my own eccentricities, which include a fondness (née preference) for fountain pens. I have a lot of pens (over 12) and I generally carry a pen and pad with me all the time. My favourite pen to carry in my pocket is this one:
Which happens to be my Sir Isaac Newton fountain pen. Styled after his walking stick including the crest at the top. I carry it because it’s solid brass and has a twist off cap so I can carry it in a pants pocket without worrying about the cap coming off (okay, go ahead with the “Is that a pen in your pocket…” jokes).
It was sold by Levenger, but doesn’t seem to be available any longer. Course I often carry a second pen in my shirt pocket and right now it’s one of these babies.
Tris Hussey is a writer, teacher, blogger, and speaker on all facets of Internet life, WordPress, and social media. He is the author of Create Your Own Blog: 6 Easy Blogging Projects to Start Blogging Like a Pro and Using WordPress.
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Nice pen you carry now. I have seen the same or similar at Simply The Best in Victoria. No problems leaking (especially on airplaines)? I haven’t had the courage to carry with me a fountain pen, I leave min at work.
Good pens don’t leak with normal use. On planes you either carry it empty or full. Generally there isn’t much leakage.
Your images are not coming up in google reader.
Hmm, interesting.