Recent content by R.A. Stewart

Hmm. Bidding will probably get out of my range, but just for curiosity, do you take check/money order on these auctions?

I am so tempted by that Brooks Brothers felted edge. Is it a true 7 1/2? (Because I am living refutation of the idea that a big head means lots of brains inside, and I need lots of hat to cover the echo chamber.) And do you accept checks or money orders? Thanks--Rich

Wow, 28 pages of comments so far. I wonder if people with a vintage/retro/Golden Era turn of mind are more likely than others to love autumn. I certainly do. I've always thought, for me, it's partly that in the academic world fall starts a new year; there's a sense of fresh starts and new...

Alas, if you really mean the metaphorical BYU and not the real BYU, I fear I have an advanced degree or two from there as well. Buy one from Miskatonic instead, it's cheaper and more fun. If just as useless. :D Yes, now that you remind me, I wish I'd picked up some learning in the trades...

I'd second what Baron Kurtz said above about the flexibility of the American university system. I assume you are within a few miles of one of the 12,000 or so campuses of the remarkable UW system :) -- you could try taking a few liberal-arts courses and see what you feel drawn to. And of...

Reading avidly ... I can't say I can add anything from my own experience to help, except that, like most things, the tinnitus is worse when I'm short on sleep. I've seen the tinnitus question raised on a couple of other fora--always getting a surprising number of responses. There are a lot...

The usual on a workday: English Parker Duofold button fill (late 40s-early 50s?), Mont Blanc ballpoint. Sorry, I don't know more details on these; I just write with them and consider myself lucky to have them. :) ~Rich

Right, I'm left befuddled as well ... I'll be watching the thread from this side of the Atlantic. (My east, your west. No, wait ...) ~Rich

Oh, I luvs me my perique in pipe tobacco. I didn't realize American Spirit had a perique blend. ~Rich

I sometimes smoked cigarettes in college--kind of an eclectic mix; I can remember English Ovals, Players, Bogatyri papirosy (the caption on that Web page says "from good tobacco" by the way, to which I say Ha!, and again Ha!), Gauloises, Gitanes, and hand-rolled Bull Durhams. What a pretentious...

Well, guys, I feel the pain, but the phrase "dumb kids" doesn't pop up so often for no reason ... they aren't born knowing how to take care of stuff, any more than we are. Which I sometimes have to remind myself, because it can seem like they are taking a long time to learn. (With me, it's...

I like that idea. I might mention it to the family. :) A pinch of Scottish Blend should waft me nicely to my long home. ~Rich

Or too hot. :eek:

And as far as that goes, May 5 can just be renamed Cinco de Mayo con Absintio. ~Ricardo

Well, it does make the heart grow fonder. (Actually I've yet to taste it--even reasonably good absinthe is pretty pricey. But I could never resist a bad pun. I'll go away now.) :D ~Rich P.S. Well, I see while I was typing Marc jumped in with an even worse one. I don't know whether...