The fountain pen at the top of the page is an Italian Aurora 88. The image was lifted from a website that sells beautiful pens. I want that pen.

But I already have a beautiful pen—an Omas, there to the right, purchased from this same company, with a beautifully modified nib.

And I also have that pencil, a good pencil, and several more like it.

And there are three (3) Macs in my apartment office—all with keyboards. I don't need the pen, the Aurora 88, $600.00.

I have a problem with excess; I'm seeking salvation.

So what I'm going to do—on a new page perhaps— is occasionally list my wants and match them with my needs and keep score. I might even come up wth a form: "WANT, NEED, RESOLUTION" that I display here. [I did, below.]

You should also know that with Catherine's strong urging (think Tammy Wynette and "D-I-V-O-R-C-E") I have instituted what I (we) call the Five-Day Rule, as a control for my impulses: Want it; don't buy it; wait five days; beg.

I have enough; I know that I do. But the bowerbird likes pretty things.

Want

Need

Resolution

Aurora 88
Fountain Pen with sweet nib modification.

Marking stick.
Like
a pencil.

No pen;
marriage saved.

—Britt Leach

26 October 2007

Please also see, "The Bowerbird Likes Pretty Things."

The Aurora pen images are from Classic Fountain Pens, good people.

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