Friday, February 27th, 2009
The Watched Pot never boils and the Anticipated Mail Delivery never arrives. They apparently went to school together.
I’m anxiously awaiting two pens. One is an Esterbrook #32 dip pen and the other is my Pelikan M200 that has spent a week or two at the Dannzeman Fountain Pen Finishing School where it has been coerced [...]
Captain’s Log – Day 16,764
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Thursday, February 26th, 2009
Have you shopped for toothpaste lately? Just how many different brands, varieties, sizes and flavors are needed to satisfy the marketplace? I’d say four, maximum. Certainly not the forty-plus that exist today.
Having too many options hinders the decision making process. There’s even a term for it: Consumer Vertigo
The same vertigo can be experienced when searching [...]
Captain’s Log – Day 16,763
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