2:03 PM
It's the little things that turn your life upside down.

Once a year I make a trip down to the University Book Store to lay in a new supply of the pens I like. They're not expensive pens, but theyr'e not cheap ballpoints either. They're great for writing, drawing, whatever, and I tend to carry one or two in my pockets at all times.

I went down today and discovered that they were out of my preferred black ink. Not only that, they had a sign next to a bin of the remaining colors that said "Get the last of the Sanford Expressos!"

Thankfully, a quick web search seems to indicate that Sanford still produces the pens, and if the UBS continues to fail me I'll be able to order them online.

Still, when I thought I wouldn't be able to get any more I was a bit surprised at how deeply "Great--now I'm going to have to find a new type of pen" bit into me. Makes me want to pick up enough so that even after the bomb drops I'll still have pens. We'll see.