Moleskine Monday: Karl Rove Doesn’t Like Them

Karl Rove made a speech to the Yale Political Union, in which he held up a member’s two Moleskines as a sign of pretension: The man known as “Bush’s Brain” doesn’t like the recent healthcare legislation, global warming or Moleskine notebooks… “I have never before been in a group that was so obviously and clearly … Continue reading Moleskine Monday: Karl Rove Doesn’t Like Them

Review and Giveaway: Daycraft Notebooks

Daycraft is a Hong Kong-based stationery company that makes a variety of notebooks and diaries. The nice folks there sent me a batch of samples of their colorful notebooks, which are quite different from anything I’ve reviewed so far. The one that most intrigued me was this, seen here with the plastic wrapping I’d just … Continue reading Review and Giveaway: Daycraft Notebooks

Moleskine Monday: Tao Lin Sells His

An amusing tidbit from a Salon post about Tao Lin, an up and coming writer described as “the next big thing in urban hipster lit.” Among his unusual marketing stunts are things like selling shares in the future profits from his novels, and putting odds and ends like drawings, notes and unpublished story drafts up … Continue reading Moleskine Monday: Tao Lin Sells His

Field Notes 50 States Boxed Set

I know I should probably show a little more love to Field Notes brand notebooks. Lots of notebook fans seem to adore them, and it’s very admirable that they’re designed and made here in the good old US of A. And it’s nice that their aesthetic celebrates a bygone era of promotional  memo books used … Continue reading Field Notes 50 States Boxed Set