Category Archives: Fun & Weird

Moleskine Monday: A Fashion Accessory!

Here’s a young man whose red Moleskine is being seen as a key part of his personal style, according to this fashion column from the newsletter of Salt Lake City Community College: If I had to pick my favorite part of Braxton’s get-up, I would have to say his fire-engine-red Moleskine pocket notebook (moleskine.com) gets … Continue reading Moleskine Monday: A Fashion Accessory!

International Fake Journal Month

I love this concept, and wish I had heard about it before now, as it occurs in April each year: International Fake Journal Month. Here’s the creator’s explanation: What Is International Fake Journal Month? Basically it’s a free pass to put anything in a journal that you might not otherwise put in. At least that’s … Continue reading International Fake Journal Month

Uniqlo’s Notebook Rule

Check out this quote from an article in New York Magazine about the Japanese clothing retailer Uniqlo and their SoHo store: This morning, 30 “advisers” as Uniqlo calls its employees who help customers stand at the bottom of the stairs leading to the lower floor, with notebooks open and pens poised. Each is instructed to … Continue reading Uniqlo’s Notebook Rule

How to Turn Your Notebook Into a “Mental Swiss-Army Knife”

Here’s an interesting topic on Ask MetaFilter: I have a graph-ruled Moleskine that is begging to be turned into a compendium of obscure, fascinating, and perhaps occasionally useful reference material. Some of the things I want to put in there are Rubik’s Cube algorithms, keys to reading non-Latin alphabets, some simple math formulas (Trachtenberg math, … Continue reading How to Turn Your Notebook Into a “Mental Swiss-Army Knife”

Jimmy Buffett Collects Blank Books

Here’s something fun that I came across. We can all identify with how the writer feels to discover she’s not the only one obsessed with notebooks… but who knew Jimmy Buffett was a blank book collector!? I collect blank books. When I discovered that Jimmy Buffett has a trunk full of blank books he’s collected … Continue reading Jimmy Buffett Collects Blank Books

A Batch of Childhood Notebooks

I found this batch of notebooks when I was home for Christmas– I guess I’d missed them on all previous sweeps of my parents’ house. It’s an odd assortment, from when I was in junior high school through my first post-college years when I was living at home again for a little while. Most of … Continue reading A Batch of Childhood Notebooks