Each week (give or take one or two here and there) I share three things I like – It could be a book, a movie, a podcast, an album, a photo, an article, a restaurant, a food item, a beverage, or anything else I simply enjoy and think you might too. You can find a whole pile of things, especially books, I like and recommend HERE.
Each week (give or take one or two here and there) I share three things I like – It could be a book, a movie, a podcast, an album, a photo, an article, a restaurant, a food item, a beverage, or anything else I simply enjoy and think you might too. You can find a whole pile of things, especially books, I like and recommend HERE.
1) Uniball Vision Elite Pens
The older I get the more brand loyalty I have (which is to say, the more picky and intractable I am) toward certain products. This is one of them. See, I hand write a lot. I hand write all my outlines for articles or books or sermons. I take hand written notes in meetings and sermons. It is one of the few ways I can get my brain to focus and retain meaningful information. These are the pens I use to do so. The vision elite is smooth, dries quickly, and is a pleasure to use. It does not leak ink, even on airplanes, unlike some of its counterparts. Some of you will turn your nose up and declare the fountain pen to be superior. It is, in the same way the monarchs of England are superior to the rest of humanity. The Pilot G-2 has a strong contingent of supporters, and that’s fine. I would simply call it “the velcro shoe” of pens. The vision elite is the Toyota of pens–not the most luxurious but utterly reliable, classy enough, and always a choice you won’t regret.
2) Hat Stretcher
My wife will often comment on the inconsistency of how women’s clothing is sized—size 4 doesn’t mean the same thing across brands, “medium” is an entirely arbitrary term, etc. Well, I have the same complaint as it pertains to fitted hats. Fitted hats are a staple part of my wardrobe, and I won what might be considered an unreasonable number of them. And I have worn size 7 1/4 since high school. But 7 1/4 does not mean the same thing across the board. Sometimes it is perfect, sometimes it is migraine inducing. But you can be sure that if 7 1/4 is too tight, 7 3/8 (the next size up, for you uninitiated into the glories and complexities of fitted hats) will be too large. Enter the hat stretcher. About 30-45 minutes before planning to wear the hat put this sucker in, crank the handle to expand it, and voila, a nearly perfect fit. It sadly isn’t a permanent adjustment, but it is an easy way to make a $40 hat you love work a day at a time.
3) “Take My Hand Precious Lord” by Robert Jones
This is more than a musical performance of a great old spiritual. It is a history lesson in the development and adaptation of that song from culture to culture, and it is, in fact, multiple performances of that great old song.
