Come on down Big Jim! Jim has been a reader of The Pen Addict for a while, and is a burgeoning pen addict himself. He is also one of my favorite people to follow on Twitter @bigjim.
Leave a comment on this post and email me your address and I will
send the Keel's Simple Diary on its way. You have one week to claim
your prize.
The Pilot P-500 is a pen I just cannot get into. I remember when they first came out years ago that I didn't really care for them, but several readers have mentioned that it is one of their favorites, so I bought a fresh batch at Staples recently to try out again. Unfortunately, the end result was the same.
The overall writing experience with the P-500 seems a little bit off to me. The thing I dislike the most about this pen is the inconsistency of the line. It just doesn't give off that sharp look that I like, especially for a needle point pen. In retrospect, looking at the written review it is not really noticeable, but the feel and feedback when writing are different in a way that is hard to quantify. And honestly, the pen is just ugly. Consider me not a fan of the design.
For a company that makes the best liquid ink needle point pen on the market in the Pilot Precise V5, I expect a little more from its gel pen counterpart. Hopefully the readers who like this pen will tell me what I am missing.
Click Here for the XL review.
I was provided this Keel's Simple Diary by the team handling PR for Taschen, and since it is such an interesting product I thought that instead of defacing a few pages for review purposes that I would give it away to a lucky reader who would put it to good use.
The Keel's Simple Diary is a mash-up of a regular diary, a blog, Twitter, Mad Libs, and a sketchbook. Each day that you choose to use the Simple Diary, you are presented with a set of questions - some multiple choice, some open-ended - plus a few other items to get your brain flowing. It is basically a diary for those without a lot of time to write down their thoughts every day. The Simple Diary guides you along, providing a nice way to capture the moments in your life. Here is the full press release:
This giveaway is for the white Simple Diary as shown in the photo at top, and the rules are as follows:
1. Leave one comment on this post anytime between now, and Thursday night at 11:59 PM Eastern Time. You are limited to one entry. Feel free to link this giveaway on your blog, or share it with anyone you feel is a true pen addict. If you have a blog, I would love a link back, but it is certainly not required for entry into the contest.
2. For this contest, I will pick one winner at random from the comments section of this post. The comments will be numbered in the order they are received, i.e. the first comment is #1, the second #2, and so on. The Random Integer Generator at random.org will be used to pick the number of the winner.
3. The contest winner will be posted on Friday, July 10th. The winner will have one week to email me at the address posted in the right sidebar.
4. I will ship internationally. I know there are many international readers and fans of The Pen Addict, and I will gladly ship to you at my expense.
Thanks, and good luck!
