Sharpie 80s Glam Permanent Marker Pens Giveaway

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I am a child of the 80's so I thought it was pretty cool when I saw the new Limited Edition Sharpie 80s Glam Permanent Markers show up at JetPens. How can you resist colors like Argyle Green, Banana Clip Yellow, Jellie Pink, Leg Warmer Orange, and Valley Girl Violet? I know I couldn't resist grabbing all of them to giveaway. One winner will take home all five limited edition pens - here is how to enter:

***Note: I have shortened the default duration of the giveaway window. Please take note below.***

1. Leave one comment on this post anytime between now, and Wednesday night at 11:59 PM Eastern Time. You are limited to one entry. This contest is limited to US residents only.

2. Please follow @jetpens on Twitter and "Like" JetPens on Facebook. This is not mandatory, but I sure would appreciate your support! Feel free to follow me @dowdyism as well.

3. 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.

4. The contest winner will be posted on Thursday, June 23rd. The winner will have one week to email me at the address posted in the right sidebar.

Thanks and good luck!

Posted on June 21, 2011 by Brad Dowdy and filed under Giveaways, Sharpie.

Kokuyo Campus Todai Series Pre-Dotted Twin Ring Notebook Review

I mentioned a few weeks back that I am way behind in paper/notebook/journal reviews, so I am glad to finally start to get caught up on some of these. The Kokuyo Campus Todai Pre-Dotted notebook is a unique notebook in the fact that it combines both lines and dots for a really unique writing background. I think I have had this one laying around for 6 months or so - it's about time I tested it out!

This notebook was created as the result of a joint research project on students in Japan, and that is definitely who this notebook is targeted to. At just 40 sheets, it is not going to take the full brunt of daily note taking, but it is the perfect compliment to math and science classes with any type of lab work. The lines allow for clean written notes, and the dots are perfect for diagrams and sketches.

Since I am not a student, and didn't really excel at math or science, I bought it for another reason - the cool cover! While I am not a full fledged map nerd, I have always enjoyed the technical aspects of maps, especially subway/train type maps. Something about how chaotic they can be, but still remain very clean and focused fascinates me (if you browse through my Tumblr you will see many examples). The map on the cover of this Kokuyo Campus is of the Tokyo Subway system, and is the same on the yellow version of the notebook.

All of the inks I threw at this paper did exceptionally well, including the liquid ink pens. There was no bleed, feathering, or show through of any type. You can check it out on the back page for yourself. A pretty impressive performance if you ask me.