QUESTIONS
1. Have you ever seen a show on T.V. that you do not think should be on T.V.?
2. Do you like to go to plays?
3. Have you ever snow skied?
4. In what ways do you think dogs are like people?
5. Why do you think girl scouts and boy scouts wear uniforms?
ANSWERS By: Austin Smith
1. Yes, that majority of shows on T.V. now.
2. Not particularly.
3. No, and I have no want to.
4. In uncountably many and uncountably few ways.
5. To identify them, and to give them a unifying feature.
QUESTIONS
1. Do you think visitors should be allowed to feed the animals in the zoo?
2. Do you get to spend as much time on the computer as you would like?
3. Do you like to watch professional baseball?
4. Have you ever gone bowling?
5. What is your father’s first name?
ANSWERS By: Austin Smith
1. Maybe, if the animal is easy to feed and not dangerous.
2. Sure, I think so.
3. I don’t really like to watch sports, but I don’t dislike it.
4. Yes, and I love bowling.
5. It’s John.
Some people don’t like Microns, or they just can’t get them. There are alternative technical pens for those, fortunately. There is a set that is even sold in WalMart: The Prismacolor Premier 4 pen set.
The body of the pens aren’t particularly nice. They are black with an abundance of text. The cap is short with a thin metal clip. The cap is hard to grip and kind of ugly, as it fits on tightly but is hard to remove. The cap can be posted, but is also hard to remove there as well. The section of the barrel that is covered by the cap is short and hard to grip but not uncomfortable. It is slick.
This set has 005, 05, chisel, and brush tips. They lay down a nice black line. They are archival quality, so they are fade-resistant and acid free. The ink flows smoothly, with the occasional hiccup that happens in all technical pens. The 005 and 05 have a similar size and tip feel to Microns. The chisel is a nice tip, but it is a bit weak and seems like it won’t take much abuse. The brush seems more like a long marker than a brush, and it is not very flexible. It does have quite a bit of line variation, though, when you really push it hard. It’s just more difficult to use.
Overall this set is a nice one, and it’s cheaper than most other technical pens. They are a bit uncomfortable, and the ink is a bit worse than some of the competitors, though they are quite nice. For the price of a little bit less, they offer just a little bit less. They work great and will serve admirably at their purpose. They just aren’t the best on the market.
Since the last one was such a success… Here are more ties with designer thoughts.
This one has some very strange neon cats and toys with a teal background.
“Oh, these splotches of paint I just dripped look like cats, guys check this out, we gotta do something with this!”
Here’s a Tabasco one, with standard sea food and tabacso logos floating through ribbons of color.
“I have to do a colorful tie now. What do people eat with hot sauce, oh yeah, fish and stuff… I have no idea what I’ll do tomorrow, but for today the tie has seafood.”
Now we have Mickey Mouse… playing golf… in what is apparently hell and the Matrix.
“Another Mickey tie! I can’t do this anymore! What am I even… Oh I have a game on Saturday, I’ll have Mickey playing golf! at least then I can pretend my job is better than it is and I’m playing golf.”
Here are some people watching a tennis game.
“Man TV is so boring. All there is to watch is tennis… tennis, tennis, tennis… oh, I’ve accidentally made a tie.”
Dis one got money, da Grants and da Benjamin’s
“Ha money, money, money, I have so much money, my tie is made out of money. I bet other people would want to pretend to be like me.”
And finally, one with Abrams tanks, no I’m not wearing it.
“You’ve heard of tank tops, now let me show you tank ties… God, I need sleep!”