Pilot 78G Fountain Pen

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZXJOTr8HSzCtIOkVRehpsAk_siB2O_vWf9DKKhNJ3rPlHEF4qs-KDU-A7g8iuLcGPMyw5YJPfnjD9-gB-Wqi3V-R0YjWTEL3pxzk2vvCK_HEChkJ4rBjiUmPnS58e2DEQ6Yho1WOGxC0/s1600/IMG_6256.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZXJOTr8HSzCtIOkVRehpsAk_siB2O_vWf9DKKhNJ3rPlHEF4qs-KDU-A7g8iuLcGPMyw5YJPfnjD9-gB-Wqi3V-R0YjWTEL3pxzk2vvCK_HEChkJ4rBjiUmPnS58e2DEQ6Yho1WOGxC0/s200/IMG_6256.JPG" width="150" /></a>The Pilot 78G is generally considered to be one of the better fountain pens in the "budget" category. Although I may be mistaken, the 78G may technically be discontinued or otherwise unavailable in the United States. Even if that is true, there is an abundance of overstock on the market, and it's pretty easy and financially painless to acquire a 78G.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpxlIB9tBnaXoMqizZ6UlzryfxMMLgaFLKbit6BQn-LV9XVeqaIApglUJgPDdVS_4ansNHwJ5rUEhZhAecCy3n3jWRWYx-D3W1_SmwNKtMk_bFrGPGF9CDc76GZS3uJjAevVMUpB0-T1w/s1600/IMG_6257.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpxlIB9tBnaXoMqizZ6UlzryfxMMLgaFLKbit6BQn-LV9XVeqaIApglUJgPDdVS_4ansNHwJ5rUEhZhAecCy3n3jWRWYx-D3W1_SmwNKtMk_bFrGPGF9CDc76GZS3uJjAevVMUpB0-T1w/s200/IMG_6257.JPG" width="150" /></a>I got the teal colored pen, with a medium sized nib. It came with a black ink cartridge (one that only fits Pilot pens), a <strike>CON-20</strike> squeeze-type ink converter [edit: that is similar to a CON-20 converter], and an extra large bag of awesome. Is the nib as smooth and consistent as, say, my Pelikan M205 or my Pilot Custom Heritage 91? No. Is the pen body cheap, lightweight, and plasticky? Yup. Is the faux gold trim cheesy and tacky looking? I think so. So what? The 78G costs less than a couple of Happy Meals at McDonald's. At that price point you could almost treat it as a disposable pen!<br /><br />The pen writes well enough, doesn't skip, and isn't too scratchy. It comes in different colors and different nib sizes. It is cheap enough to buy on a whim, and you won't lose any sleep if your kid happens to bend the nib, use it as a dart, or trade it for a not-so-rare Pokemon card.<br /><br />I was going to describe the pen in more detail, but then I found a much better review with great pictures, all of the specs, and even a video. I hope the folks at Gourmet Pens don't mind the reference: <a href="http://www.gourmetpens.com/2013/04/review-pilot-78g-green-fountain-pen.html" target="_blank">Pilot 78G Review</a>. Oh, and here's another good review at Ink of Me Fondly: <a href="http://inkofmefondly.blogspot.com/2012/11/pilot-78g-fountain-pen-fine-nib-black.html" target="_blank">Another Pilot 78G Review</a>. The pen in the first linked review has a broad nib, and the pen in the second linked review has a fine nib, in contrast to my medium nib.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm76ne5XaXwn4hADHm7smfrvL01l64jjEmId7YYqGEIWfFwb1SQf1Qdh-pilLi2rY-TkpsX9qeM0EeJneivMHuAI2BBO_S3CGwQi7-dQbBB1YZlbboDKx-AWvkUlLrbzz14EtTEH5L-aw/s1600/IMG_6258.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm76ne5XaXwn4hADHm7smfrvL01l64jjEmId7YYqGEIWfFwb1SQf1Qdh-pilLi2rY-TkpsX9qeM0EeJneivMHuAI2BBO_S3CGwQi7-dQbBB1YZlbboDKx-AWvkUlLrbzz14EtTEH5L-aw/s200/IMG_6258.JPG" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>The above picture shows the 78G in a disassembled state, with the ink cartridge installed. No surprises there. I'll finish this post with some writing samples on different types of paper.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZVi7ECy5VjrmfDTYsw0tArGC2jKiKGknIbURMAadY73SYbUGHREfS0_iMI2hdDwpbY3IN1MWLkUbnpR8C7CVVkGHK7Uu4w72dewyrOTQ1dUdsPiHB-eZN8UDwkC8BJKAHCxeH0iyg-JA/s1600/20130607_Pilot_78G_Sample.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZVi7ECy5VjrmfDTYsw0tArGC2jKiKGknIbURMAadY73SYbUGHREfS0_iMI2hdDwpbY3IN1MWLkUbnpR8C7CVVkGHK7Uu4w72dewyrOTQ1dUdsPiHB-eZN8UDwkC8BJKAHCxeH0iyg-JA/s320/20130607_Pilot_78G_Sample.jpg" width="219" /></a></div><br />The first sample also includes short blurbs written with other fountain pens that are described <a href="http://dailyacquisition.blogspot.com/p/pens.html" target="_blank">elsewhere on this blog</a>, just for the sake of comparison.<br /><br />The bottom line with me and the 78G: it's well worth the price and is a decent pen, but I'd rather use my Pilot Custom Heritage 91. In fact, I gave the 78G to my son for use as a school pen. I would recommend the 78G as a "first real fountain pen" (rather than, say, a Pilot Varsity, a Platinum Preppy, or a Lamy Safari).

Pilot 78G Fountain Pen

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Dmitry Itskov | Lifelike Humans by 2035

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Dmitry Itskov | Lifelike Humans by 2035

Business Insider R ussian tycoon and former media mogul Dmitry Itskov is trying to figure out how to build lifelike copies of humans ... to ...

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iON | Analysis-Revelation Revealed Chapters 1-3 (Anniversary)

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJJe7HYMlediDrG_lpzku4lMWAFycH0OkJG-iyzRl2ObPw5PkvcCj577feBvOLszGGqD7ES3wIy6YbIsRVDoVuh_0xb6BVmfnwUcVpWggr9HpKI7j16v3ZXPxKppQF5_HQwJ3eyrurTk0/s1600/1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="750" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJJe7HYMlediDrG_lpzku4lMWAFycH0OkJG-iyzRl2ObPw5PkvcCj577feBvOLszGGqD7ES3wIy6YbIsRVDoVuh_0xb6BVmfnwUcVpWggr9HpKI7j16v3ZXPxKppQF5_HQwJ3eyrurTk0/s1600/1.png" width="656" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.theascensionpainting.com/" target="blank"><i>The Ascension Painting</i></a> by Sheila Kern</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div id="posttext"><span style="font-size: large;">INFORMATION FARM EXCLUSIVE</span><i></i><br /><br />19 June 2010—<b><a href="http://www.fivebodied.com/index.php%22" target="blank">Bob Neveritt</a>, former intelligence community insider and member of the Secret Council of Ten, and non-physical <a href="http://www.howionic.com/" target="blank">iON</a> return for an analysis of <i>The Revelation of John</i>.</b><br /><br /><a href="http://www.bartleby.com/108/66/">Follow along and read the Revelation text</a>.<br /><br />Revelation Revealed: Chapters 1 & 2<p></p><object data="http://halkinnaman.com/ed/audio_rr/player.swf" height="24" id="audioplayer386" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="290"> <param name="movie" value="http://halkinnaman.com/ed/audio_rr/player.swf"><param name="FlashVars" value="playerID=audioplayer386&soundFile=http://halkinnaman.com/ed/audio_rr/edit_rev_1-2.mp3"><param name="quality" value="high"><param name="menu" value="false"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></object> <div><a href="http://halkinnaman.com/ed/audio_rr/edit_rev_1-2.mp3" target="blank">download mp3</a></div><p></p>Revelation Revealed: Chapters 2 (continued) & 3 <p></p><object data="http://halkinnaman.com/ed/audio_rr/player.swf" height="24" id="audioplayer387" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="290"> <param name="movie" value="http://halkinnaman.com/ed/audio_rr/player.swf"><param name="FlashVars" value="playerID=audioplayer387&soundFile=http://halkinnaman.com/ed/audio_rr/edit_rev_2cont-3.mp3"><param name="quality" value="high"><param name="menu" value="false"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></object> <div><a href="http://halkinnaman.com/ed/audio_rr/edit_rev_2cont-3.mp3" target="blank">download mp3</a></div><p></p>Experience for the first time, the real meaning of <i>The Revelation of John</i>.<p></p><ul><li>All human beings are GOD. There is no GOD outside of human beings.</li><li>These human creators are creating all that is.</li><li>At one point, these human creators forfeited their power, put it in a box (the <a href="http://informationfarm.blogspot.com/2010/08/ion-arc-of-covenant.html">Arc of the Covenant</a>) called the Mercy Seat and began to believe that GOD was something outside of themselves. All of this was for the experience. </li><li>Human creators can be, do or have anything including the experience that they are not the powerful creators that they indeed are.</li><li>John the Revelator wrote of this process in the Biblical book <i>The Revelation of John</i>. </li><li><i>The Revelation of John</i> foretells of all the other books of the <i>Bible</i> which is read back to front beginning with <i>The Revelation</i> and ending with <i>Genesis</i>.</li><li>Human creators have not yet experienced the Garden of Eden, this is to come.</li></ul><p></p>The remaining chapters of Revelation Revealed are available at <a href="http://www.howionic.com/?page_id=15" target="blank">howionic.com</a> for $50 per audio. Each audio contains 2-4 chapters including Chapter 23 which is missing from the Bible.</div><p></p><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="510" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/FObjd5wrgZ8?rel=0" width="853"></iframe>

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iON | Using the Pineal, Thyroid & Hypothalamus To Tell If a Portal Is Present

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2mGIxjhX4zGpyM-8Q8uj_T2am8h2nvRUqqNotBzzxtVb3q8q6XJ21wPjdeCOGL1DqnqW72MbvyfCPahjB36n3xg9bUfvNXjCihf_dEtM6YLU8I-s1fs-6-TgzdPhpsYYNR_sTwbeyLDg/s1600/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2mGIxjhX4zGpyM-8Q8uj_T2am8h2nvRUqqNotBzzxtVb3q8q6XJ21wPjdeCOGL1DqnqW72MbvyfCPahjB36n3xg9bUfvNXjCihf_dEtM6YLU8I-s1fs-6-TgzdPhpsYYNR_sTwbeyLDg/s320/1.jpg" width="277" /></a></div><div id="posttext"><span style="font-size: x-large;">iON</span><b> explains that you can use clues from the pineal gland, the thyroid and the hypothalamus to know when a portal is nearby. </b><br /><br />If a portal is nearby, the pineal gland will be agitated and send adrenaline throughout the body. The thyroid determines if the agitation is due to the presence of a portal. If so, then the thyroid signals the hypothalamus which gives a sensation of hot or cold indicating how close the portal is to the body.<br /><br /><object data="http://halkinnaman.com/ed/audio_rr/player.swf" height="24" id="audioplayer481" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="290"> <param name="movie" value="http://halkinnaman.com/ed/audio_rr/player.swf"><param name="FlashVars" value="playerID=audioplayer481&soundFile=http://halkinnaman.com/ed/audio_rr/ion_pineal_portal_relationship.mp3"><param name="quality" value="high"><param name="menu" value="false"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></object> <br /><div><a href="http://halkinnaman.com/ed/audio_rr/ion_pineal_portal_relationship.mp3" target="blank">download mp3</a></div></div>

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rAndom International | Rain Room

<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="480" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/7cem71cR0S0?rel=0" width="853"></iframe><br /><br /><div id="posttext" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="http://thecreatorsproject.vice.com/blog/random-international-moma-rain-room" target="blank">Creators Project</a></b></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">I</span><b>magine that angels follow you with an invisible umbrella leaving you dry as you walk through a rain shower. <a href="http://random-international.com/work/rainroom/" target="_blank"><i>Rain Room</i></a> offers visitors the chance to stand in the middle of a rain storm without getting wet.</b><br /><br />Sensors detect and track your movement so that as you move forward, the rain around you ceases to fall overhead, allowing a glimpse into what it might be like to control the rain. Every movement is anticipated—quickly shoot out your arm and still it stays dry; change the speed or angle of your walking and still the rain stops.</div><br /><iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/51830893?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0&color=ffffff" width="853" height="480" frameborder="0" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen></iframe>

rAndom International | Rain Room

Creators Project I magine that angels follow you with an invisible umbrella leaving you dry as you walk through a rain shower. Rain Room of...

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