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Noble Pen Holiday Note

Noble Pen Holiday Note
Christmas crept into Pine Cove like a creeping Christmas thing: dragging garland, ribbon, and sleigh bells, oozing eggnog, reeking of pine, and threatening festive doom like a cold sore under the mistletoe.
–Christopher Moore, The Stupidest Angel

Just a Quick Note
Due to the inconsiderate timing of Christmas Eve and New Years Eve, our next [...]

Noble Pen Meeting, December 17th, 2009

Noble Pen Meeting
December 17th, 2009
Happy Chef, 1906 Blairs Ferry Rd NE, Cedar Rapids
Assume a virtue if you have it not
–William Shakespeare
One head lacks the power of many. One head is corruptible. One head is removable.
–Benjamin Franklin
Victories
Ian is being harassed by textbook publishers carrying sharp objects and hair clippers
I sent out five query letters. Two of them got auto-replies. Apparently, New York is closed at [...]

Noble Pen Meeting, December 10th, 2009

Noble Pen Meeting
December 10th, 2009
Happy Chef, 1906 Blairs Ferry Rd NE, Cedar Rapids
One could write a history of science in reverse by assembling the solemn pronouncements of highest authority about what could not be done and could never happen.
–Robert A. Heinlein
I have never experienced another human being. I have experienced my impressions of them.
–Robert Anton [...]