Unsolicited review #3

The SureFire 6P Defender. DAMN that's a bright flashlight! Solid, too! Bright! So very bright!

Pricy (I've seen them go for as high as $120). I got mine for about $20 or $30 out-of-pocket, all told, thanks to some leftover cash on a gift certificate, but I can't remember the original price. It was a two-digit number, if memory serves.

Anyway, it's a neat little light. Me likey.

Well gosh

My office awarded me "Scariest Halloween Costume" today.

I guess I should've worn a costume.

I just feel dead

Braaaiiinnnssss

Halloween on a Friday. How cool is that?

Even with the promise of some rain, Halloween on a Friday has a certain level of awesome that damp weather cannot overcome.

I wish I didn't have this odd throat tickle that makes me so blasted thirsty.

Hmm... maybe if I snacked on some... braaaiiiiinnnnssss

BOO!

And this Halloween pun pleases me.

It fits the season too.

Unsolicited Review #2

I lose pens like mad. When I do have pens on-hand, they're usually dead. I saw the Inka pen in REI while waiting to make a purchase and recalled reading some favorable reviews online. So I picked one up.

It's pretty neat. It unscrews into pieces that make a pen that's comfortable to hold or you can just yank out the smaller part with the ink for a quick jot.

The claim is it writes everywhere on any surface. I haven't tested that yet.

Unsolicited Review #1

Because I'm all about sharing my unsolicited opinions and I'm quite fond of a lot of junk, I thought I'd share my opinions on some of the stuff I regularly carry.

In this post, I'll discuss the Tool Logic Pro SL 2. What is that? Well, it's a multi-functional little thing. It's:

* A knife (as you can see)
* A whistle (in the base of the handle)
* A flashlight (the little tube thing... very bright, actually)
* A fire starter.

So that last bit could use some clarification. The pics don't show it, but you can pull the tube with the flashlight out. On the other end there's a metal extension of "Swedish Firesteel". If you strike it against steel (convenient that the knife happens to be steel...)it makes a spark to light kindling.

I'm no outdoorsman. I would be dead in an hour if I were dropped in the woods, even with this thing, but at least I could start a fire (which would probably be what kills me, but I digress).

This is the newer SL 2 model. As I mentioned in a prior post, I'd managed to break the non-working firesteel in my last model. I contacted Tool Logic for a replacement part to purchase and they just up and shipped me a brand knew knife for free. That was surprising and awesome. And the whistle works better on the new one! The only stipulation was that they asked me to ship the old one back in an envelope they provided.

And so I returned the knife. I feel a twinge from that. It was a good knife and I do get sentimentally-attached to my stuff. Still, it was a fair price to pay.