 | Moleskine NotebooksPosted Sep-26-06 15:42:59 PDT I have a pathalogical fear of being sued. As a consultant I kept hearing stories of how a client would end up hating what the consulting firm had done and decide to sue them for damages. Ever since I heard these stories, I decided to keep detailed written records of every client meeting I ever had and keep them carefully in the event I got dragged to some courthouse some where. The problem with keeping notes is that you need a book that's sturdy enough to last for say, five to ten years. The floppy little Mead notebooks won't really cut it. Lab books are better, but the hardboard is hardly hard and the ink just seeps through the pages if you use a felt tip or rollerball pen. On a trip to Belgium I found some really nice notebook by a company called Claire Fontaine. I bought about a dozen of those and went through them in about a year. Then I read about the Moleskine books in a book by Bruce Chatwin. I kept looking for those notebooks and never found any. Finally I found a seller on eBay that sells them at reasonable price. A lot more is available on the site now. The classic Moleksine has a hard oil skin cover, smooth pages that resist bleeding, and a ribbon marker. The book also comes with a very nifty elastic closure to keep it shut. At the end of the book are about a dozen perforated pages that you can tear out. On the back inside cover is a large pocket to keep pieces of papers (I use it for receipts and other scraps.) I loved the book so much that I use it exclusively now. It's also become my traditional Christmas gift to all my co-workers. From what I can tell, they appreciate it as well. Evidently the Moleskine has a rich literary history. It was the notebook of choice for some choice artistic figure besides Chatwin, such as Matisse, Van Gogh, and Hemmingway.
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