I do not know where my pencil sharpener is, I instead sharpened 
my pencil with a knife.  The method of taking a bit off and rotating the 
pencil slightly went well.  The pencil very much approximated something 
round.  I did not get a very sharp point, so I had to sharpen the lead.  
I ended up with a very badly formed pencil, but I did get a rounded lead 
that was fairly sharp.  I was very likely hampered by my non-sharp 
knife.
	The second thing is how my knife became blunted.  It was from 
gardening that a good friend--now fiancee--appreciated, and that 
involved cutting floral wire.  You know it's love when you're willing to 
damage your tools.

Post Script: Using my thumb to push the knife worked a lot better, and 
led to a not completely emabarassing sharpened pencil.

Post Script Dated 19 March 2015: I just noticed the comma splice in the 
first sentence.