Elections And Disappearing Ink Pens

Wile e Coyote

Apparently, Wile E. Coyote has gotten into international politics.

That can be the only explanation for a rash of reports the last couple of years about tricksters smuggling “disappearing ink pens” into polling places around the world from Russia to Maldives.

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Pens With Magnetic Appeal

Polar Magnetic Pen

Pens are cool. Magnets are cool. Pens + magnets? Awesome!

It’s really that simple.

Which is why we are excited by some unique pens that combine the two in very sexy ways.

For example, Andrew Gardner’s Kickstarter project for the Polar Pen, a modular pen made of rare earth magnets. (I won’t pretend that I didn’t have to go to Wikipedia to find out that a rare earth magnet is the strongest kind made.)

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Pilot Has Gone Fizzy with Their B2P Soda Pens

Pilot B2P Soda Blue

I’m a big fan of Pilot’s original B2P gel pen made from recycled plastic to resemble plastic water bottles. They look great, write fairly well and are very comfortable in the hand. The Pilot B2P is part of the Pilot Begreen Range of recycled pens.

The design changed a bit when Pilot began making a ballpoint version of the B2P incorporating a bubbly, fluted barrel meant to evoke a bottle of sparkling water.

And now, Pilot’s come out with a jazzier model called the B2P Soda ballpoint pen, sold primarily in Europe.

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