You’d think the worst that could happen if an ink pen exploded would be a giant blue stain on your favourite white shirt.
General Interest
Say "Thank You" With a Note
Back home from the holidays and trying to decide whether to send out a round of handwritten thank-you notes?
Of course, we highly recommend it. Thank-you notes only take a few minutes and are all but guaranteed to make your friends and loved ones feel a little extra post-holiday warmth. Plus, they give you yet another excuse to break out your favourite pens for a little inking.
The 24K Gold Pencil a Great Gift or a Designers Folly
Daisung Kim a Korean designer has introduced to the world his 24K gold pencils. The pencils are a standard graphite core wooden pencil covered in 99% pure gold and stamped with the lettering 24K Gold Pencil.
Detroit Schools Teaching Less Handwriting
Public schools around Detroit, Mich. are teaching a “simplified” version of handwriting or are considering cutting back on handwriting instruction altogether as kids spend less time writing and more time typing, according to the Detroit Free Press.
Pen Thief Strikes in Parker’s (Old) Hometown
Well, actually, we don’t know that it was a thief. But blogger Steve Knox wrote in the Janesville (Wisc.) Gazette this week that he is mourning the loss of his favourite Parker Frontier after it disappeared from his desk.