Friday, October 13, 2006
“When handwritten essays were introduced on the SAT exams for the class of 2006, just 15 percent of the almost 1.5 million students wrote their answers in cursive. The rest? They printed. Block letters. …
Scholars who study original documents say the demise of handwriting will diminish the power and accuracy of future historical research.”
– from The Handwriting Is on the Wall
I’ve been complaining about the decline in my own penmanship for years now. I used to take pride in how beautiful, in particular, my lowercase e and t looked. And don’t get me started on my q. It was lovely. Truly a sight to behold. Now I am ashamed to see my own handwriting. Unless I’m sending a check — and that’s rare these days, too — I just don’t ever need to use a pen or pencil. Blast this damn keyboard!
Tuesday, March 19, 2002
Remember when Val Kilmer was sitting in the lecture when the guys first got to Miramar in Top Gun? He kept walking his pen through his fingers and right away you just knew he was a jerk. If you ever wanted to learn how to look so brooding / arrogant / dextrous, there’s a web site devoted to teaching you The Art of Pen Spinning.
Wednesday, November 28, 2001
I have to see if there’s a way to add this pen to my Christmas wishlist. I love cool pens. There are dozens of really awesome ones at Levenger. If you love pens as much as I do, check out the Fisher Bullet Space Pen. It fits in your pocket (and anywhere else!) and is one of my favorites.
Monday, August 21, 2000
I find it amazing that I have almost everything in my life digitized and yet I cannot help but visit this fabulous store and want almost everything there.
Tuesday, August 15, 2000
It really kills me that she can’t get her permalinks working the right way so I can never link to a single post, but haha - no, serious is apparently ga-ga over Elvis pens. I say we start a crusade to get her as many as possible.
