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Totally Random Pen Stuff

by TonyB on February 3, 2010

Here at Tiger Pens, we’re always hunting the web for the latest news from the world of pens. But sometimes, what we find is just an odd collection of the curious and the amusing. Read More –>

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And the Award for ‘Fight Scene with a Pen’ Goes To…

by TonyB on February 1, 2010

It’s movie awards season in the U.S. (look for Oscar nominations to be announced tomorrow), so here at Tiger Pens, we decided to put together a movie/TV list of our own: Great fight scenes involving a pen or pencil.

You might be surprised at how many there are. Some are fairly recent, and a few go back several years, but all feature highly choreographed use of writing instruments in violent ways probably not recommended by the makers. Read More –>

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Conversations About Handwriting

January 29, 2010

It’s gratifying to see how often people still talk about handwriting, even as the doomsayers are predicting the end of pen-and-ink communications (nope, isn’t going to happen). These are some items that have caught our attention over the last few days:

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Pen Porn

January 27, 2010

Need a laugh? Check out “Sex Explained by Pens” at BuzzFeed. You’ll never look at ballpoint sticks quite the same way again.

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National Handwriting Day 2010

January 22, 2010

Those of you in the States might want to take a little extra pride in your scribbles tomorrow. It’s the birthday of one of the most famous signers of the U.S. Constitution – John Hancock – and is, in his honor, National Handwriting Day.

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Probably a Good Pen?

January 11, 2010

Arun Prabhudesai has written an amusing post at Trak.in, his business blog, about a gel and ballpoint pen advertisement that appeared on the front page of the Times of India.

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(Some) MPs Have Expensive Tastes in Pens

January 8, 2010

When the Manchester Evening News recently mentioned an expense claim by a certain MP that included a pricey ink pen, we got curious. What other pen-related claims had been uncovered in the expense reports of MPs?
Turns out, there have been a few.
Gerald Kaufman, MP for Gorton, claimed £225 for a Viceroy Barley rollerball pen, according [...]

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The Carnival (of Pen, Pencil and Paper) is in Town

January 7, 2010

Journaling Arts is hosting the sixth Carnival of Pen, Pencil and Paper this month, and there are links to lots of cool posts worth reading. Among them:

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Handwritten Twittering for the Elderly

December 23, 2009

Anyone with a grandparent knows how difficult it can be to get older people to use email, never mind something like Facebook or Twitter. That, apparently, is what inspired a company in New York to offer a service called Celery that allows US and Canadian subscribers to hand-write their messages for Internet delivery.

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Another OfficeSupplyGeek Experiment: Removing the Air Bubble from a Pen

December 23, 2009

Ever had a pen you couldn’t use because an air bubble was blocking the ink? The ever-inquisitive OfficeSupplyGeek successfully tested a unique, but exhausting, method for removing the bubble. By the way, if you don’t read @OSG, you should. His pen reviews are fun because they’re always one part review, one part kitchen science experiment.

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