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01/10/2003 Entry: "Pre-Weekend Post: Pens and Stuff"

Afternoon Delight lyrics. One of those crazy songs that gets stuck in my head.

I was cleaning up the bathroom today at the office. In the little reading material basket there was a catalog for Levenger. (Billed as "Tools for serious readers.") I'd never heard of them, but this was quite a catalogue. Nice pens, book covers, journals, bags, cool stuff like that. Back when I was in college, I bought Susan a Waterman fountain pen. I tried it, and liked it so much, I bought one for myself. (Funny how I work for an Internet company, yet like old technology like fountain pens and pocket watches.) It was a Parker. I used it all through college. I had this History professor who talked a mile a minute. A smooth writing fountain pen worked so well; he would keep on truckin', and you'd just keep on a writin'. But somewhere after graduation, it got lost. This catalogue got me thinking about a fountain pen again. I've read good things about the Waterman Expert II. The Waterman Phileas is about half the price, but doesn't come in black--only somewhat funkier marbles.

Beginner's Guide to Fountain Pens
Fountain pen FAQs
Pen collecting newsgroup FAQ

I'm will tell this story, but I don't necessarily believe it. I was talking about the spam filters for email here at work. I purportedly said "Someone needs to lower the snare threshold." Hmm. My mind, thinking about snares? Impossible!