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\"\"<\/a>I\u2019m a huge fan of fountain pens. (See here<\/a><\/strong>.) In fact, I rarely use anything but a fountain pen, even to underline in books. When I travel I use a Waterman pen with blue ink to leave a reminder that blue ink means vacation and travel. Otherwise I rotate through my small collection of fountain pens. I enjoyed this piece<\/a><\/strong>:<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s something to think about: How many times have you used a pen today?<\/p>\n

Maybe you crossed something off of your to-do list or maybe you wrote a check to your landlord or maybe you scrawled \u201cBRB\u201d on a napkin before running out to pick up milk. Maybe you did Sudoku.<\/p>\n

Whatever you did, chances are good you did a lot less of it than you did five years ago. Technology has made sure of that.<\/p>\n

Still, at a time when the swipe of a touch screen is quickly replacing other modes of communication, not all of the past has been erased. In fact, some surprising vestiges of the pre-digital era are still being churned out and scooped up today.<\/p>\n

Enter, the specialty fountain pen.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

My favorite? I\u2019m a big fan of Pelikan. Bics clog and pollute our world; fountain pens never get tossed. Nothing like the scratch of a fountain pen on a piece of paper.<\/p>\n

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