Ball Point Pen Day
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So the schools aren't teaching cursive writing anymore. I was somewhat disturbed by the news when I was informed regarding it ... but others at work were more at ease with the notion of less education as a matter of course in The Republic.
My friend Chris at work said that the bulk of writing is done at keyboards anymore and the signature, the appearance of which I once held as such high value was "electronic" in our new age business models.
While I fully understand the conceptualization and implementation of such a rationale, I still think we're raising successive generations of stupidity.
I suppose this is fine and well and good given the status quo for exhibited intellectual capacity as well ... OH what am I saying. Boo.
June 10 is Ball Point Pen Day in honor of Laszlo and Gyorgy Biro, the two brothers who invented the device on this day in 1943.
Ball point pens have an ink application mechanism which was unprecedented in it's time utilizing a ball which both capped the ink inside and permitted the user to control the application of the ink onto the paper during use.
My personal preference in pens is the Bic Clic Stic which I use because of the excellent line quality it produces. It is a medium point pen and came to my attention when I noticed all the vendors handing them out as personalized kitsch at technology conventions and meetings.
Suggestions for marking the day include more inked writing during the day ...
Perhaps avoiding the computer keyboard altogether. Though this alternative is not really feasible for a coder like myself — surely some of you may find it practical at work.
Happy Ball Point Pen Day !