Still life in red and green
Pencils, pens, and a thermometer. A screenshot from Alfonso Cuarón’s Sólo con tu pareja.
Sharpied
Kellyanne Conway, as heard on CNN a little while ago, talking about Donald Trump’s preparation for his State of the Union address: “He Sharpied up a lot of the passages.”
Pen, notebook, cursive
A.O. Scott, New York Times film critic, keeping it analog.
An Almodóvar Jotter
From Matador. The police commissioner holds a Jotter.
Zippy pens
Ballpoint-pen enthusiasts.
The uni-ball Roller
I don’t like what the uni-ball Roller does to my handwriting, but I like seeing it happen.
T-Ball Jotter sighting
In the film “Shattered Glass.”
At the office with Louis Malle
The opening scenes of Louis Malle’s Elevator to the Gallows (1958) are office-centric.
Timmy Martin, writer
“Where’s the pen and ink and good paper?”
The 26 Old Characters
From the W.A. Sheaffer Pen Company, a dowdy-world history of our alphabet and fountain pens.
FPH, NY
The New York Times visits Manhattan’s Fountain Pen Hospital.
Be prepared
“Never be without a pen.”
Biro’s birthday
With a Google Doodle.
Zippy pens
Who owns ball-points?
Parker Jotter sighting
In Populaire.
Pelikan sighting
In Luis Buñuel’s Viridiana.
Uni-ball Signo FTW
From an obituary for the cartoonist Michael Crawford.
“The Reliable Parker Jotter”
Surviving a washing machine.
Zippy ink
Worried about a fountain pen.
Pocket notebook sightings
Where the Sidewalk Ends (dir. Otto Preminger, 1950) rich in stationery supplies.
Did ballpoints kill cursive?
I think that declining ability in cursive might be better explained as a matter of writers’ lack of interest in, or lack of care for, the handwritten word.
The Lamy Pen lifetime warranty would appear to be anything but
Like it says. A lifetime warranty not honored because the pen is seventeen years old.
Fountain Pen Day
Never heard of it before today.
Pen, not dead yet
“The New York Times has given Nick Bilton the space in its Fashion & Style section to announce that the pen is dead. Yes, linkbait.”
Thomas Merton, T-Ball Jotter user
That’s a Parker T-Ball Jotter in Thomas Merton’s hand.
Ballpoints, not for writing?
From The Jeffersons: “Ballpoint pens are not for writing. They’re for making marks.”
Pelikan FullForever cartridges
I can’t wait for this ink to appear in bottled form.
Back to the dowdy world
Today’s Zippy is all about paper and fountain pens.
Two-tone Papermates
Two-tone cars looked spiffy, at least in my faint childhood remembering. These “tu-tone” pens, not so much.
Pilot Razor Points
“Using fountain pens for years makes me realize how light this pen is — too light, really. But I’m enjoying the opportunity to commune with my disposable past.”