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...those shiny Hello Kitty vinyl school kits, you know, the bright ones with a neat little row of plastic loops inside to harbor a child's collection of those disappearing markers that come inside boxes of Lucky Charms. In those inviting slots she had tucked a fascinating armament of pens and mechanical pencils and ever since then I've been a writing utensil snob. I revel in the satisfaction of taking notes in just the right color ink and with a pen of exactly the right weight. Not just any pen will do for any occasion...
...somewhat rarer, the pencil people. These types are not mutually exclusive, but they certainly divide the campus into a class structure of note-taking. The felt-tip bullies, a rare exception, force their way onto a sheet with the power of fat letters. As for the multi-colored clicker pen owners, well, they are just confused pre-meds...
...hesitate to tell you--oh yes, my pen shakes while I write--that this ROTC oppression is only the tip of this liberal threat. Beneath the waters lies a much greater threat to the traditions of our great nation. For you might not realize this my friends, but these liberals believe that they can teach anything they want, no matter how far removed from any practical occupations. Yes, remember the proverb: Idleness is the soul of wit. Under this license, these ivy walls are stained with the slime of witchcraft, internet pornography and the nefarious activities of the Action...
...user] at tremendous speed, increasing in size as they approach." He doesn't mention that this peculiar sensation can happen stone-cold-sober when trying to get an autograph at Disney World. I was seven. I was so excited. I walked right up to the Mouse and thrust a pen in his face. Suddenly, I heard a disconcertingly masculine voice emanating from the oversized plastic head, and it spoke to me. It spoke to me. And it said: "Look, kid, my hands are too big." Talk about sensory dissonance...
DIED. JAMES HERRIOT, 78, veterinary surgeon turned best-selling author; at his northern England home near Thirsk, Yorkshire. The Scottish-born James Alfred Wight did not begin writing until his early 50s, when he took the pen name Herriot and soon made up for lost time. His charming anecdotes of life as an English country vet tapped into the urban reader's apparently bottomless appetite for pastoral simplicity and infirm animals; All Creatures Great and Small, published in the U.S. in 1972, made Herriot a literary sensation-a status further enhanced by the popular BBC series based on his work...