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                    [ArticleID] => 1902250
                    [Title] => Sheening, shimmering, splendid
                    [Summary] => I’ve been writing in this column about the recent resurgence of fountain pens, a phenomenon well documented by mainstream, social and business media like the BBC, the Chicago Tribune, and the Advertising Specialty Institute, which have noted that a whole new generation is turning on to the vintage vibe, of which pens are a part.
                    [DatePublished] => 2019-03-18 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 135214
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1804847
                    [AuthorName] => Butch Dalisay
                    [SectionName] => Arts and Culture
                    [SectionUrl] => arts-and-culture
                    [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2019/03/17/arts1-abstract-colors_2019-03-17_16-47-32822_thumbnail.jpg
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                    [ArticleID] => 1497329
                    [Title] => Why De Lima should run for senator
                    [Summary] => 

The four-day Iglesia ni Kristo rally in Metro Manila and the aborted provincial rallies have varying and different effects on the candidacies of the potential presidential candidates, of the vice presidential candidates and of some senatorial candidates; and this is the reason I stated in earlier columns, why it is very hard to predict election outcomes.

[DatePublished] => 2015-09-07 10:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134206 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1722513 [AuthorName] => Ruben Almendras [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1301151 [Title] => Camels and scribes [Summary] =>

A few months ago, I wrote about the fountain pens that famous people like T. S. Eliot, Winston Churchill, and Neil Gaiman used, and especially about how Eliot’s pen had been donated by his widow Valerie to the Royal Society of Literature for members to sign themselves with into the society’s logbook.

[DatePublished] => 2014-03-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135214 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804847 [AuthorName] => Butch Dalisay [SectionName] => Arts and Culture [SectionUrl] => arts-and-culture [URL] => http://img845.imageshack.us/img845/3079/quc6.jpg ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1285512 [Title] => Pens & inks [Summary] =>

A year ago, I wrote a piece for this column titled “The (ink and) paper chase,” where I talked about how obsessed some people get with finding just the right paper to write on, fussing over paper color, texture, thickness, and (important to us fountain pen users) feathering and bleed-through.

[DatePublished] => 2014-02-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135214 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804847 [AuthorName] => Butch Dalisay [SectionName] => Arts and Culture [SectionUrl] => arts-and-culture [URL] => http://img545.imageshack.us/img545/9813/jai7.jpg ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1242211 [Title] => Practicality and ingenuity [Summary] =>

Even with the increasing trend of paperless documents both at home and in the office, nothing compares to have in one’s hands a printout which is readily accessible especially if the computer is down and Internet access is not possible.

[DatePublished] => 2013-10-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business As Usual [SectionUrl] => business-as-usual [URL] => http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/80/hsyp.jpg ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 964711 [Title] => Canon's PIXMA E610 lets you scan, fax (and it's ink efficient too) [Summary] =>

As far as ink efficiency goes, the Canon PIXMA E610 can be considered as one of the market's most economical for your daily office needs.

[DatePublished] => 2013-07-12 16:37:57 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Gadgets [SectionUrl] => gadgets [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 923356 [Title] => Firm which protested bidding wins contract for indelible ink [Summary] =>

A bidder who questioned the integrity of the bidding conducted by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) for the supply of indelible ink in the May polls has, ironically, won the contract.

[DatePublished] => 2013-03-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804896 [AuthorName] => Sheila Crisostomo [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 913639 [Title] => Indelible ink ng lowest bidder sa Comelec sablay [Summary] =>

Sablay umano ang indelible ink na iprinisinta kahapon ng lowest calculated bidder sa Commission on Elections na gagamitin sana ngayong May 13 national at local elections.

[DatePublished] => 2013-02-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096558 [AuthorName] => Butch M. Quejada [SectionName] => Bansa [SectionUrl] => bansa [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 901727 [Title] => The (ink and) paper chase [Summary] =>

One thing that fountain pen fanciers rather quickly realize is that their obsession (read: expenses) won’t end at buying another Parker, another Sheaffer, or another Pelikan.

[DatePublished] => 2013-01-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135214 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804847 [AuthorName] => Butch Dalisay [SectionName] => Arts and Culture [SectionUrl] => arts-and-culture [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 870507 [Title] => Cayetano wants probe on indelible ink for 2013 polls [Summary] =>

Senate Minority Leader Alan Peter Cayetano expressed concern yesterday over the deal entered into by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) with a private supplier of indelible ink to be used in next year’s elections.

 

[DatePublished] => 2012-11-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096615 [AuthorName] => Christina Mendez [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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