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It’s been a while since I’ve written about my favorite pastime (aside from my weekly poker binges and my foot-massage-and-movie dates with Beng), so indulge me this break from the headaches of literature and politics and let me talk about those obscure objects of my writerly desire  pens and all things appurtenant thereto, as my lawyer friends would say.

[DatePublished] => 2015-11-01 09:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135214 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804847 [AuthorName] => Butch Dalisay [SectionName] => Arts and Culture [SectionUrl] => arts-and-culture [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1333261 [Title] => Montblanc’s most iconic pen turns 90 [Summary] =>

In this age of digital technology, when kids are used to tapping on smart devices to communicate, what happens to the writing instruments we used to practice our cursive on?

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A total of 193 illegal fish pens had been dismantled here on Friday in line with the ”Sa Ilog Ko, May Pagbabago” program of the city government.

[DatePublished] => 2014-05-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096897 [AuthorName] => Eva Visperas [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [3] => 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.

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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.

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At least 102 fish pens in the city’s rivers have been dismantled and 60 more are expected to be gone in a week’s time as their owners beat the mayor’s deadline.

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A few months ago, I was thrilled to read the news that T.S. Eliot’s pen had been lodged with the Royal Society of Literature, replacing a quill pen that had been owned by Charles Dickens and used by the society’s fellows to sign themselves into the exclusive club.

[DatePublished] => 2013-08-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135214 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804847 [AuthorName] => Butch Dalisay [SectionName] => Arts and Culture [SectionUrl] => arts-and-culture [URL] => http://imageshack.us/a/img821/2065/k63i.jpg ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1123462 [Title] => Dagupan fish pens have to go this month [Summary] =>

With or without weather disturbances, all fish pens in this city’s rivers have to go by the end of this month.

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At least 205 fish pens in this city touted as the country’s “bangus (milkfish) capital” are set to be dismantled, as the new mayor said such structures have no place under her administration.

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As if two trips up to Baguio in early April weren’t enough, I went up a third time later this month.

[DatePublished] => 2013-04-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135214 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804847 [AuthorName] => Butch Dalisay [SectionName] => Arts and Culture [SectionUrl] => arts-and-culture [URL] => ) ) )
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