{"id":140,"date":"2004-10-28T13:44:10","date_gmt":"2004-10-28T18:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.glamdring.org\/wp\/archives\/2004\/10\/28\/truly-mighter-than-the-sword\/"},"modified":"2004-10-28T21:27:04","modified_gmt":"2004-10-29T02:27:04","slug":"truly-mighter-than-the-sword","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glamdring.org\/wp\/2004\/10\/truly-mighter-than-the-sword\/","title":{"rendered":"Truly Mighter Than the Sword"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As I start to reach middle age, I&#8217;m starting to take notice of life&#8217;s smaller pleasures.  Take, for instance, my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zebrapen.com\/gel-sarasa.html\">Zebra Sarasa<\/a> gel pen.<\/p>\n<p>Before I can explain the goodness that is this pen, I must first make sure you, the dear reader, can understand the history of my frustration with pens, mostly stemming from my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thelefthand.com\/\">left-handedness<\/a>.  Being as my language of choice when writing is English, and being as English is written from left to right, anything I write will eventually be smudged by my left hand.  This rules out using any pens that do not dry quickly, including <a href=\"http:\/\/pw1.netcom.com\/~danhle\/home.html\">fountain pens<\/a> and most <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bookmice.net\/fleur\/gelpenstop.html\">gel pens<\/a>.  I resigned myself to using ballpoint pens, even though they tend to cramp my hands.<\/p>\n<p>After years of frustration, gel pens were invented and sold that dried instantly, but even those technical marvels had one major flaw&#8230; they would leave gaps in your line.  You&#8217;d try to sign your name, and half of your last name would simply be missing.   What was one to do?<\/p>\n<p>I was waiting for my shuttle to pick me up at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bjs.com\/\">BJ&#8217;s<\/a> in Downingtown for my trip to Australia, when I realized that I didn&#8217;t have any pens.  I ran in and grabbed a 20 pack of Zebra pens, and threw a couple in my bag.  I have since been amazed, simply because they do what they&#8217;re supposed to.  Without any effort, I can draw a smooth, clear, uninterrupted line, and don&#8217;t leave smudge marks.<\/p>\n<p>What else can one ask for from a pen?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As I start to reach middle age, I&#8217;m starting to take notice of life&#8217;s smaller pleasures. Take, for instance, my Zebra Sarasa gel pen. Before I can explain the goodness that is this pen, I must first make sure you, the dear reader, can understand the history of my frustration with pens, mostly stemming from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glamdring.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glamdring.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glamdring.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glamdring.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glamdring.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.glamdring.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glamdring.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glamdring.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glamdring.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}