Parker, Fahrney, Mont Blanc, Caran d'Ache

Well, its a long time since I exercised my tiny stock of grey cells.....hidden somewhere below the pink, red, white and the rest of the palette that we get Scooty Pep+ in. I can hear some people guffaw, even though I have been so close to the truth. Actually, my neurologist says that i seem to have misplaced my chink of grey ones and instead have got an extra batch of chocolate covered raisins......That explains my craving for chocolates. Thats's one mystery unravelled.

I am digressing. Let me jump back to the starting point. This is the era of technology, the great 21st century. The world of emails or is it....the web of emails? What I am trying to say is that its been ages since I saw a hand written letter. I am not legally correct in saying that as a friend of mine still prefers weilding the pen to taking risk with the keypad. But it has become a general practice for people to avoid looking at a pen. In fact, a lot of folks I know have told me this (of course, I dont want to take any names lest I turn up at one of the ministers' "all-season house") that they have forgotten how to hold a pen. One of them actually attended handwriting classes along with his 4 year old and the most wondrous thing was the father actually was able to ace the tiny tot (which he went on to proudly narrate at every single occassion that he could manage to).

With the advent of the new-age advertising, the number of new pens that have been introduced are simply mindblowing. If you rally take stock of it, we DO have more types/designs of pens than flavors of condoms. So you can appreciate, how much thought and attention is given to this market segment. You have pens that write as smooth as silk (wait a minute! Was that the tag line of Veet hair remover or what!!!). You have pens with a grip that makes you feel good and comfortable (now, where have we heard that?). Why the hell would we need something like that? Ask students.....they hate writing. Anything to get them off their scribbling instruments. Awww! Forget it.

I remember those beautiful, stuffy days when i used to scrounge 55 (i aint joking about it) supplementary sheets for each subject and that too, in a record 2 hours 45 mins. And today, I cant write on two sheets of paper at a stroke. Of course, my typing speed has improved considerably. It means that I save a lot of money as i dont have to pay any postal charges (I email, I e-greet, I e-curse and I e-cry), no paper (remember? Its a paper jungle out there. We have to create a paper-less office....) and no greeting cards (now, thats what i call a super saver program).

Well, i guess thats why I prefer to record my thoughts as a blog rather than actually write it down. So in a way, technology has really helped preserve, share, discuss our thoughts, right? And hence, we all must hail this new era........Oops! So what was i writing about?

Let me say..............Take a break.
An afterthought......Whatever be it, receiving a hand-written letter does make you feel oh-so-special.