{"id":2657,"date":"2012-01-20T14:48:33","date_gmt":"2012-01-20T20:48:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zimmerscope.com\/Verbisaurus\/?p=2657"},"modified":"2012-01-20T14:48:33","modified_gmt":"2012-01-20T20:48:33","slug":"the-parker-mutlifunction-pen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zimmerscope.com\/Verbisaurus\/2012\/01\/the-parker-mutlifunction-pen\/","title":{"rendered":"The Parker Mutlifunction Pen"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thursday, 19 January 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n

When I sat down in my chair at the class here in Janesville yesterday, the first thing I noticed was a box sitting on the table.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Curiosity quickly overcame my fear of unlabeled boxes, and I picked up the white box and began to inspect it. The cardboard was smooth; polished, almost.<\/p>\n

The left side of the box was open and, using the convenient thumb-tab, I pulled out an inner box.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The inner box was monogrammed with a logo and the word “Parker.” I correctly surmised that it was referencing neither Peter nor Charlie but, instead, indicated that the contents were a very classy pen.<\/p>\n

I was right.<\/p>\n

Turns out, the box held a Parker Multifunction pen. The device can be used as a ball-point pen, pencil, fountain pen, roller ball pen, capping pen, or clicking pen.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Behold.<\/em><\/p>\n

This is a beautiful pen. Flawless, really. It wrote evenly, both yesterday and today. I even like how it’s weighted.It’s finely balanced both from the left side to the right and from top to bottom. Here’s the proof:<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Pen stands on end. Ergo, it is balanced from left to right.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Pen balances on finger at the point between the top and bottom portions. Ergo, it is balanced from top to bottom.<\/em><\/p>\n

As I assembled the pen to use it for the first time, I said to the co-worker sitting next to me, “I feel like I’m about to sign a bill into law.”<\/p>\n

And here’s the best part: We got to keep our new pens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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