:: Pen Pall ::

Monday, February 02, 2004

This has been a very bad weekend for my personal possessions. First went the precious bag with The Best Umbrella I've Ever Owned, and now I've lost my pen. It was a Pilot Precise V5. Black.

I complained a long time ago about pants pockets. Those of my latest pair du jour are predisposed to developing holes. I sew them closed when I can, but often it's not enough. While I was concentrating on tending to the bottoms, my pen just slipped right out the top.

I don't know why I keep coming back to the Pilot Precise V5. It's one of those little things in my life I don't usually have the inclination to question. Would the marginal utility increase derived from an exhaustive search for a superior pen outweigh the effort and opportunity cost needed to find one? I might likely find no pen within my price range to be as good, and then the only benefit would be the reassurance that my original, ahem, inkling to go with the PPV5 was sound.

Pilot has an awesome site, with hi-res images of every product line.

Posted by morland @ 12:21 PM

:: Comments ::

You've overlooked the most important invention to Geeks worldwide. It's the pocket protector! Aside from not leaking ink into what may possibly be my only clean shirt, it also is impervious to holes. I don't really know that, having never held a pocket protector. But you might be able to make a killing in the world of pants pocket protectors. As far as I can tell, they only have pocket protectors for shirt pockets (and possibly cargo pant pockets, given their similar shape). Yeah, and I want 50% of net profits for gifting you this amazing idea.

Posted by: The Guy Who Lives In Vail on February 2, 2004 08:16 PM

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