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One of the things that Monteverde does right is stand out from the crowd. No matter what, you are going to notice a Monteverde pen, whether it’s on a display shelf or in someone’s hand. Taking a cue from the colorful flags flown at boat races, the Regatta Sport line mixes carbon fiber sections with either bright red or yellow, or a full carbon fiber design. Not content with just these color choices, the Rose Gold Limited Edition was released. Limited to just 999 pieces in Fountain, Rollerball or Ballpoint, these are some eye-catching pens. Their limited edition number is...

Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862) was an American philosopher, poet, and environmental scientist whose major work, Walden, draws upon each of these identities in meditating on the concrete problems of living in the world as a human being. He sought to revive a conception of philosophy as a way of life. He discussed his own scientific findings with leading naturalists of the day.The Walden Woods Project preserves the land, literature and legacy of Henry David Thoreau to foster an ethic of environmental stewardship and social responsibility. The Project achieves this mission through the integration of conservation, education and research.Faber Castell Walden...

Meet Pilot’s newest addition to the Vanishing Point line, the 2014 Limited Edition Copper. I had been admiring the Vanishing Point pens for a couple of years now, waiting to see if they would come out with a model that I couldn’t resist.As bright as a shiny new copper penny, this pen really called out to me. It is almost as much fun to just look at as it is to write with. The 2014 Copper pen comes with rhodium appointments on the barrel and clip and a rhodium-plated medium 18k gold nib, which I found to be a little...

A good satirist is arguably one of the cleverest, funniest and most informed members of society. Theyare skilled in one of the most enviable genres in the literary world, and just about every author or youngprotégée with a pencil and notebook crave the wit and humor that satirists use to showcase and ridiculethe vices, abuses and follies of society with the intent to shame society into improvement. (Althoughsatire is usually meant to be funny, its greater purpose is constructive, social criticism that uses witas a weapon. Satire features strong irony, sarcasm, parody, exaggeration, comparison, analogy anddouble entendres to create a...

During the 15th century, the countries of Europe began to compete with each other on a global scale. It’s not like they hadn’t been competing before this particular century, it’s just that the insurgent competition over economic, military, philosophical, cultural and religious dominance over their neighbors was enough to make the Cold War look like the Lukewarm War, or the Room Temperature War. The powerhouses of England, Spain and France (Pre-Reformation France, anyway), Portugal and Italy were desperately trying to outpace one another, and all of the wealth that was being accumulated with the colonization of Africa only spurred their...