I was interested in the words used to define writing instument.. Stylus has come up at work with a roll out of Palm PDA's, and a surprizing number of well educated people didn't know the word..

and then ink horns came up.. and i thought of all the defining words for pens.. dip pens, quills, fountain pens, markers.. (to me, ink is stored in a well, and my india ink is poured into one for use..) and there is a special word for the stick inks used in asia.. but i don't know it..do you?

and i still don't understant what Dr. Bill meant when he said Ink Pens.
and i haven't scratched the surface.. which leads nicely into the kinds of surfaces.. in my school, we called them black boards.. but they were green...


my other obsession