In Search of an Anachronism, II

After saying yesterday that I had been in search of an anachronism, I failed to explain why.

It wasn't all that long ago that, if one wanted a fountain pen, all you had to do was go into any department store and there you were. If you wanted to get something a little more up scale, you could go to a stationary/office supply store, and you would walk out with something very nice.

Yesterday my search was fruitless, although I could purchase some very nice ball point or roller ball pens for a reasonable fee.

I thought on my way home that fountain pens had become anachronistic because they were from an era where people took the time to stop and write; a time when what you wrote was permanent to some degree, and therefore, required deliberation, and deliberate action. Throwing off a line or two in a hurry was thoughtless, if not down right uncivil.

In a time and age where "C U L8ER" means something, ink and pen gets in the way of progress, and language becomes pliable and transient in meaning. "Bad" is a complement, and being "sick" is cool! But perhaps I'm being a old fashioned, and out of touch myself.

The sad thing is that I don't mind that in the least.

In the meanwhile, I will continue the search for the ultimate pen.

Later, Mushers!