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As American as Oxtail Stew: Creative American Foods

Creative American Foods As an avid foodie, one of my favorite things to do when traveling to other countries is to experience new, unusual foods. I’ll never forget marveling over the unexpected-yet-genius idea of putting mayonnaise on my…
Pencil Dreams

The Pencil Crisis: Quality Pencils in the Classroom

How Low-Quality Pencils Impact Our Students' Education There is a crisis facing our classrooms, and it revolves around the seemingly simple pencil. Schools across the country, unaware of the negative effects a poorly made pencil can have on…

Illegal Chinese Pencil Allegations Cause Stir

Illegal Chinese Pencil Allegations Cause Stir In a recent Timberlines blog post titled “Allegations of Illegal Chinese Pencils,” CalCedar CEO Charles "WoodChuck" Berolzheimer shared his thoughts on the decline of pencil production (and…

Creative Ways to Stave off Boredom During National Anti-Boredom Month

Boredom can strike at any time. It can attack at school, at work, on a weekend, even in the middle of the night when you can’t sleep a wink. In the fight against boredom, you have a powerful weapon at your disposal: creativity. July is National…

National Joke Day: Orange you glad it’s time for a joke?

National Joke Day When I was a kid, my father used to tell a joke that both delighted and confounded me for hours on end. The joke went something like this: Dad: “Two guys are in a boat – Pete and RePete. Pete jumps out. Who’s left?” Ann:…
The Lost Art of Penmanship

Word by Word: The Lost Art of Penmanship

The Lost Art of Penmanship I peer through the magnifying glass, squinting at the delicate letters in front of me. They are as thin and spidery as the webs I bushed away when I took the letters out of their battered cardboard box, and my eyes…

Five Reasons Twitter is Great for Writers

Networking is a difficult thing to do when gas prices are high. I’d love to meet and discuss literature with all of the writers of the world, but alas, my car would probably die before I made it to the Grand Canyon, and my fancy jet is in…

Ode to Blackwing Revisted

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Celebrating the Blackwing, Animation Style One year ago today, the Palomino Blackwing 602 was introduced. That means it's also been a year since Pencils.com founder Charles "WoodChuck" Berolzheimer penned, or rather penciled (I know, we use…

E3 and the Art of Video Game Design: An Interview with Shahid Ahmad

Yesterday marked the start of the Electronic Gaming Expo (E3), one of the biggest (if not the biggest) gaming events of the year. Gamers around the world are tuned into their favorite video game website or blog for updates from the show and…

Listography: You Are What You List

Listography: You Are What You List My purse is filled with lists. To-do lists, grocery lists, lists of zombie movies I need to watch – you name it, I’ve got it in list format scribbled in colored pencil on scraps of notebook paper. Recently…