Colin Roche and The Pen Guy with the ErgoSleek
Maker Faire 2009 was fantastic, and there are lots of things I will be sharing in the coming days, but first I wanted to talk about Colin Roche, the inventor of an amazing pen called PenAgain™. In my four years as the Pen Guy I have never met an inventor of a pen- so this was a first for me. Colin invented a pen that has a comfortable “No Grip” design that reduces stress on the hands and fingers. The full PenAgain story can be read here. Colin came up to me and said he also is a “pen guy” and then after telling me his story, I knew he was the real deal. He also presented me with the ErgoSleek PenAgain one the coolest looking pens ever- it looks like a retro space rocket in its box with two refills and a snazzy pen stand. One of these days I am going to have to make a trip down to the PenAgain store. Thank you Colin, it was a pleasure to meet you and your lovely family. Here is is also the documentary video.
Forestville Water District Now a Pen Donation Center
Pens Donated by the Forestville Water District
Well folks its official, the Forestville Water District has now become the official Pen Donation Center for the town of Forestville CA. If you get your water in Forestville, which by the way is the best tasting water I have ever had, you can always drop your old pens next time you have to pay your water bill. Today I picked up a box of pens and inside were some really cool old pens and a big huge one donated by the FWD office.
Pens Donated from Denver Colorado by Terry…?
These beautiful dead pens were sent in last week by Terry from Denver CO, I think. When people send pens most times there is no return address or a least an email I can say thanks. So I had to do my best CSI investigation, using anything I can glean from the package. Address label, names on the pens anything to give me an approximate location. From what I could gather these came from Terry in Denver Colorado. Thanks “Terry” and keep on sending your old pens, because it sure beats the land fill and you get to feel better about it all.
Grace Church School – Donates Old Pens
Last October I got an email from Dana from Grace Church School in New York City who asked me if I needed more pens. The answer was a big yes and promised that she would collect a bunch and send them over. Last Friday Dana came through and I got this wonderful box of dead pens here on my orange shag seat covers. So a great be thank you goes out to Dana who made it happen and all of you at Grace Church School, who donated your old pens.
Inspired mom collects olds pens for the pen guy
I found this great picture on a blog called The Clothesline by a wonderful mom called Cathy who found The Pen Guy blog and decided to collect her old pens and send them over when the box is full. The comments are also very encouraging and came on a day when I was feeling down while contemplating the economy and my finances. There are moments in life when in the face of great opposition and difficulty you have to move forward by faith on the vision and destiny you were meant to walk in. The world says one thing but your heart and gut says another. Often times people give up the fight right before the breakthrough comes and never go on to walk in their destiny and see their dreams come true. I heard once that the worlds greatest inventions and ideas are found inside graves, because they were buried there with the people who either gave up too soon, or were too afraid to step out in faith to believe that they had an idea worth pursuing. We are not alone in life and need others to encourage us in the journey but we also need to encourage others in the journey as well. Cathy has done that for me today and I thank her from the bottom of my heart. Giving up on your dreams is not only a trategy for you but for the rest of us who would have benefited in some way from that dream. Think of all the ideas and inventions that make a difference in your life today, now think of life without those same things. So all I can say is dream big and fight a good fight to see those dreams come true. Imagine life without Disney for instance!!!