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Staying sane while spending hours in a cubicle is difficult. You're constantly at war with claustrophobia, aching kneecaps and, at times, the guy sitting next to you. Whether mean-spirited or not, an office war requires [...]

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Most of the pens you own you didn't purchase. They appeared in your home or your bag through some sort of weird pen osmosis. They are fine for scribbling "To Do" lists around the house, [...]

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We're men; we sweat. It isn't the biggest problem in the world (see: The Real Housewives of _______) but it is an uncomfortable nuisance. When we're putting some miles on our single speed it's acceptable, but [...]

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When the adage "The pen is mightier than the sword" was first coined, it is safe to say the Bolt Action Tactical Pen was not in existence. If it had been, the phrase would've needed [...]

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A while back we showed you the Mayfair Steamer Secretary Trunk, which is a serious upgrade from pretty much anything that can be assembled with allen keys. While distressed cigar leather and brass nails [...]

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The word "linen" doesn't exactly ooze masculinity. In fact, it makes us think of lace bedspreads and light blue Yankee Candles, neither of which we would like to spend any time or brain power on [...]

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There’s something about skulls that makes them inherently cool—regardless of their purpose. If drinking out of them, storing things in them and having them on your walls aren’t enough, now you can write with one [...]

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Cinder blocks may have fallen out of favor with everyone but the mob due to advances in building materials, but they’re still iconic. These Cinder Block Magnets (made of real cement!) can be used to [...]

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If anyone was going to redesign the way we think about writing instruments, it was going to be the Germans. Pencils don't need to be a simple tube of wood filled with "lead" and capped [...]

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Art is fun to look at, but interacting with it is generally frowned upon. Not only do these graphite sculptures look good, they’re also writing utensils. Since they’re made of graphite and coated in a [...]

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Try as we might, we've never been able to go completely paperless. No amount of "notebook" apps will ever replace the strange sense of accomplishment we get from actually writing something down in a notebook [...]

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Outside of the cool gadgets, Minority Report was an almost completely forgettable film. The dialog was bad and the acting was worse, but everyone wanted a touch screen computer they could swipe things across when [...]

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Do you go through notebooks like you go through beer? Do you have a to-do list that never seems to end and an ever growing list of things you really don’t want to forget? It [...]

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Are these notebooks the greatest thing since sliced bread? We don't know. You can't throw a few pieces of cajun turkey and a slice of cheddar on them for lunch, but that's not necessarily a [...]

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If you have a to-do list that’s too long to fit in one of our Shit I Gotta Fucking Get Done notebooks or you’re just writing down something you want to be a little [...]

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