The Strange and Useful World of a Bent Pen
I've spent the last twenty minutes staring at a bent pen on my desk, wondering if it's still worth saving or if I should finally let it go. It's a cheap ballpoint, the kind you get for free at a bank or a hotel, but for some reason, I've developed a weird attachment to it. Maybe it's because the curve in the barrel perfectly fits the crook of my finger, or maybe I'm just too lazy to walk to the kitchen to find a new one. Either way, it got me thinking about how often we encounter these mangled little tools and how they actually play a bigger role in our lives than we think. ...