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For the last several months, an unidentified street artist has been pasting up drawings of pigeons – and hummingbirds and shopping carts and other objects, too – around downtown Bangor.

From the Bangor Daily News:

The pigeons first appeared in mid-July…four months later, there have been more than 60 examples of pigeon art in downtown Bangor. A pigeon drinking a Budweiser pasted to Leadbetter’s Mini Stop on Ohio Street. A pigeon crying a river of tears pasted to a wall inside the Kenduskeag Stream canals. Picasso-themed pigeons on the side of Domino’s Pizza on Clinton Street and on the doorway of the Main Tavern on Main Street. A connect-the-dots pigeon at the corner of Hammond and Columbia streets.

He draws his artwork on paper and sticks it to walls with wheat paste that makes it easy to remove. Read More –>

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Pens are good, and free pens are even better.

So, if you’d like a chance to get a free Bic Atlantis Stic, you might want to go over to the Bic Facebook page.

Starting today, Bic is giving away 130 free Atlantis pens an hour, 10 hours a day for the next month.

All you have to do is visit the Bic Cork Board on Facebook every hour on the hour and enter your name and contact info for a chance to win.

The first 130 entries get a pen. You can only win one per email address. Unfortunately, the giveaway is limited to the U.S.

Granted, the Atlantis is not a spectacular pen. It’s a simple ballpoint, with the less-than-silky writing experience and washed out ink colors that that entails. However, it gets good marks for a comfortable design and solid construction.

As one reviewer puts it, “Great for casual writing but pen junkies might turn their noses up…”

But you can’t beat free, right?

Oh, and speaking of free, Uniball is also currently running a promotion on its Facebook page. No free pens, but if you enter codes found in packs of Uniball products, you can win clothing, Starbucks coffee and other items.

And, as always, the Tiger Pens blog has a special treat for you later this month with our regular giveaway. Stay tuned for details.

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Uniball Pens Good, New Uniball Pen Commercials Not

July 20, 2011

Regular readers know that we love Uniball pens. They’re graceful, write like a dream and have that armored Super Ink. That’s why these new TV commercials from Uniball make us sad. The reason: They…well…suck.

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Totally Random Pen Stuff

February 25, 2011

• Jon Stokes at Ars Technica explains why his reaction to the iPad and other tablets is, “Meh.” He finds the screens difficult to use for the simple fact this his hands get in the way so he can’t see what he’s doing, and doesn’t like the lack of “tactile feedback.” I can summarize this [...]

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Uniball Signo Scents: Gel Pens that Smell Like Bubblegum and Blueberries

March 5, 2010

We heard from Uniball this morning that there is a new range of gel pen coming to the UK. The Signo Scents line are rollerball pens with, just like the name says, scented ink. They will come in 10 distinctive aromas, including Strawberry Pink, Orangey Orange, Blueberry Blue, Pineapple Yellow, Coconut Brown, Cola Black, Soda [...]

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No Pen Refills…Says Who?

February 5, 2010

(Updated to correct the name of the columnist.) Columnist Lori Borgman wrote a puzzling piece the other day complaining that it is all but impossible to find refills for ink pens, implying that the pen industry makes only disposables and is behind the curve when it comes to environmentally friendly products.

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