{"id":23503,"date":"2025-06-10T08:00:21","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T15:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/?p=23503"},"modified":"2025-06-01T10:11:44","modified_gmt":"2025-06-01T17:11:44","slug":"ball-point-pen-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/ball-point-pen-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Ball Point Pen Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We had Pencil Day!\u00a0 So the moment I saw that there was a ball point pen day – I HAD TOO!!!<\/span><\/p>\n

Favorite type of pen?\u00a0 Gel tips, fine tips, old school style, throwaways.<\/span><\/p>\n

I have a variety in my cup to write notes on my desk (all purple!)<\/span><\/p>\n

What do you have?\u00a0 And did you steal it from a receptionist desk?<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  We had Pencil Day!\u00a0 So the moment I saw that there was a ball point pen day – I HAD TOO!!! Favorite type of pen?\u00a0 Gel tips, fine tips, old school style, throwaways. I have a variety in my cup to write notes on my desk (all purple!) What …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[942],"tags":[825],"class_list":["post-23503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-national-day","tag-national-day"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2Da1M-675","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":20767,"url":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/flower-day\/","url_meta":{"origin":23503,"position":0},"title":"Flower Day","author":"Nicolaus Meridius","date":"March 21, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"It's National Flower Day!\u00a0 So what's your favorite flowers? 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