Good morning! 
It is Thursday, 10 June 2021
(W23 | D161 | 204 rem)
Today is: 
Ballpoint Pen Day🖊
On 10 June 1943 the Bíró brothers, László and György, became owners of US Patent 2390636 – better known around the world as the ballpoint pen.
The Hungarian inventors’ new pen, inspired by the quick-drying inks used by professional printers, was as remarkable as the first fountain pen had been the century before. Ballpoint Pen Day celebrates these intrepid inventors, and the often indelible mark they’ve left on the world at large.
Nowadays, their invention is the ultimate cheap and disposable product – writer Douglas Adams even imagined a planet containing all the lost ballpoint pens in the universe. Yet it was once a luxury product, available only to the rich.
Today, manufacturers produce ballpoint pens by the millions and sell them worldwide. As a promotional tool, ballpoint pens find their way into our hands from advertisers of all sorts assuring that we always have a ballpoint pen handy, too.
Ballpoint Pen Day is a time to appreciate this rarest of things: a design classic that is affordable to almost everyone. They come in an incredible array of styles and designs, and a unique pen that suits the individual is available to people from every income level.
At their most expensive, ballpoint pens have come to represent the final stroke on a business deal, and it is not uncommon to find one in any given purse or portfolio. Signing a receipt for your purchase? You’re probably using a ballpoint pen. Need to fill out a check to pay for your utilities? Again, it’s probably a ballpoint pen you’re using to sign over the money.
Some of the most expensive ballpoint pens are made from carefully designed metal tubes, they even come in gold and silver! Not all ballpoint pens are disposable, some of them are refillable, just like the fountain pens. No matter how you look at it, the ballpoint pen has made an incredible mark on history and is part of every business in the world these days.
Why not get a head start on Letter Writing Day (1st Septembers)? Pick up a ballpoint pen and make someone’s day with a letter or a postcard. You can get them in any array of colors or styles, so why don’t you stop and get one of your very own today? They’re perfect for writing letters, filling out guest books, or if you’re feeling particularly creative, you can even write on your skin! Let your imagination and creativity flow wild!
Other ways to celebrate include:
- create a doodle.
- post a picture the most clever, interesting, or unusual ballpoint pen used for marketing a brand, company or product that you have.
- show off any expensive, luxury pens you may have.
- Or any pens you’ve kept for sentimental reasons - the pen you used to sign your marriage license, the pen you used to write your final exam, etc.
- make a list of stuff that you need to make lists of.
- circle and illustrate your favourite days of the year on your calendar.
Have a right good (write good) Thursday friends! 
