The continuing chronicles of Jose Dalisay Jr., aka Butch Dalisay, a Filipino collector of old fountain pens, disused PowerBooks, '50s Hamiltons, poker bad beats, and desktop lint.

"Penman" appears every Monday in the Lifestyle Section of the Philippine Star at www.philstar.com.

I reserve the right to moderate comments on the blog entries; you can also email me at pinoypenman@me.com.

You can access the previous version of this blog, with entries going back to 2005, at www.penmanila.net.