This is turning out to be an incredibly busy week at my day job (which I’m not giving up, thanks for asking). In turn, I have not been able to do the kind of work that is required to put out thoughtful, organized blog posts that my imaginary readers have come to expect.

Instead, let’s talk about stationary. Because it’s easy.

I’m not a writer. But I do write a lot. And, I have found a solution to the problem I was having with figuring out what devices to use when sitting down to actually work on a "manuscript" (or, in my case, a mockuscript — that thing that people who are pretending to be writers are pretending to write).

Anyway, I kind of decided to go with a yellow legal pad. It was kind of working, but then — suddenly — another solution presented itself, when I stumbled upon an old, disused padfolio; it’s basically the kind of thing a corporate drone would take to a training class (I actually got mine at one of these functions, where I was at my droniest).

It actually works pretty well. It’s got pockets and a pen-holding loop of fabric, and I can zip it up and carry it away. I cannot stress the importance, what with my incredibly thick skull, of a device that is able to carry paper and pen in one convenient package, because I sure as hell can never remember to have both.

Also: for when you’re on the go, I really like the combination of the fake Moleskine and the Fisher Space Pen. There is one thing about the pen though: You will lose it. It will get lost.