phillypencircle
@phillypencircle.bsky.social
We’re a lightly-organized club for people who like people that like pens, ink, journals, paper, etc. Meets at least monthly. NEXT ONE: MON, 1/26 at TEN STONE (21st + South Sts.), starts about 6:30 pm.
SNOW DAY NOTICE: post last week’s freeze-out, we’re meeting MON., FEB 2, at TEN STONE , 21 st + South Sts. •• Starts 6:30; bring some @phillypenshow stuff to flaunt, and/or Share The Wealth goodies to give away, maybe. OH, +cold weather is Letter Weather; bring stamps, envelopes + yr favwords. @whyy
January 28, 2026 at 6:31 PM
SNOW DAY NOTICE: post last week’s freeze-out, we’re meeting MON., FEB 2, at TEN STONE , 21 st + South Sts. •• Starts 6:30; bring some @phillypenshow stuff to flaunt, and/or Share The Wealth goodies to give away, maybe. OH, +cold weather is Letter Weather; bring stamps, envelopes + yr favwords. @whyy
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He keeps referring to Greenland as Iceland.
His dementia is on full display. Just look at him slumped over the podium . Time for people to get up and leave the clown show.
His dementia is on full display. Just look at him slumped over the podium . Time for people to get up and leave the clown show.
January 21, 2026 at 2:50 PM
He keeps referring to Greenland as Iceland.
His dementia is on full display. Just look at him slumped over the podium . Time for people to get up and leave the clown show.
His dementia is on full display. Just look at him slumped over the podium . Time for people to get up and leave the clown show.
First Quarter Schedule for the Philly Pen Circle!
January 21, 2026 at 4:59 PM
First Quarter Schedule for the Philly Pen Circle!
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Paper covers screen. Rock breaks phone. Scissors cut cord. • On SAT , Jan. 3, 2026, at 1 PM, Bring your 2025 *paper-based* planner (agenda/diary/calendar etc) to Fergies Pub (1214 Sansom St., 2nd Fl.) We’ll review the past 12 months, eat lunch in the present, and ink in some goals for 2026.
December 26, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Paper covers screen. Rock breaks phone. Scissors cut cord. • On SAT , Jan. 3, 2026, at 1 PM, Bring your 2025 *paper-based* planner (agenda/diary/calendar etc) to Fergies Pub (1214 Sansom St., 2nd Fl.) We’ll review the past 12 months, eat lunch in the present, and ink in some goals for 2026.
OK: Philly Pen Circle meetups for Jan-Feb-Mar are inked in! Bring a pen and a friend!
December 26, 2025 at 2:13 AM
OK: Philly Pen Circle meetups for Jan-Feb-Mar are inked in! Bring a pen and a friend!
Over at the Bike Shop, we’re hosting a Pop-UP of everything that ain’t AI: fountain pens, post cards, ink, journals, stationery and so on! Sat+Sun, 10-5. OH, and the incred @phillyprfm is right up the street from us. Hit two shops in one swoop.
December 19, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Over at the Bike Shop, we’re hosting a Pop-UP of everything that ain’t AI: fountain pens, post cards, ink, journals, stationery and so on! Sat+Sun, 10-5. OH, and the incred @phillyprfm is right up the street from us. Hit two shops in one swoop.
It’s a little analog stationery bash, inside a bike shop, just a block from the @phillyprfm !
December 14, 2025 at 8:24 PM
It’s a little analog stationery bash, inside a bike shop, just a block from the @phillyprfm !
Ink ‘em if you got em! OH, and consider a visit to the Pen,Paper+PostCard POP-UP on Dec. 20-21, inside @trophybikes , with @federalistpens.bsky.social !
November 22, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Ink ‘em if you got em! OH, and consider a visit to the Pen,Paper+PostCard POP-UP on Dec. 20-21, inside @trophybikes , with @federalistpens.bsky.social !
Two more Philly Pen Circle meet-ups in 2025. Bring a pen and a pal!
November 3, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Two more Philly Pen Circle meet-ups in 2025. Bring a pen and a pal!
GOOD GRIEF—it’s time for another Meet Up today at TEN STONE, 21+South St.; drift on in around 6:30 is the basic idea. @fitlerfocus
September 30, 2025 at 2:03 PM
GOOD GRIEF—it’s time for another Meet Up today at TEN STONE, 21+South St.; drift on in around 6:30 is the basic idea. @fitlerfocus
Get it in writing, say we!
July 10, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Get it in writing, say we!
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Say it after me: Chat GPT is not a search engine. It does not scan the web for information, it just generates statistically likely sentences. You cannot use it a search engine, or as a substitute for searching.
Now. Please never use an LLM for information searches ever again.
Now. Please never use an LLM for information searches ever again.
April 30, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Say it after me: Chat GPT is not a search engine. It does not scan the web for information, it just generates statistically likely sentences. You cannot use it a search engine, or as a substitute for searching.
Now. Please never use an LLM for information searches ever again.
Now. Please never use an LLM for information searches ever again.
PEN MEETUPS! • Tues., 5/20 is PhillyPenCircle - 6:25 PM at PHO STREET, 2104 Market 🖋️ Sat., 5/31 is PhillyPenCollectorsGroup at the KIBITZ ROOM KofP, Noon. Details/RSVP on FB ( @philadelphiapens )
May 19, 2025 at 2:00 AM
PEN MEETUPS! • Tues., 5/20 is PhillyPenCircle - 6:25 PM at PHO STREET, 2104 Market 🖋️ Sat., 5/31 is PhillyPenCollectorsGroup at the KIBITZ ROOM KofP, Noon. Details/RSVP on FB ( @philadelphiapens )
1) Yes, we taped a Philly Pen Circle flyer inside a trash can at the Drexel Flea Market [till 4pm,didn’t see any pens, lots of ephemera] . 2) Our April meetup (4/28) is in a new spot! GREEK LADY, 222 S. 40th, from approx. 6:25 p.m. @phillypenshow @kellywritershouse
April 27, 2025 at 5:57 PM
1) Yes, we taped a Philly Pen Circle flyer inside a trash can at the Drexel Flea Market [till 4pm,didn’t see any pens, lots of ephemera] . 2) Our April meetup (4/28) is in a new spot! GREEK LADY, 222 S. 40th, from approx. 6:25 p.m. @phillypenshow @kellywritershouse
AH, so here’s the 2Q Sked for the Philly Pen Circle: 4/28~GREEK LADY 222 S. 40th St. • 5/20~PHO STREET 2104 Market St. • 6/23~TEN STONE 21st + South Streets. ALL START at 6:25 p.m.
April 15, 2025 at 4:56 PM
AH, so here’s the 2Q Sked for the Philly Pen Circle: 4/28~GREEK LADY 222 S. 40th St. • 5/20~PHO STREET 2104 Market St. • 6/23~TEN STONE 21st + South Streets. ALL START at 6:25 p.m.
OK, testing 1…two, III. SO: here are the First Quarter Meetups of the Philly Pen Circle. JAN 27-Ten Stone, 21+South; FEB 24-Paris Baguette, 923 Arch St.; MAR 24-Pho Street, 2104 Market St. • ALL 3 Mtgs Start at 6:30 p.m. [ find/follow us here OR on Instagram or FB ]
December 31, 2024 at 7:46 PM
OK, testing 1…two, III. SO: here are the First Quarter Meetups of the Philly Pen Circle. JAN 27-Ten Stone, 21+South; FEB 24-Paris Baguette, 923 Arch St.; MAR 24-Pho Street, 2104 Market St. • ALL 3 Mtgs Start at 6:30 p.m. [ find/follow us here OR on Instagram or FB ]