Pentix: Pentix. Pentix is a web site dedicated to the art of ‘pen spinning’. If you ever saw someone in your classroom twirling his pen casually, or someone making his/her pen go around the Thumb, you have already seen pen spinning in action. The objective of this page is to teach you how to spin a pen the easiest way possible. To achieve this goal, there are several descriptions, videos and even discussion boards available in this site. All the resources found here are free and the author’s only goal is to share his knowledge about pen spinning with others.
I highly recommend the videos section of the site.
Sarah has explained to me before that horses sometimes acquire bad habits that are almost impossible to train out of them. Among them are weaving, cribbing, and various other annoying, stupid, and/or masochistic behaviors. How do they learn these obnoxious habits? Boredom and watching other horses.
About a year-and-a-half ago I was sitting in my American Government class, bored out of my gourd and watching other students in the room as the professor droned on. My attention was drawn in on this one girl in class who was able to flip a highlighter 360° effortlessly with one hand. I was bound and determined to discover how to do it myself, and it’s been driving my wife crazy ever since.
I’m almost speechless. I cannot believe you found this site. It’s quite scary. But the vid secion is quite cool… well in a geeky way.
I can flip pens, highlighters, etc. 360 degrees with one hand. Can I tutor you?
only your wife??
p.s. Sarah, there are much worse habits a husband can have. Inasmuch as I would not list any here (being that my spouse can list mine here also) I will mention that I do know a woman whose husband used the vacuum cleaner as a decongestant tool. Just wanted to let you know it can get worse. I thought it might make Ken’s pen obsession tolerable.
Another pen spinning website I came upon.
http://www.geocities.com/shawn_tohlz/main.html
I know this can be an annoying habit to have, but over the years, I think I managed to make the practice of pen spinning more tolerable to others. As an example, I try not to perform tricks that I still haven’t gotten consistent in public (I save those for bedtime practice).
Anyhow, for those still interested in the site, here’s the new url: http://www.pentrix.com . The current site is being replaced.