David Rees thinks he knows how to sharpen pencils. He says people have entrusted 1,500 pencil points to his sharpening business. I know a little something about working with sharp pencils, and let me ...

Before John Lee Love’s invention, it was difficult to sharpen pencils. The rotary blade sharpeners were the ones in vogue. They were positioned on walls and to sharpen a pencil, one would have to ...

Long lines at amusement parks. Traffic stalled at rush hour. Cycling uphill. To most of us, these are just minor problems we face in an otherwise comfortable existence. To Anwar Farooq, they are ...

The mysteries of the universe rarely reveal themselves with such spontaneous clarity. I’m also pretty sure my toaster works the same way, just with tiny flamethrowers. [Tumblr via BuzzFeed] Explore ...

Which electric pencil sharpener is best? Given how much time people spend on their smartphones, laptops and tablets these days, it probably doesn’t seem like there’s much need for pencils. But whether ...

Created by Mike Moyer, the DIY nitro sharpener is made out of an RC toy car engine, pistons, and other parts, as well as the metal head of the type of old-fashioned manual pencil sharpener that was ...

This is an opinionated Mother’s Day tribute. This is a revised drawing from my Mother’s Day tribute essay first published in 2013. Mom passed later that year. I was a bad thumb sucker, as my mama put ...

ANDOVER, Minn. — In the digital age, bright yellow paint can seem like the only thing keeping pencils from feeling a little dull. But in a split-level house in Andover, pencils never stop feeling ...