Oh, man! I hadn't thought of those old fat Bic four-color pens in a hundred years. I loved those things. I've been a nut for pens and paper since forever. I was also a fan of Flair pens when I was younger. The only pencil I ever got attached to was a pale blue mechanical one with a very fine lead and an extremely good eraser (didn't leave marks) that I used in college to annotate and underline in my Norton anthologies.