I do the NY Times crossword in bed

...and this pen is why I don't go insane. It's a Fisher Space Pen, and you can use it at any angle and the ink still flows. So, you can sit in bed, hold your newspaper at whatever angle you want and use the pen without having to shake it, draw scribbles on the side, whatever. And, I have it in my favorite color, the lime green, but it comes in a wide variety. I don't have a ton of stuff that I would remember to miss if I had to leave my house in an hour with only a carful of possessions (God forbid say, Mt. St. Helens was about to let loose in our direction...), and while this might not make it into the car, I would miss it.