A man's penmanship is an unfailing index of his character, moral and mental, and a criterion by which to judge his peculiarities of taste and sentiments.
      - 4th Earl of Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope,

 
 
The Keyboard Has Corrupted My Handwriting
 
Pen or pencil in the hand
I'd write my name, as scroll of brand
My signature, a list or card
Checkbook balance, tumbled hard
 
I'd doodle on my blotter white
Nonsense, squiggles, left and right
Doodled on the telephone
Made my own Rosetta stone
 
Vainly thought my hand unique
Thought my squiggles pretty neat
In penmanship I'd earn an A
With letters that  would wave and sway
 
HA
Now
 
Now I type instead of write
My signature is quite a sight
I hate the feel of pen in hand
My scribbles no one understands
 
I write like one with broken fingers
A note from me is quite the stinger
Can't read back what I wrote
Have to wing it, never quote
 
The keyboard is the sign of times
With pen an artifact of kind
I'm like the caveman with the wheel
Rather roll than toe to heel
 
Pax
A
10/15/07
 
Anyone else notice their handwriting changing over years of keyboard use?  

My handwriting is horrible.  I used to love writing longhand, but now feel like it is an imposition on my time.  Even writing my signature after using a check card feels weird, especially with those nonsense electronic pens.  I used to get A's in penmanship in school.  When I worked in business, the big (lazy) bosses would always ask me to address their holiday cards.  Which I didn't mind because someone else did my work while I just wrote them lol. But now, I hate to write, and I think its a shame, because writing longhand can be so relaxing and creative.  Signs of the times lol