Abstract: A combination writing instrument and information storage apparatus including an elongated barrel, an elongated tubular spindle dimensioned to be partially inserted in a first longitudinal chamber provided by the elongated barrel, the tubular spindle providing a third longitudinal chamber therein, means for rotatably securing the elongated tubular spindle within the elongated barrel, an elongated cap element having a second longitudinal chamber therein, means for securing the elongated tubular spindle to the elongated cap element, cartridge type writing means adapted to reside within the coextensive first, second, and third longitudinal chambers, means for extending and retracting the writing means from the elongated barrel, and a flexible sheet fixedly secured to the outer surface of the spindle and extending outwardly through a longitudinal slot provided in the elongated barrel, rotation of the spindle retracting and extending the flexible sheet.