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== Refilling Pens ==


'''Myke Hurley:''' So I will endeavor to make that a reality.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' That's just going to delay your shipping for like... Is it though, Brad? Six to nine months.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Oh, six to nine months. Yes. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, I'm sure that's the case. So I wanted to do some refilling, and I was really pleased to have had my pen and ink chart that I made so I could remember what inks went where. Nice. I love it. Although I have realized now that I didn't record one, which was the Wicked Witch pen. I don't remember which green I put in it, whether it was Keyline Pie or Ackerman. I think I put Ackerman in, right?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I want to say that's the discussion we had, but I don't know that that's the route that you went when you actually went to go do it, but that was the discussion. No, I'm going to say that it has Ackerman in it. Because to me, that's a completely obvious no-brainer choice. That's what should be in there.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah, I'm pretty sure that was what I put in there, because it's the darker green, isn't it? Mm-hmm. Keyline Pie is the lighter green, and everyone in the Discord is saying Ackerman, and I trust the collective brain, so...

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Oh, absolutely. Absolutely. I just want to give another shout-out to Fountain Pen Companion, FP, I have not been diligent in adding my stuff, but this is another time to let you know that it's out there for your consideration of keeping track of these things, and for everyone to keep track of these things, and I think Urban does a great job, so shout-out to FPC.inc, and everyone should use it if you're in situations like we are. Do as I say, not as I do.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah, I would mostly agree with that sentiment.

'''Myke Hurley:''' All right, so... It is September. September is Child Cancer Awareness Month. Did you know that in the United States, more than four out of five children with cancer survive? But, in many developing countries, more than four out of five of the children do not survive. The St. Jude International Outreach Program is a global initiative for St. Jude to develop one-on-one relationships with 24 hospitals in 17 countries in low- and middle-income areas such as Mexico, Haiti, and the Philippines. Or Haiti and the Philippines, I should say. St. Jude is leading the way... Leading the way the world understands, treats, and defeats childhood cancer, and other life-threatening diseases, and St. Jude will not stop until no child dies from cancer. Donate today at stjude.org slash relay, and you can help support St. Jude kids from around the world during Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. Again, go to stjude.org slash relay. St. Jude is not just a wonderful hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. It's an institution that helps people all over the world with their research, and now with the International Outreach Program as well. I am absolutely thrilled to say that today we will pass $60,000 raised for St. Jude. And we are two days into September, my friends, so let's keep this going. Go to stjude.org slash relay. When you're there, you're going to see we've got milestones and schedules. As we're hitting different milestones, me and Stephen are participating in different live streams and releasing really fun content. And there will be more added in as the month progresses. And also, from now until September 15th, for every $250 raised, we will be placing a googly eye on something in our home offices or studios. Just so you can know that if you give $250 or more, no matter what you give, it all adds up. We're not doing it for just $250 donations. But basically, we'll take the full money raised over a 24-hour period or whatever, divide it by $250, and then we will put a googly eye on something. So we are destroying the visuals of our home offices for your enjoyment and to help the kids of St. Jude.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I will say that's a better option than your beard this year.

'''Myke Hurley:''' The googly eyes were inspired by being on my face last time. And now we are instead making them a much more permanent fixture until September 15th, when we are going to be switching over to something more fun and ambitious, which we will see. So we're sharing the stuff on, me and Stephen are sharing images of the atrocities that we're committing on our social media pages.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Nice. So y'all are doing a great job so far. The streams look like they're going well. I haven't been able to tune in yet, but I am always retweeting them. There's always something going on. I am just proud of y'all, how seriously you take this, but then how well you execute, like trying to have fun and trying to raise money for these kids, because it's super serious and super important to all of us at RelayFM. And I have to work on what I'm going to do for a raffle. So I just made a note, as you were talking, to email the person I want to discuss this with and see how we can go about doing that so we can make a donation. And I will definitely get that done here in the next week or two. So we can, I don't know, it'd be nice if I could talk about it next week. So we'll see.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yo-ho, ho-ho. You really did that.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Is it a pirate life for me, Brad Dowdy?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' That's the question I have. So Sailor released a new 1911 North American exclusive edition. I feel like we have a lot of North America exclusive editions, Myke, but that's another, that's maybe at the back end of this conversation. But the Sailor 1911 Pirates Life, yellow with yellow barrel, gold trim, go.

'''Myke Hurley:''' So I don't know if the pictures that have been posted from Sailor Pen North America are really doing an even halfway decent job of trying to show off this pen. Like, the lighting and resolution of these images is not good. So I don't feel like I can make a real judgment about this pen. If it's the color that it's seeming to be, it's not for me.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. I mean, I, so let's just talk about the color before I say my personal thoughts on the pen. And Sailor North America is clearly having a difficult time sharing this color because they had to make a second post, right? With more comparisons.

'''Myke Hurley:''' But where the, the, uh, in the second post, it doesn't look anything like the first post. Right. And they're telling me that the image that they're comparing it to is mustard, but the pen that they're comparing it to looks gray. Okay. So, you know, I don't really think that they're doing their best work here.