Editing The Pen Addict 580/transcript (section)

== Discussion of the Mark III pen and personal preferences ==


'''Brad Dowdy:''' All right. So, number one, I was surprised how much you love the Mark III still. We talked about that when that launched. Oh, my God. That you're still actively using the Mark III, which I find super interesting. Like, in a very positive way. I don't know why.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Like, I have no idea why it's got as strong a hole on me as it has. But it has. I adore that thing.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Those are the best products, right? When you don't understand why it's so good and you just keep reaching for it. So, yes, I could tell that. I have almost an intervention level issue with your Canalea pen in the pen cup next to metal pens like your Tactile Turn GT that has ridges on it. I am definitely at some point going to screenshot this for posterity's sake.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I have a pen storage issue at the moment that I've yet to resolve since we moved house. And it's just like, it's a whole scene over here. I've got so many pens that are empty and I don't know where the inks are. But it's like, yeah, this is a consequence of that.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, this is bad. This is bad. Like, I can get over, you know, like when the pens touch. Like, they're just going to have to at some point. But when you have acrylics versus ridged metal and they're adjacent, this is a problem. No, no, you're very right.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I'm going to rectify that today. That will be rectified as soon as we're off the call.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' And I quite enjoyed your orange James Brand draplin collaboration knife. That was pretty neat. So that's as far as I've gotten so far in the show. So, yeah, very cool. But, yeah, fix the canalea next to the tactile turn. Notepad here.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Fix the canalea pen cup issue. So I will check that off as soon as we're done.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Okay, that's as far as I've made it so far. So there will be more later. I'll have more feedback later. But, I mean, we had to get that out there right away. That was almost an emergency podcast situation.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah, it's pretty bad. I'm not going to lie. I'm embarrassed. Because I love that pen. The reason... And it's like the Mailele band one, too.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Like, it's like you're not... You didn't even play around with that one.

'''Myke Hurley:''' The Mailele is protection from these sharp pens. It like...

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Okay, it is not. It's not at all with the up and down removing in the cup. No, I'm not letting you get away with this.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I have it around and accessible. I know I have a problem.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' That video shows lots of problems that I have. It's top to bottom full of problems. It's great. I'm actually anxious to see the rest of it because I did enjoy what I saw so far. It makes me actually want to do my desk like in the current state that it's in because it's absolutely catastrophic. Yeah. And it would probably take me like 20 minutes to go through like a desk that I can reach like my arms around. Like, it's so small. There's so much going on on this desk right now. I think... You have... That's what I'm going to say.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I am going to challenge you right now. All right. To make that video, but we put it up as a milestone in the campaign. Okay. So, you tell me an amount and then you can make the Brad... You can make desk tour Brad's version.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Okay. Okay. We'll have to look at it. I'll have to check the numbers, but I would almost certainly be able to do that. That's going to be good. And wow. I'm just looking around right now. I'm just going, yeah. This is... I am in the perfect state for a desk tour because it is a mess. And that's where I want it, right? I don't want to clean this up to do the desk tour. Like, we just got to go for it. We got to keep it real here. I didn't clean mine.

'''Myke Hurley:''' All I cleaned away was the things that I couldn't let people see.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yes. The embargo goods and the business notes. Yeah.

'''Myke Hurley:''' What about if we get the $300,000? Okay. I'll put it up on the thing. Done. Awesome. I'm going to put that up today.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Sign me up. We're going to get there for sure. What are we... What's today? The 6th?

'''Myke Hurley:''' We're at $179,000 right now. Okay. For the kids of St. Jude. We're going to get there.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. We'll get there. Brad desk tour. Brad's Unprepared desk tour.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Brad's version. Yes. That's what we're going for here. Because of St. Jude, I'm going to be traveling next week. Because I'm going to be in Memphis getting ready for the podcast-a-thon, which we'll talk about over the next couple of weeks. So we're going to be pre-recording an episode of the show. So next week, we're going to go two episodes of the show. So one episode will be Brad's Orlando Pen Show recap. The other will probably be all Ask TPA. So if you have a question that you would like to get into us, you can go to penaddictfeedback.com. That is penaddictfeedback.com. And submit an Ask TPA question. And we'll try and get through as many as we can on that episode. What I'll say is if you have shorter questions, they're more likely to be answered in an episode like that, I think. Because we want to try and get through as many of them as we can.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. It depends. I really appreciate the long questions. Oh, and we'll get to them. We'll get to them. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. But the longer ones tend to be a lot of the new user stuff. That's true. I'm really kind of stuck here. And that's my favorite thing to help answer. So yeah, we'll get it all covered. We're just not always super timely. If you have a question that requires immediate attention, you might want to just email me, hello at penaddict.com. And I'd be glad to help you out there. But for the show stuff, we could be weeks, two months. I'm getting to them. But we do appreciate it. Please send them in. All right. I wish I would have gotten someone to send me this in, Myke. The Bungu Box Little Witch AL Sport. Did you see this? Apparently, this came out at the San Francisco Pen Show. I did not catch this till afterwards. This is my kind of pen. Like, I love... Like, again, Kaweco is really bordering on Sailor's level of just all the things, grabbing the parts, putting together, and throwing them out there. This one's a little bit beyond that, which is why I kind of give it a little bit of a pass. It's got some extra text on the barrel. It's got a cool nib on it.

'''Myke Hurley:''' It's the only effective text on barrel that I've seen from them, I think. You know, like, I've really not liked that. But I think this one is done really, really well. Yeah.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' And it works for a while. It followed the brand guidelines, if you will, right? We've had some really, like, mix and match stuff that didn't work in the past.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Just things that didn't make any sense, really.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. Yeah. And I don't know. This one, like, I don't need, like, a new Kaweco. And, like, I have no intention on buying this one, but this is the kind of product that I love, right? Like, I really, really like this pen a lot. So I just thought that was cool. Cool thing to share because I think they launched it in San Francisco, but it's just kind of getting the publicity treatment now, like, on their site and on Instagram and stuff like that. Because now that they're going to be back from the San Francisco Pen Show, able to sell them in the shop, it's something to check out. Anyway, so I just really found that interesting. Um, we have another interesting pen we're going to have to talk about. I think we should talk about something else interesting before we get there because I need to prepare myself for this next topic we're going to have to cover.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah, that's a really good idea. Let's take a break first and then we'll get to that. And we can cast your mind away to a better place right now. Yeah. We're going to calm you down before we go into our next topic. We're going to talk about pizza. This episode is brought to you by Ooni Pizza Ovens. Uni is the world's number one pizza oven company. This is because they make excellent, surprisingly small ovens powered by your choice of either wood, charcoal or gas to let you make restaurant quality pizza in your own backyard. Ooni Pizza Ovens are incredibly easy to use and super portable. They fit into any outside space. Ooni Pizza Ovens can reach temperatures of up to 900 degrees Fahrenheit. This enables you to cook restaurant quality pizza in as little as 60 seconds. The high temperature is what you need to really get that excellent result. It's what separates these pizzas from what you can make in a home oven just from a taste perspective, a visual perspective and a convenience perspective as well. They have a bunch of really excellent models over at Uni. They have the Uni Coda 16, which is what Brad has. This can cook up to 16 inch pizzas. They have an innovative L-shaped burner at the back to give you even heat distribution. They have the Uni Karu, which you can use wood, charcoal or gas. They have the Uni Vault, which is an electric powered pizza oven. They have so many more besides. There is the pizza oven for you. Just waiting there at Uni.com. Their pizza oven start at just $299 with free shipping to the US, UK and the EU. They also have all of the accessories that you're going to need from peels to cutters to oven tables. Everything you're going to need is over there at Uni. And you will get 10% off your purchase of an Uni pizza oven, which could be up to $50 off an Uni Coda 16. When you go to Uni.com, that's O-O-N-I.com and use the code ADDICT2023 at checkout. Brad, you love making pizza in your Uni, right?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. And we're getting ready to the best season for Uni pizza cooking, which is the fall. You can get that temperature cranked up and you can have, you know, a little bit of outside picnicking or dinner party or anything outside going. It's getting ready to be ideal pizza weather to cook in the Uni. So I cannot wait to crank it back up. So admittedly, it's been a little bit hot here to stand in front of the fire, even though it doesn't really radiate that much outwards. But you still want to have that experience, getting it outside, having it set up and going to town on some pizzas this fall. I can't wait.

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