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'''Myke Hurley:''' The Brad Dowdy. Brad Dowdy. Yeah. Should we talk about the Squarespace Squarespace?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' We should. Because they rule.

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'''Brad Dowdy:''' So we're going to talk about the Atlanta Pen Show real quick. And we're singing praises. Because they updated their website. You can thank Mark Backus for that by the way. So tell him when you see him at the show. Oh I will. Next weekend. So if you go to atlantapenshow.info. It is now a Squarespace site. With all of the Pen Show information there. That you need. Including the schedule of events. And yeah. You can actually. Can you actually. The.

'''Myke Hurley:''' It's at atlantapenshow.info. If you're interested.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yep. Yep. So yeah. It's very cool. So that was good. Good to see that they did that. But. We wanted to do a quick rundown of events. For those attending the show. Where. You can find us. What we're going to be up to. You know. If you want to do any of the. The Pen Addict. Not Co. Stuff. We'll be around. But. It's a really fun show. Just to come. Hang out for the weekend. Or even for an afternoon. If you're there. So. The show starts on. On Friday. I think it's about 11. I should. You know. I'm bragging about the schedule. I should probably look it up. Oh. So. Nine o'clock. Wow. So. We got to get up early. We can't stay up too late. On. On Thursday night. Myke. But. I'm sure. I'll be.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I'll be good for bedtime. Whenever that's going to happen. You'll be good.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. You'll be good. But. Friday's show is. Is. Nine. For early admission. Twelve. For the public. Five o'clock. The show ends. And one of the cool things. That Atlanta does. Which. Only a couple other shows do. Chicago's one. That I can think of. For all the vendors. And weekend pass holders. On Friday night. They do a cookout. So. This is included. Like. If you're a weekend pass holder. Or a vendor. At the show. You go. And eat. On. On Jimmy's dime. So. He does a really fun cookout. You know. Burgers. Dogs. Chicken. Different things. You know. They usually have it outside. In the pool area. If the weather is cooperating. Like. It's really good.

'''Myke Hurley:''' It is. It is. Like. For this. Like. Type of food. Served to this amount of people. It is way better than. I always expected to be. Which I'm very pleased about.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. For the shows that do this. This is far and away. The most people. I have ever seen. Go to a show cookout. Like. You should plan on. If you're there for the weekend. And you have a weekend pass holder. This is. Like. A mandatory event. Everyone goes to this. And I implore you. To go to this. And I pimp this out. Because I got in trouble. The first year. When we took everyone. Out of the hotel. When we didn't know any better. So. Like. Four years ago now. I guess. It was. And I got in super trouble. Because. You know. There wasn't as many people. They had overbought food. For planning for the event. But it turns out. That this event. Is legitimately awesome. And you should go to it. And I make a point. To go to it. So. It's very cool. If you're a weekend pass holder. And. Any of the weekend pass holders. Who were there last year. Can. Can definitely. Yep. Talk about how great. An event it was. It's just packed. So. It's really. Really cool. They do a great job. And everyone's. Invited. Who's a vendor. And a pass holder. So. That night. Atlanta's one of the. The one downside of Atlanta. Is there's not a lot of great stuff. Outside of the hotel. Like within walking distance. For you to do. Besides Waffle House. So. We spend a lot of time. In the bar. Bar area. And we actually have a side room. That Jimmy gives us. Like an overflow room. Where we can hang out. But we just kind of end up. Taking over the bar area. It's not the largest bar. In the. In the show. The show world tour. That we go on. But. It works for us. So. Friday night. Afterwards. At the bar. We'll be there. Hanging out. So. You know. From. Eight o'clock on. Or whenever. Whenever the show goes. Yeah. I mean. Whenever the. The cookout ends. So. We'll roll right into the bar. And just be hanging out there all night. In preparation for a busy Saturday. Saturday is usually really packed. At the Atlanta Pen Show. It's very. Very busy. Which is great. We love it. So. We'll have the knock booth. We're right in the same place. If you've been there.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' In previous years. Or you're new. We're right in the first ballroom. You take a left. And you run smack right into us. So. You can't miss the knock table. This is the only show we get two tables at. Just because we end up having so many people. Just hanging out. And chatting with us the whole time. And we can bring some more things. Like paper and stuff. That we normally can't bring to other shows. Because it's so heavy to travel with. We can just drive to this show. So. It's a. Great table location. Come hang out. With us. At the knock table. Come say hi. Check out all the wares. I hope to have seed A5 cases. That's. Been my main job for the past week. Is to figure out. Where the production is. I have a call. When we get off this podcast today. Myke. To figure out. What shipped in the last couple days. So. Crossing my fingers. If we don't have that. I'm going to be in trouble. You know. I'll get yelled at by a bunch of people. So. I'm planning on having some for the show. So. Stay tuned. Then Saturday night. Myke. That's the big event. Right? So. I do this every year. What time do we do that? It's either 6 or 6.30. Show ends at 5 on Saturday. And then we try to roll right into it. About 6 o'clock. Maybe 6.30. We'll tell people to start showing up. For a 6 o'clock start. But it might be a little bit after that. By the time we get all set up. Get everyone. In place. Get everyone seated. We fit about 100. Maybe a little bit more. More people in there. Sometimes it's standing room only. Every time. All Kickstarter. Yeah. Every time it's standing room only. But. But there's plenty of seats too.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' But. All of our Kickstarter backers. You need to come see. Me. Myke. Or Jeff. At the knock table. Get a ticket. For the event. Because we will have. Seating. And we want you to get in there first. Since you're a Kickstarter supporter. And we'll also do giveaways. So. Mm-hmm. You know. At the end of the show. I already have one. Really awesome thing to give away. Myke. So we'll pick up another. A couple more things. To give away. And. At the show. And. It ended up rolling. Last year. We had a bunch of. Bunch of giveaways. You know. Once we start giving away things. People start donating more stuff. Which is really cool.

'''Myke Hurley:''' And we'll also try and make sure. We have some stuff. To give away. To backers who can't be in Atlanta. As well.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Oh. Absolutely. Yeah. We'll do that separate. From this event. Exactly. That'll be taken care of separately. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. And we should. We should be able to do that this year. And so. That's always fun. And. That. I mean. That's really the highlight. Of the weekend for me. Is doing that live show. Oh. We'll have. Oh. Yeah. We'll have two guests. We have. We have two guests. We'll have. Last year. We had. Jonathan Brooks. And Vito Grippy. So. Jonathan from Carolina Pen Company. Vito from Story Supply. This year. We'll have Lisa Van Ness. From Van Ness Pens. And Kerry Yeager. From Kenro Industries. And Fountain Pen Day. So. Two of my bestest friends. In the pen world. So. It should be. It should be a riot. Last year. It ended up. Just. It went amazingly well. Despite. Myke's worries. It went. Off the charts well. So. I expect nothing. Less this year. So. No pressure. Lisa. And Kerry.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah. You heard me. You always say this. I will just reiterate. The only thing I was concerned about. Was technical stuff. But we got it also. I know. So I have no concerns this year. Because I. I know it's going to be fine. And you need to stop. Making fun of me.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Never forget. Never forget.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I could just not pick you up at the airport.

'''Myke Hurley:''' That would be. I mean. You'd be letting a lot of people down at that point.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I would. I would. I'd be letting myself down. Because I wouldn't get a hug. So.