Editing The Pen Addict 240/transcript (section)

== Zebra Saracic Clip ==


'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. Yeah. So Michael's a super interesting guy. Like, I've read his blog forever and ever and ever. And he's been around forever. And he probably wouldn't remember this, but I actually got to meet him at XOXO in 2014. And he was like, it's one of those guys, like, you know, he doesn't ever put his face out there online very much. Like, it's even hard to know. You just, people just call him Ranz because he doesn't put his real name out there too much. So I had talked to him over email well before the show, you know, doing some stuff with JetPens or just talking about pens in general because he would bring them up from time to time. And, you know, I would link them on the pen addict and I'd shoot him emails. And, you know, I think I even did something with him when I was at JetPens. So I wanted to meet him. And he was like one of those guys where usually I'm pretty good about like walking up to someone and saying, hey, you know, you know, my name's Brad, you know, I follow you online. It's like, I was nervous to go talk to him because he seemed like, you know, like he doesn't put himself out there. So maybe he doesn't want to be bothered, but he couldn't have been nicer. And, you know, we talked a little bit on and off through the show. And it was really cool to hear that podcast. I really enjoyed it. He was funny talking about fountain pens, like how he has a bunch that have been given to him and they're just like sitting in a drawer. I would die to know like what he actually has.