Editing The Pen Addict 67/transcript (section)

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'''Brad Dowdy:''' So that's T-A-L-L-Y-H-O-8. Eight. Okay, I had to write that down. I might need that. I might need that in the near future. Just saying. Just saying. Oh, was that not on mute? We weren't on our private channel?

'''Myke Hurley:''' No, that was fully on the shows. Sneaky Dowdy.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Oh, you might have to edit that out.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' There's no editing on this show.

'''Myke Hurley:''' No editing on this show.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, TALLYHO8. All right, that's written down. Just saying. Written down.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Noted. Very intriguing.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' All right. So we have a topic that a listener sent in that I thought was excellent. Excellent idea. And I'm totally going to get the listener wrong. Who sent this in because I didn't write it down. Oh. I'm pretty sure. I'm 99% sure. It's Tony Gionta. Who on app.net is Ynot. The letter Y-N-O-T. He is a new pen addict listener. He is a new fountain pen addict who has gone from, you know, zero to 60 in 3.1 seconds in his fountain pen addiction. And he asked. And I thought it was a great thing because he was going back through a bunch of the old episodes. He ran across episode 36, which had our stationary resolutions for the new year. So we did that right after the new year in 2013. This year, earlier in January. The episode is actually called Would You Like to Try a Sample? So.

'''Myke Hurley:''' That's a good episode name. That's a good episode name. I like that. Yeah.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' That was a good one. That was a good one.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' So Myke and I, in that episode, I went back and listened to it. Tony said that we talked about our stationary resolutions for 2013. So he wanted to hear a follow-up on how that's going for our resolutions. And I'm like, oh, this is not what I need listeners for. I don't need them to call me out and say, hey, you did this. What's now? But I'm joking totally because I thought that was an awesome idea. So I went back and listened to it, and I jotted down the things that we talked about. So I think we did pretty good, Myke. I was like, oh, man, what did I say in that? And I went back and listened. I had two main resolutions I wanted to make. One, I was having a problem with my notes, handwritten digital notes being spread out over gobs of paper, notebooks, digital note-keeping apps like NBALT, SimpleNote, everywhere. So I was going to consolidate my notebooks into, at the time I said, a Rodeo Web notebook and just kind of have the one notebook where everything goes into. It didn't matter what. That sort of worked for me. I have definitely consolidated notebooks, but it's actually – I'm not down to just one notebook. I do use a field notes notebook to keep just kind of random ideas. I am still using the Rodeo Web notebook for bigger ideas, planning, just bigger lists, bigger notes, bigger writing, things to do. And I'm digitally capturing some notes in Vesper, the Vesper app, because I can – what I like about that app is that I can keep these lists, and then I can take a picture, like if I draw a sketch or draw a note, and I can take a picture of what's in my Web notebook and attach it to the note in Vesper. So I have consolidated greatly from what I have used before. I'm not a single notebook, one notebook to rule them all guy, but I have consolidated greatly. So I think I would chalk that up as a success just because I'm more sane now that I've gone to kind of this setup instead of trying everything and having notes spread out over all of creation. And I can find the notes that I need quicker. I only have to go to either my field notes stash, which usually, if anything important, comes out of a field notes book. It'll go into the Rodeo Web notebook or into Vesper just to keep the notes. What I do when I get to the – if I haven't already consolidated out of my field notes, what I do when I fill up a book, I'll go back through it page by page one more time to see if I've missed anything that I want to transfer out and then go file away that field notes notebook. So I'd say my notebook consolidation resolution worked.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Good.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Worked for me. I have a better setup now.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah, it might not be down to zero, but it's better.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' It's definitely better. I can keep up with what I'm trying to do and what I need to do and what I need – the information I need to find much better. My second one was get into fountain pen inks. I don't think that one's been a problem.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I've blown that resolution out of the water. Tell me you have. Fountain pen ink problem. What?

'''Myke Hurley:''' That's what you're telling me you have.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. Goodness gracious. A lot. So, yeah. To say I've gotten into fountain pen inks is an understatement. So I have an ink problem, which is part of the reason that goes hand in hand with the consolidating fountain pens. Consolidating the inks goes hand in hand with that. It's limiting – it's forcing me to focus on a specific ink, not fill up an ink, dump it back in, and load up another ink three times a week, which honestly I was doing sometimes. It was getting a little bit out of hand. So I've gotten into fountain pen inks, and I thoroughly enjoy it. I still get grief, and I welcome it, and I should get it about my old stance. A couple years ago it was like, why would anyone use a fountain pen? So someone – I forget who said it. Someone said I needed to make a t-shirt like that and just kind of own my past transgressions. So, yeah. Getting into fountain pen inks, that is not a problem. That is a resolution I have handled swimmingly. Yeah.

'''Myke Hurley:''' You are swimming in ink.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' There is no doubt. No doubt at all. So those were my two resolutions, and I put down yours. Did you have a chance to listen to the episode? You're probably not. You're a busy man. I put down – I did your – I got your resolutions written down, and I thought they were pretty good too.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah, I was pretty sure that Brad was trolling me. He was like, can you go back and listen to this episode? We're going to talk about resolutions. And I was like, oh. And he was like, well, I've written them down anyway. I was like, well, just send them to me then.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I knew that was coming. I shouldn't have led you down that path. I was like, ah.

'''Myke Hurley:''' See, I would have had to have listened.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yep. You got me there. Yes. I'm just a nice guy, though. I try to help you out. I know how busy you are.

'''Myke Hurley:''' You are. You're very kind to me. Very kind to me. So, yeah. So, I have more resolutions than you. So, more fountain pens. Check. Twisbees. I mean, I've got the cold pens in my hand now. Mainly the Twisbees, though, I think. I've bought some ones to try out, I think. So, I remember I had the AG Spalding. I've got that.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, the wood.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah, the wood one. The failed platinum. Platinum. Yeah.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I'll put a couple of those in the notes for people.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I'd already forgotten about those. So, yeah. You did come through on that pretty well.

'''Myke Hurley:''' So, I've got a few. I've probably got more lying around somewhere. Somewhere. But, yeah. Definitely the Twisbees. The Twisbees, for sure.