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'''Philip:''' Awesome. Thank you Squarespace.

'''Philip:''' So I got an interesting email. About two weeks ago. And I wanted to share that with you. Real quick. And share that with the listeners. Because I think it was a really good idea. And it's something I've talked about. In the past. With some things I do on my blog. So let me read this real quick. This is from Bob. He says. Really been enjoying catching up on the podcast. I've missed over your past two year run. Learning a lot. And expending much funds as a result. You guys do a great job. With all the pen blogs starting to pop up. Including mine. Have you ever thought about. Maybe giving a short plug. To a different pen blog each week. Maybe right after the Squarespace dad. Real short plug. And maybe mention in the show notes. You know. Not a full review or anything big. You know. Our pen blog of the week is. Blah blah blah dot com. You know. Be sure to go and check them out. Now back to our show. I said. I can appreciate you guys. Wanting to drive traffic to penaddict dot com. But you're so far and away. More popular than any of us little guys will ever be. I doubt it would have a negative effect on your hit count. Bob. Just a mention on the penaddict website. Got me nearly 400 hits in a day. So you're reaching the pen community is huge. Just an idea to consider. Thanks for all your hard work in the pen community. It shows you love what you do. Bob. I thought that was a great idea. Yeah. You know. We've noticed. Kind of. I mean. It was. It's been happening for the past year. But you know. When we did our. Our blogging episode. It was back in the 80 something. You know. About getting started in pen blogging. Even since then. There's just been a huge increase. Of. Not just. Pen blogs. But really. Really. Good. Pen blogs. I mean. These guys and girls. Are doing articles. And reviews. And. You know. Things that. You know. Put me to shame. And it's really awesome. And you know. I enjoy spreading the word. About these things. And I think Bob has. A great idea. That you know. I can share this. This type of information. You know. Maybe not every week. But I think having just. You know. A focus on. You know. Some of the great pen bloggers. Out there. And some of the new pen bloggers. Out there. Because some of this new stuff. Like I said just a second ago. Is awesome. And you know. Like. I've linked to Bob. I don't know. Once or twice on ink links. He's done some good. Good reviews. He did a pilot. Kakuno review. Not too long ago. That was really good. And a. A write code notepads review. That I enjoyed. Then he also did a review. Or. Or did a post. Just a general post. Talking about. Do you keep your pen boxes. Do you keep your pen boxes Myke?

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yes.

'''Philip:''' Yeah. I used to not do that.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I keep boxes for most things. That I buy. Weird.

'''Philip:''' No. I don't think that's weird. But I keep my. I now keep my pen boxes. But it's kind of. A thing where I realized. After the fact. That. I might need them to ship them. Like if I trade a pen. Or something like that. That's a. That's a perfect. Shipping vessel for the pen. So I keep them more for that. Than anything else.

'''Philip:''' But anyway. Bob. Bob's blog. Will be in our show notes. It's called. My pen. Needs ink. Which is a great. Great name. And I think. I think this could be. A recurring theme. What do you. What do you think about this. For. For the show Myke. I think. I think shedding light. On. You know. New bloggers. And bloggers of old. As well. I think. It's only a good thing.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah. There's one thing. I want to make clear though. That. I don't. I don't want it to be. Part of the ad. So I don't want people. To think that they have to have. A Squarespace blog. To. To be spoken about. So. Absolutely. It doesn't matter if. I mean. If you have a Squarespace blog. Excellent. And more power to you. And thank you. If you signed up. Using our code. Feel free to tell us that. I mean. Because you know. You will get the extra big thumbs up. From us. But. That's. Not a prerequisite. Of us talking about your site.

'''Philip:''' Absolutely not. Totally. 100% unrelated. He was just mentioning. You know. Hey. Maybe this is a good spot. In the. In the format. Before you get into a topic. Or something like that.

'''Myke Hurley:''' It's the perfect place. It's definitely the perfect place for it. It'd either be then. Or right at the end of the show. But sometimes. I get all emotional. Yep. You know.