Editing The Pen Addict 190/transcript (section)

== New Year Resolutions ==


'''Brad Dowdy:''' All right. We got – we're just scratching the surface here. We got a lot more to talk about. But I want to talk about one of our very favorite sponsors. And that's our good friends at Harry's.

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'''Brad Dowdy:''' So this is how stupid I am about Harry's. And I know y'all are probably sick of me telling all my little anecdotes. But I was last night, I was in our bathroom here at home and just, you know, I don't know, shaving, whatever I was doing in there. And I was going, you know, I'm going to L.A. pretty soon for the L.A. pen show. I wonder if I have enough stuff. I wonder if I have enough Harry's stuff to take with me because I don't want to not have it when I travel. It's just the stupidest things in my head I always think about at these random times for my Harry's products. It's like I'm fully addicted. It's like I can't not have it anymore. They've sucked me in somehow. You know, the robots are in my brains now that I can only use that stuff. So I actually worry about these things weeks in advance to make sure I have enough stuff to carry with me when I travel. It's mind boggling.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Well, you need it.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, I need it.

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'''Brad Dowdy:''' So the Pilly, the Pilly, the Pilly Pen Show. The Pilly Pen Show. Pilly Pen Show. Pilly Pen Show went off this weekend and I was so jealous of every woman that was there. Now, they had about two feet of snow. So, you know, a couple vendors didn't show and I'm sure that kept a few people away. But the people who did go and the vendors that were there made the best of it and had like the awesomest time. And I'm jealous of everyone that was there. And everyone was sending me pictures and texts about all the cool stuff that they bought. And I was talking to everyone while they were there about how much fun they were having. And I was like, I'm so jealous. I miss all of you. So we have some links in the show notes that you can live through them vicariously as I did all weekend. I followed the Pilly Pen Show 2016 hashtag on Instagram.

'''Myke Hurley:''' And contributed to it with your beautiful glasses.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. Actually, I'm wearing my beautiful glasses now.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Where are they from?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' These glasses?

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Warby Parker.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Not an ad. Not an ad, by the way. Just checking. Yeah, they're good looking frames, man.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. And I just got my sunglasses in from them last week. So I'm pretty much a customer of them.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I love that one of the top nine posts on that hashtag is you and you weren't even there. I kind of feel guilty about that.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I don't like to, I don't like to, I didn't mean to Bogart other people's hashtags, but I was like, I'm so jealous. I'm not at the hashtag Philly Pen Show 2016.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Your Instagram game is too strong, man. Yeah. Too strong.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I don't, I don't like Bogart and other people's stuff, but there, there's so much other good stuff to see in there, especially Franklin Kristoff, who, uh, who dropped in, uh, all kinds of, um, uh, what do you want to say? Not promo pens, but like special editions, limited editions. I see Jim.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I see Jim doing some work there.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' So all of our, all of our listeners that were there, all the slackers who were there were apparently like, oh, hovering, I guess is the best word waiting for all the, um, all the pins to drop at the Franklin Kristoff table. So they can, uh, abscond with, uh, several of them.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I know, um, I'm looking at a post, a post from Merva drawers and oh my word, they've got that like green and white ring on them.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Um, yeah, Tanya came away with a few. I know Dan Don came away with three or four. I mean, they just kind of went, uh, went pretty crazy and just looking at the pens, I can see why. I mean, they were really cool looking. So Franklin Kristoff did a good job hosting. Uh, I know Carrie from fountain pen days did a great job promoting. He was there with, um, all fountain pen day swag. He had a table there. We've got a link in the show notes, all his pictures he took. Um, he had a meetup, uh, one night, um, and just did a lot of cool stuff. Cool things. And had a big time. I know he was worn out. I talked to him afterwards and he was just exhausted, which it's amazing how tired you get at these things. Um, so it, it, it's, it's pretty cool. So this kicked the, uh, pen show season off, right. Which makes me even more anxious to get out there and, uh, to the, to all these pen shows this year. I I'm ready and, uh, looking how much fun everyone had in Philly. You know, anyone who's anywhere close, you know, within a few hours or half days drive to a pen show, you need to go. It's just a fun experience. Um, even if you've never been, there's people there, other people there that have never been. Um, and you can, you can talk, hang out, look at pens, um, and, and figure out what's going on. It's really cool.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Remind me what ones you're going to be at.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' LA that's coming up in February, then Atlanta and Chicago in April, then DC and San Francisco in August.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Boy, oh boy.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yep. Yep. So that's the schedule as we stand right now. That's the confirmed schedule. Um, there's unconfirmed, there's unconfirmed things that, you know, maybe we can do some more. Who knows yet?

'''Myke Hurley:''' Are you going to come to London? Uh, when is it? Isn't it in October? I think it's in October. I missed, I missed it again. Cause I'm the worst. I just, I like, okay, I'll remember. And then someone says to me, you're going to keep coming this weekend. It's like, oh man.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' So I keep saying I need to go get my passport just because, you know, something like that. So yes, I won't say I'm coming, but I need to keep that like on my radar for in the future. Right.

'''Myke Hurley:''' That'd be sweet, man. We could do a pen addict live in London. Oh, that'd be crazy.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' That would be crazy.