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== Fountain Pen Day Blog ==


'''Cary Yeager:''' They can go to fountainpenday.org. Just click the contact link. They can go to the blog, which I didn't talk about, but I pulled the blog off of the main website so that I could be more creative and it, and you wouldn't have any distractions from the main information. So I did fountainpenndays.com. There's a contact link there. You can always get in touch with me. Like I put the show pictures there and swag on there and stuff like that. But the main site, fountainpenday.org. That's where you go. You find the information and you can contact me there. There's ideas on what you can do. The vendor list is there of all the vendors that support all across the world from Austria to the UK and, and China and Tokyo and Philippines. It's just, it's Australia everywhere. People getting involved. And I tell people, you know, feel free to contact and ask, are there clubs near me? You know, I list all the clubs. If you have a club, contact me. I'd be, I would love to, you know, include your club in that list. If you have a blog, I'll put the blog up there. And it's just a list of all of this information that people can access and see if it's close to their area. You know, the one thing I haven't done that I'd love to do, and maybe somebody could help is have a world map, if you will, where, you know, it was almost interactive where you could hover over and you say, I live in Michigan and just hover your mouse over Michigan and something would pop up, whether it's a retail store or a known club, something like that. So that people know that, you know, they're not alone. You know, you don't have to sit in your little cave in the house while your significant other is like, oh, they're over there writing or something again with that pen that leaks in ink. I don't know. You don't have to feel that way. You know, there's stuff, there's people around you all the time. You just don't realize it. And I think there's a disconnect in the connection department. Do you know what I mean? In all the social media that we have, there's so many stories. It's like, I didn't know this was there. I didn't know this club was there. I didn't know this brick and mortar store was in this nook and cranny. Every day. It's consistently like that. So.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yep. Awesome. And what if, what if someone wants to talk to you directly or see your awesome Instagram photos or videos? Where can they find out more about Gary?

'''Cary Yeager:''' Everything is Fountain Pen Day. Everything. Awesome. Whether it's Instagram, Twitter, Google Plus, you name it. Whatever social media is out there, I try and get on it. Um, and yes, I still do Google Plus just for those who follow it.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Um, keep the dream alive.

'''Cary Yeager:''' You gotta keep the dream alive. It's on Facebook. It's on LO. It's on, uh, I can't even think of them all. Snapchat, which I rarely use, but. Look at you on LO. But you know, you try and grab them where you can so that you can get the information out there and hit as many people as possible. Yep.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Well, Gary, I really appreciate you coming on. You're nothing short of awesome. I am glad to have you in my life and to call you a friend and I just, uh, love talking to you. So I really appreciate it.

'''Cary Yeager:''' I appreciate the opportunity to be on the show and I consider you a very close and good friend as well. I'm really glad we got to connect. And, uh, again, the opportunity to be on the show was fantastic because I really think it helps let people know that, you know, where it came from and where it's going. And how everybody can be involved and it's for everybody. And.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yep. And I have, I have a feeling we will do it again.

'''Cary Yeager:''' I would greatly appreciate it. And, and I, you know, I love to talk about it. But, um, the last thing I'll say is this at this point, when you said, where is fountain pen day now, the one thing I'd add is that I know that no matter what happened, nothing bad's going to happen, but no matter what happened in life at this stage, fountain pen day has gained an attraction that it would go on its own. And that's really where I wanted it to be and where I wanted it to grow to, because this is going to be the fifth year. And that was the five year plan to know that in five years, no matter what, it's going to take off and have its own legs and it'll go on its own and nobody could stop it. Nobody could, you know, it would just keep going and it will keep going.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yep. And I, I think that's, that's pretty clear and seeing the passion you have behind it. Um, you know, I, I know you'll, you'll be pushing it along, uh, as long as you can. And it's, uh, it's wonderful and you've done a great job. So thank you so much for, for joining me and, uh, we will see you guys next time on the pen addict.

'''Cary Yeager:''' Thank you again. Say good night, Brad.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' All right. Goodbye, Brad.

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