Editing The Pen Addict 73/transcript (section)

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'''Brad Dowdy:''' All right, so I went and searched logger on Shutterstock.com this time. So I don't know why this became a thing, but it's kind of fun to do.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I was going to ask what you searched.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, so I'm looking at all the loggers, and it's pretty cool. We got 23,484 results for loggers. It's really cool. The resolution on these pictures is pretty amazing. If you're putting together anything, any kind of anything online, you know, related to, I don't know, not just beer, but gosh, any topic you can imagine has got so much stock imagery on here. It's amazing. Yep. And the vector images on the beer ones are really cool, too. You love the vectors. It's got some neat stuff. You love them, yeah. I love that kind of artwork. Like our compatriot, Joy Raphael, he does the, what is he doing, the logo a day, or I don't know what he calls it, logo, year of logos or something like that. Like I love just those tiny vector images. I don't know why that type of artwork fascinates me, so.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Anywho, speaking of fascinating, I got a magical tweet earlier this week, and I say magical. It was forwarded to me by a follower, Keith Keitover on Twitter, at Keith Keitover, sent me a tweet from David Blaine, the magician. You're familiar with David Blaine?

'''Myke Hurley:''' Of course I am, yeah.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I guess, yeah, I'm sure most people have heard of David Blaine. So David Blaine on Twitter just posted a tweet that said, favorite pin, and put out a picture of it. And I was shocked. And, you know, I probably wouldn't have received it if it was just some silly ballpoint. But he's got a Secura Pigra Micron, the 005 size, which is the tiniest micron. And he's riding on an ace of spades, you know, I guess for, you know, one of his card tricks. And he's got an Einstein quote on there. Reality is merely an illusion. And I thought that was pretty cool.

'''Myke Hurley:''' That's so strange to me. There's nothing about this tweet or image that is normal to me in any way.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I agree. And that's all he says. I mean, it says, it says, favorite pin. Boom. There's the picture.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Well, this dude is far from a normal gentleman, though, isn't he, really?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Right. He's very, very strange. He's a very peculiar fellow. I actually find him hard to watch. I can't watch any of his magic stuff. But, I mean, I understand who he is and what he does. But I can't watch him. It's a little much for me.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' But I thought that was a cool picture that if you didn't see it, I thought it would be worth including in the show notes just for y'all to check out because it's kind of interesting. I was very, very surprised at the pin choice. And that's cool because that's a great pin. But for him to take the time to put favorite pin out there, I thought that was pretty neat.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' We're infiltrating Myke.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I'm already lost in the next link.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Okay. Well, let's get to it.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I have many problems in my life. Purchasing problems. Pins being the primary one.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Probably my second biggest problem area for spending too much money in things that, of course, I need them, Myke. But, you know, maybe you don't necessarily need them. But it's backpacks and bags. And my favorite paper designer, Mr. Chad Doan, combined with my favorite bag designer and Topo Designs to make a Topo Designs plus Doan paper mountain briefcase. So it's a collaboration between Topo and Doan.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Topo has a mountain briefcase design already. And you can buy it in different colors. But this one that they collaborated with Chad Doan on is very different than any of the other ones. And there was no way I was not ordering this. And I got it in yesterday. It came really quick. It just went for sale on the 23rd. I already got it in. I ordered it the 23rd and got it in yesterday. And it's spectacular. I'm in love with it already. I loaded it up last night, got everything set up how I wanted to. It holds everything I need. I'm mostly using it for work. So it's got my work laptop and notebooks and pens and field notes and headphones and five-hour energy drinks and gum and all kinds of stuff in there. All the stuff that I normally carry for work fits in there easy. What's cool about what I'm loving so far about this is you can carry it three different ways. By the way, it's designed. It's made. It's got handles on the top, like a double handle, so it can be carried briefcase style. It's got a shoulder strap, so it can be carried over the shoulder, like messenger style. And then it's got two tuck-away backpack straps on the backside, so it can be carried backpack style. It's pretty awesome. I love the versatility of it. I'm going to carry it probably briefcase style or backpack style. I've taken off the messenger bag strap for now.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I'll probably carry it one of those two ways. I just love the look and feel. I was actually worried that my wife would give me a lot of grief about it. She stopped giving me grief about pens. She's finally on board with all the pens that I buy. She's like, oh, that's nice, and ignores me. So I had this sitting in a chair last night, and she goes, ooh, is that your new backpack? She said, that's really nice. And I said, huh?

'''Myke Hurley:''' What's happened here?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. I was like, are you okay? What's wrong with you? So she actually made a comment, and it unsolicited. Like, I get it in, and I just start using it. I don't even show her. I'm not even like, hey, look what I got. Because usually she'd be like, oh, my gosh, another backpack, just what you need. But she actually made a comment. She's like, wow, that's really nice. You know, just unsolicited for me sitting in the chair. So, yeah, I'm really happy with it. I'm looking forward to using it. It's going to be my primary everyday bag. And it's beautiful. It's just the right size for everything, and it looks great. So job well done, Topo and Chad down.

'''Myke Hurley:''' It's a shame they don't ship to the UK. I say it's a shame. It's probably for the best.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. I mean, I could always ship you one.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Well, I'm thinking that, you know, I probably know a guy who's going to design backpacks of his own at some point. Yes. Yes, yes, yes.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Definitely. Definitely on the radar. And this is expensive. I mean, it's not a cheap bag. It's $170.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' But, you know, I think the regular, I haven't looked, I don't have the Topo design up, but I think their standard ones are like around $140 or $150 anyway for the Mountain Briefcase. So, and the regular ones don't have the leather that this one has on it and the other detailing that the collaboration has. So, it's probably the most I've ever paid for a bag or a backpack, something like that. So, anyway, it's pretty awesome. I'm going to, for paying that much, I better use the heck out of it. And it looks like I will. It's got everything I'm looking for in a bag or a backpack. And it's going to be great. I'm excited about it. So, speaking of bags, we have a launch date, mate.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Okay.