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	'''~~Speaker 02~~:''' From RelayFM, this is The Pen Addict, episode 496. Today's show is brought to you by Pen Chalet. My name is Myke Hurley and I'm joined by Brad Dowdy. Hi, Brad. Hey, Myke. How's it going? Good, my friend. How are you? ~~I'm very good, I think. You know, I always say that. I was like, I know Myke's going to ask me how I'm doing. I'm always going to say very good. But am I? Am I really? And actually, yes, I am.~~		'''Myke Hurley:''' From RelayFM, this is The Pen Addict, episode 496. Today's show is brought to you by Pen Chalet. My name is Myke Hurley and I'm joined by Brad Dowdy. Hi, Brad. Hey, Myke. How's it going? Good, my friend. How are you?

	'''~~Myke Hurley~~:''' I'm very good. So, hey, it's good to be very good every Wednesday to record this show. Myke, only four episodes until episode 500~~. Don't mention it~~.		'''Speaker 02:''' I'm very good, I think. You know, I always say that. I was like, I know Myke's going to ask me how I'm doing. I'm always going to say very good. But am I? Am I really? And actually, yes, I am. I'm very good. So, hey, it's good to be very good every Wednesday to record this show. Myke, only four episodes until episode 500.

	'''~~Brad Dowdy~~:''' ~~As listeners can tell, we have completely not thought about episode 500. Y~~'~~all should be set up to be let down~~.		'''Myke Hurley:''' Don't mention it.

	~~'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah, I think.~~


			== Reset Theme ==

	~~== Reset ==~~

			'''Brad Dowdy:''' As listeners can tell, we have completely not thought about episode 500. Y'all should be set up to be let down.

			'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah, I think.

	'''Myke Hurley:''' Look, I was thinking about this earlier. I give up, yeah. I was thinking about this earlier. Here's what we'll promise you. That we'll do it. That's the promise. The promise is we will be recording episode 500 on February 9th. That's the promise, right? That's all we have committed to. And it has taken, at points in the last couple of months, a lot of work to keep that commitment.		'''Myke Hurley:''' Look, I was thinking about this earlier. I give up, yeah. I was thinking about this earlier. Here's what we'll promise you. That we'll do it. That's the promise. The promise is we will be recording episode 500 on February 9th. That's the promise, right? That's all we have committed to. And it has taken, at points in the last couple of months, a lot of work to keep that commitment.
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	'''Speaker 02:''' Right. Right. So Kelly had a couple of good points in the email. One was like consider creating a ritual between, you know, in that, you know, reset phase. Right. What is the ritual between, okay, work is done for the day and now I'm free. Like my brain is free. My mind is free. But like, is there something that's like a marker, right? That ritual. Right. And then secondly, I've had this before or had these thoughts before about the racing brain, right? Like the brain just constantly going as making just like a trash notebook, essentially. Right. Like just a complete garbage notebook that you can just like literally scribble in. And I mean that in the most, you know, exact sense of the word, like just grab the notebook and just draw a bunch of lines, scribble, you know, whatever comes out, comes out. And that notebook is for that just trying to, you know, rewire your brain for a second, you know, whether it's, you know, in the middle of the day or in the evening. And, you know, just try to try to escape for a second, but have like a kind of a no commitment notebook type of situation that just gets purely destroyed and, you know, tossed when you're done with it. So I thought that was some good stuff.		'''Speaker 02:''' Right. Right. So Kelly had a couple of good points in the email. One was like consider creating a ritual between, you know, in that, you know, reset phase. Right. What is the ritual between, okay, work is done for the day and now I'm free. Like my brain is free. My mind is free. But like, is there something that's like a marker, right? That ritual. Right. And then secondly, I've had this before or had these thoughts before about the racing brain, right? Like the brain just constantly going as making just like a trash notebook, essentially. Right. Like just a complete garbage notebook that you can just like literally scribble in. And I mean that in the most, you know, exact sense of the word, like just grab the notebook and just draw a bunch of lines, scribble, you know, whatever comes out, comes out. And that notebook is for that just trying to, you know, rewire your brain for a second, you know, whether it's, you know, in the middle of the day or in the evening. And, you know, just try to try to escape for a second, but have like a kind of a no commitment notebook type of situation that just gets purely destroyed and, you know, tossed when you're done with it. So I thought that was some good stuff.



			== Foundation Discussion ==


	'''Myke Hurley:''' I was thinking maybe habit could also be an interest.		'''Myke Hurley:''' I was thinking maybe habit could also be an interest.
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	== Sailor Cocktail Series ~~Two~~ ==		== Sailor Cocktail Series Launch ==


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	'''Speaker 02:''' Right? Like, it's, it's the least, like, visually stunning, right? When you're sitting next to, like, orange pens and mint green pens and purple and blue. But it's the most accurate, correct representation of an idea.		'''Speaker 02:''' Right? Like, it's, it's the least, like, visually stunning, right? When you're sitting next to, like, orange pens and mint green pens and purple and blue. But it's the most accurate, correct representation of an idea.

	'''Myke Hurley:''' It's also, like, if you like vodka martinis, this is, it's the exact same color palette, right? Like, it would work just as well. Yeah. I think this absolutely, they nailed it with that one. The rest of them, I mean, they just look fun, right? Color-wise?


			== Vodka Martini Pens ==

	~~== International Release Details ==~~

			'''Myke Hurley:''' It's also, like, if you like vodka martinis, this is, it's the exact same color palette, right? Like, it would work just as well. Yeah. I think this absolutely, they nailed it with that one. The rest of them, I mean, they just look fun, right? Color-wise?

	'''Speaker 02:''' They look like they've done, yeah, they look like they've done them before. Especially the orange. Like, they've done a lot of orange. I think the blue train is actually one of the more interesting ones. They've done a lot of blue pens, but not in this type of setup. Yeah. The purple and the green are, you know, pretty common types of mix and match colors that they use a lot of. But yeah, I think it's cool. Like, all these are the standard Pro Gears, the 21, 21 karat gold nibs, you know, the full-size Pro Gear. They're all at the new price point, you know, which makes them probably like around $380 US.		'''Speaker 02:''' They look like they've done, yeah, they look like they've done them before. Especially the orange. Like, they've done a lot of orange. I think the blue train is actually one of the more interesting ones. They've done a lot of blue pens, but not in this type of setup. Yeah. The purple and the green are, you know, pretty common types of mix and match colors that they use a lot of. But yeah, I think it's cool. Like, all these are the standard Pro Gears, the 21, 21 karat gold nibs, you know, the full-size Pro Gear. They're all at the new price point, you know, which makes them probably like around $380 US.
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	'''Speaker 02:''' Yeah. Which one?		'''Speaker 02:''' Yeah. Which one?

			'''Myke Hurley:''' Well, Lincoln, you didn't talk about the company for a while.


	~~== Brand and Item Reviews ==~~

			== Estabrook Controversy ==

	~~'''Myke Hurley:''' Well, Lincoln, you didn't talk about the company for a while.~~

	'''Speaker 02:''' Oh, yeah. Sure. Right. Oh, yeah. So, the Robert Rosenberg period of Estabrook. They were banned from the show.		'''Speaker 02:''' Oh, yeah. Sure. Right. Oh, yeah. So, the Robert Rosenberg period of Estabrook. They were banned from the show.
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	'''Myke Hurley:''' All right. Let's finish out today's episode with some hashtag Ask DPA questions. First comes from Claudio, who asks, something for newcomers to the show, like this, like a kind of quote, got your first Lamy Safari for a while. Now what? So you've had a Lamy Safari for a while. Now where'd you go?		'''Myke Hurley:''' All right. Let's finish out today's episode with some hashtag Ask DPA questions. First comes from Claudio, who asks, something for newcomers to the show, like this, like a kind of quote, got your first Lamy Safari for a while. Now what? So you've had a Lamy Safari for a while. Now where'd you go?



	~~== Newcomer Pen Recommendations Recommendations ==~~


	'''Speaker 02:''' I almost want to do a whole episode segment on this. Then maybe I'll do that later because there's a lot of places to go. Right. And I don't think I'm going straight into like, you know, the Twisbees that that kind of like roll into that next category of pricing or the Pilot Prayers that go into the next category of pricing. I almost want to think about jumping this up into like a completely different category. And I got to put some thoughts behind this because I don't know. It might be too aggressive. Right. If you if you like the Lamy Safari spending like one hundred and fifty dollars on a pen would be like pretty rough. I mean, I have a move.		'''Speaker 02:''' I almost want to do a whole episode segment on this. Then maybe I'll do that later because there's a lot of places to go. Right. And I don't think I'm going straight into like, you know, the Twisbees that that kind of like roll into that next category of pricing or the Pilot Prayers that go into the next category of pricing. I almost want to think about jumping this up into like a completely different category. And I got to put some thoughts behind this because I don't know. It might be too aggressive. Right. If you if you like the Lamy Safari spending like one hundred and fifty dollars on a pen would be like pretty rough. I mean, I have a move.

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