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	So, those will be pre-releasing or release date at our good friends over at Pen Chalet on November 29th. So, what day is that? It's like a week from today. So, yeah. That is pretty cool.		So, those will be pre-releasing or release date at our good friends over at Pen Chalet on November 29th. So, what day is that? It's like a week from today. So, yeah. That is pretty cool.

	Speaking of Pen Chalet, next week is the ~~Penn~~ Add gift guide episode, which I'm very excited to hear. I know you and Anna have recorded it already and it's already winging its way to being edited and published next Wednesday. But Pen Chalet have a gift guide of their own going on right now.		Speaking of Pen Chalet, next week is the Pen Add gift guide episode, which I'm very excited to hear. I know you and Anna have recorded it already and it's already winging its way to being edited and published next Wednesday. But Pen Chalet have a gift guide of their own going on right now.

	I'm going to put a link in the show notes to this. As you can imagine with Pen Chalet, it features tons of great deals throughout. But what I really like, what they've done is they've taken a bunch of products and grouped them. So, Fountain Pen gifts for beginners, for example.		I'm going to put a link in the show notes to this. As you can imagine with Pen Chalet, it features tons of great deals throughout. But what I really like, what they've done is they've taken a bunch of products and grouped them. So, Fountain Pen gifts for beginners, for example.

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	And the price is good compared to what they've done in the past. So, I thought it was really interesting. And I think they'll do well for people who like these pen models. So, yeah. Pretty interesting stuff. Really, really kind of like them.		And the price is good compared to what they've done in the past. So, I thought it was really interesting. And I think they'll do well for people who like these pen models. So, yeah. Pretty interesting stuff. Really, really kind of like them.

	So, those will be pre-releasing or release date at our good friends over at ~~Penn~~ Chalet on November 29th. So, what day is that? It's like a week from today. So, yeah. That is pretty cool.		So, those will be pre-releasing or release date at our good friends over at Pen Chalet on November 29th. So, what day is that? It's like a week from today. So, yeah. That is pretty cool.

	Speaking of ~~Penn~~ Chalet, next week is the Penn Add gift guide episode, which I'm very excited to hear. I know you and Anna have recorded it already and it's already winging its way to being edited and published next Wednesday. But ~~Penn~~ Chalet have a gift guide of their own going on right now.		Speaking of Pen Chalet, next week is the Penn Add gift guide episode, which I'm very excited to hear. I know you and Anna have recorded it already and it's already winging its way to being edited and published next Wednesday. But Pen Chalet have a gift guide of their own going on right now.

	I'm going to put a link in the show notes to this. As you can imagine with ~~Penn~~ Chalet, it features tons of great deals throughout. But what I really like, what they've done is they've taken a bunch of products and grouped them. So, Fountain Pen gifts for beginners, for example.		I'm going to put a link in the show notes to this. As you can imagine with Pen Chalet, it features tons of great deals throughout. But what I really like, what they've done is they've taken a bunch of products and grouped them. So, Fountain Pen gifts for beginners, for example.

	Unique gifts. Best pens for kids. Best pens for students. Artists. Their overall best sellers. They have a Grail pens, which I think is kind of awesome.		Unique gifts. Best pens for kids. Best pens for students. Artists. Their overall best sellers. They have a Grail pens, which I think is kind of awesome.

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	Right. Like I don't I don't do you you just you cook stuff and people get together. There aren't gifts. Yeah. There's no there's no stress, you know, of well, I don't know about stress. Well, I mean, there's a different kind of stress that's always ever present, especially in the US right now.		Right. Like I don't I don't do you you just you cook stuff and people get together. There aren't gifts. Yeah. There's no there's no stress, you know, of well, I don't know about stress. Well, I mean, there's a different kind of stress that's always ever present, especially in the US right now.

	But yeah, just in general, it's just a pretty chill holiday can be. So I got asked since we're on Thanksgiving week. You know, what are you thankful for in ~~stationary~~? And I thought that was a really good question.		But yeah, just in general, it's just a pretty chill holiday can be. So I got asked since we're on Thanksgiving week. You know, what are you thankful for in stationery? And I thought that was a really good question.

	Let's let me take that to the podcast. So I put down a few things. And this happened recently. And I actually put it, you know, Stephen asked our Relay FM co-host, you know, for our upcoming newsletter, you know, what we were thankful for this year.		Let's let me take that to the podcast. So I put down a few things. And this happened recently. And I actually put it, you know, Stephen asked our Relay FM co-host, you know, for our upcoming newsletter, you know, what we were thankful for this year.

	And one of my biggest takeaways of the year is that I'm super thankful for brick and mortar ~~stationary~~ stores. Going to Atlas Stationers for Fountain Pen Day kind of reset my thinking. It's not that I hadn't thought about this before, but it had been a while since I've experienced the community building.		And one of my biggest takeaways of the year is that I'm super thankful for brick and mortar stationery stores. Going to Atlas Stationers for Fountain Pen Day kind of reset my thinking. It's not that I hadn't thought about this before, but it had been a while since I've experienced the community building.

	Yeah. That an in-person place for people, like-minded people to get together and discuss the thing that they love and have the buy-in from a retailer, which is not always the case, right? And I'm not talking about ~~stationary~~ stores, but like other stores or things like that.		Yeah. That an in-person place for people, like-minded people to get together and discuss the thing that they love and have the buy-in from a retailer, which is not always the case, right? And I'm not talking about stationery stores, but like other stores or things like that.

	But what I've seen for the ~~stationary~~ stores that I've traveled to, they are these community hubs for people who are into the smallest thing in the ~~stationary~~ world, like ink and washi tape to like the biggest things, you know, the pens and things. And all these people can come together from all different backgrounds and, you know, just have the time of their lives talking about this stuff that they don't get to share.		But what I've seen for the stationery stores that I've traveled to, they are these community hubs for people who are into the smallest thing in the stationery world, like ink and washi tape to like the biggest things, you know, the pens and things. And all these people can come together from all different backgrounds and, you know, just have the time of their lives talking about this stuff that they don't get to share.

	And having that opportunity in your town, you need to take advantage of that because it's a rare opportunity these days. So that really came to light this year when I was at Atlas Stationers in Chicago, how important these places can be, just not for ~~stationary~~ fans, but for the communities that they reside in.		And having that opportunity in your town, you need to take advantage of that because it's a rare opportunity these days. So that really came to light this year when I was at Atlas Stationers in Chicago, how important these places can be, just not for stationery fans, but for the communities that they reside in.

	So I thought that was kind of one of my big, like, overall takeaways from the year. So I'm very thankful for those stores because that's got to be a tough business, right? Not only just being a retailer, but also having a physical building. Man, that's tough stuff.		So I thought that was kind of one of my big, like, overall takeaways from the year. So I'm very thankful for those stores because that's got to be a tough business, right? Not only just being a retailer, but also having a physical building. Man, that's tough stuff.

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			\| name = The Pen Addict
			\| number = 591
			\| title = I'm Thankful for Ballpoint Pens
			\| date = November 22nd, 2023
			\| hosts = [[Brad Dowdy]]<br>
			[[Myke Hurley]]
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	From RelayFM, this is the Pen Addict episode 591. Today's show is brought to you by Wild Grain and Squarespace. My name is Myke Hurley and I have the pleasure of being joined by the Pen Addict himself, Brad Dowdy. Hi, Brad. The pleasure is all mine.		From RelayFM, this is the Pen Addict episode 591. Today's show is brought to you by Wild Grain and Squarespace. My name is Myke Hurley and I have the pleasure of being joined by the Pen Addict himself, Brad Dowdy. Hi, Brad. The pleasure is all mine.

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