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	* They're just, they just look so adorable. Like, like you would stubby little pens and like the material, the frosted. Yeah. You got me. Do you ever, I was thinking about these pens in particular. Do you ever just buy a pen just so you can take pictures of it? Like with other stuff, like it's in your layout or your spread. It's like, Oh, let me throw this cute little pen in there. I have done that before. A hundred percent. Yeah. So yeah. Then they've done that.		* They're just, they just look so adorable. Like, like you would stubby little pens and like the material, the frosted. Yeah. You got me. Do you ever, I was thinking about these pens in particular. Do you ever just buy a pen just so you can take pictures of it? Like with other stuff, like it's in your layout or your spread. It's like, Oh, let me throw this cute little pen in there. I have done that before. A hundred percent. Yeah. So yeah. Then they've done that.
	* All right. Well, we need to get it. That's a, that's enough news. You know, this was a big news week, uh, for, for all the things that we like to talk about here on the pen. A lot of brands that I, uh, enjoy wanting to get your perspective, but now I want to talk about you. But before we do that, we're going to take our first ad break and talk about our good friends over at Pen Chalet.		* All right. Well, we need to get it. That's a, that's enough news. You know, this was a big news week, uh, for, for all the things that we like to talk about here on the pen. A lot of brands that I, uh, enjoy wanting to get your perspective, but now I want to talk about you. But before we do that, we're going to take our first ad break and talk about our good friends over at Pen Chalet.
	* So Pen Chalet sells authentic, amazing roller balls, fountain pens, ballpoints, mechanical pencils, and so much more. They have all your favorite brands like Monteverde, Pelican, Lamy, Pilot, Namiki, Sailor, and Kaweco. And are of course, an authorized dealer of all of these brands. They have very fast and reliable customer service. They run special discounts twice a month, including closeout specials every two weeks. They're always adding new styles of pens every single month. As well as all these brands we mentioned earlier, Pen Chalet sells limited edition pens and all the pen accessories you ever need, like pen carrying cases, pen holders, refills, fountain pen converters, and so much more. They have free shipping on orders over $75 in the United States. And they also ship internationally with very reasonable shipping rates. Pen Chalet has low prices on high quality pens and offer a 100% satisfaction guarantee. So go to pennchalet.com slash penaddict to get 10% off anything at Pen Chalet and to see this week's exclusive offers for listeners of the show. So I popped over to the Pen Chalet page. And the first thing I noticed is that Ron has changed the layout. He has updated the layout to match more like the regular pen layout over there at Pen Chalet. If you go into a product page, they're more laid out in the square boxes and things like that. And it's really, really cool. I love seeing all this. You can see more pens per square inch on your screens, Eric, which is what I like. I get to see all the things at once. So they have some really, really cool stuff. They have a mystery box up now, which I haven't seen them do before. It is, gosh, I need to go look at this. Pen Chalet, ~~Penn~~ Stash mystery box.		* So Pen Chalet sells authentic, amazing roller balls, fountain pens, ballpoints, mechanical pencils, and so much more. They have all your favorite brands like Monteverde, Pelican, Lamy, Pilot, Namiki, Sailor, and Kaweco. And are of course, an authorized dealer of all of these brands. They have very fast and reliable customer service. They run special discounts twice a month, including closeout specials every two weeks. They're always adding new styles of pens every single month. As well as all these brands we mentioned earlier, Pen Chalet sells limited edition pens and all the pen accessories you ever need, like pen carrying cases, pen holders, refills, fountain pen converters, and so much more. They have free shipping on orders over $75 in the United States. And they also ship internationally with very reasonable shipping rates. Pen Chalet has low prices on high quality pens and offer a 100% satisfaction guarantee. So go to pennchalet.com slash penaddict to get 10% off anything at Pen Chalet and to see this week's exclusive offers for listeners of the show. So I popped over to the Pen Chalet page. And the first thing I noticed is that Ron has changed the layout. He has updated the layout to match more like the regular pen layout over there at Pen Chalet. If you go into a product page, they're more laid out in the square boxes and things like that. And it's really, really cool. I love seeing all this. You can see more pens per square inch on your screens, Eric, which is what I like. I get to see all the things at once. So they have some really, really cool stuff. They have a mystery box up now, which I haven't seen them do before. It is, gosh, I need to go look at this. Pen Chalet, Pen Stash mystery box.
	* Let's see what it gets in there. One fountain pen, whoa, featuring Brooks resin. A leather pen case, a bottle of ink, a journal, care pack, sticker. Wow, value of over $300 for just $124.99. Wow, that's super interesting. So we'll have to check that out. So that's on the ~~Penn~~ Attic page. You can go check that out. There's a bunch of ink samples on there, which I haven't seen Pen Chalet make available on the ~~Penn~~ Attic listeners page before. So if you're into ink, they've been putting a lot of inks out there into the world. Lots of cool samples to check out. And if you like the samples, you can go buy your bottle and go find them over there at ~~PennChalet~~.com. So thank you to Pen Chalet for this wonderful section of special products this week. You can head over to ~~PennChalet~~.com slash ~~PennAddict~~ and find all of this good stuff for yourself. So thank you so much to Pen Chalet for sponsoring Relay and the ~~Penn~~ Addict. All right, Eric, let's get into it.		* Let's see what it gets in there. One fountain pen, whoa, featuring Brooks resin. A leather pen case, a bottle of ink, a journal, care pack, sticker. Wow, value of over $300 for just $124.99. Wow, that's super interesting. So we'll have to check that out. So that's on the Pen Attic page. You can go check that out. There's a bunch of ink samples on there, which I haven't seen Pen Chalet make available on the Pen Attic listeners page before. So if you're into ink, they've been putting a lot of inks out there into the world. Lots of cool samples to check out. And if you like the samples, you can go buy your bottle and go find them over there at PenChalet.com. So thank you to Pen Chalet for this wonderful section of special products this week. You can head over to PenChalet.com slash PenAddict and find all of this good stuff for yourself. So thank you so much to Pen Chalet for sponsoring Relay and the Pen Addict. All right, Eric, let's get into it.

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	* Definitely for journaling. Um, I do, I have a plotter of course. Um, and so I do get to use my fountain pens in my plotter every once in a while, uh, for my project management stuff that I do for work. But if I'm using my fountain pens, it's definitely on a dedicated notebook for journaling. Um, just because, you know, sometimes I don't want to use an expensive notebook per se for, for work. And so I just have a random little notepad and I have to use a ballpoint because the paper is just like, if you're seeing feathering all over it, it's just, you know, it throws me off and I just don't want to deal with it. So it's a regular notebook and a ballpoint pen and I'm good to go. Yeah. So I, I didn't, I didn't prep you for this, but I think it's very easy, simple, straightforward question about journaling. So I know you're, you're very prolific journaler. Do you have a, uh, routine or schedule? Like, do you, like, do you, does it bother you if you miss a day type of thing? Like how, how journally are we journaling?		* Definitely for journaling. Um, I do, I have a plotter of course. Um, and so I do get to use my fountain pens in my plotter every once in a while, uh, for my project management stuff that I do for work. But if I'm using my fountain pens, it's definitely on a dedicated notebook for journaling. Um, just because, you know, sometimes I don't want to use an expensive notebook per se for, for work. And so I just have a random little notepad and I have to use a ballpoint because the paper is just like, if you're seeing feathering all over it, it's just, you know, it throws me off and I just don't want to deal with it. So it's a regular notebook and a ballpoint pen and I'm good to go. Yeah. So I, I didn't, I didn't prep you for this, but I think it's very easy, simple, straightforward question about journaling. So I know you're, you're very prolific journaler. Do you have a, uh, routine or schedule? Like, do you, like, do you, does it bother you if you miss a day type of thing? Like how, how journally are we journaling?
	* That's a good question. How generally, you know, I, I do wish I was a little bit more dedicated to it. Because when I first started, uh, with the fountain pen world, that's actually what got me into it was journaling and seeing all these, uh, accounts with beautiful spreads with ephemera and collages. And it's just, it was just the most beautiful thing. So that's kind of how I got away from writing letters on Tomoy River paper to actually journaling in a Franklin Kristoff, uh, notebook or insert. Um, and it was with my fountain pens and I was journaling maybe twice a week, uh, because it would take time to, at first I would just sit, I would tell myself, well, I want to journal tonight. So then I would sit there and prep my page. And then that would take me like 15 to 20 minutes of like just gluing stuff done to deciding what I wanted to do. And by that, by the time I was done, I was like, well, I don't want to journal anymore. So I'll get back tomorrow, you know? So that's why I, it'll, it would only be twice a week or so. Um, but now, um, I have a specific notebook where I'm trying to do more writing. So I have this daily tear, tear away calendar, uh, where, and I use it for my ephemera in my journal. And I write, I try to write every night sometimes because I'm trying to organize myself a little bit better. I have put away my stuff in a little, uh, rickshaw bonsai bag. And so, because I don't see my notebooks on the table, I forget about it. And it's not until I realized like two days later that I haven't journaled, um, that I get back to it. So, yeah, that's good though. Like I, I like, it's, it's a habit, right? But it's not like overly strict. Like I don't ever want anyone to like feel guilty about like missing a day journal. Like it's okay. Like I would really wear on myself. Like when I, I had to stop buying like dated planners and things like that, um, just because it would, it would overwhelm me like the blank page that says a number. And now that's in the past and there's nothing on it and it would just kind of be bothersome. Um, so, but I also like how your style where you include ephemera and things like that. It's a very, very soothing like type of setup to just, you know, let your brain just kind of go, put the things down that you want. Don't be too particular about it. And oh, by the way, it just happens to look gorgeous. You know, whatever. Thanks. Thanks a lot, Eric. I mean, you know what, to, to your point earlier that you just made about, uh, dated, uh, planners, I had bought a five year journal, right. And I barely got through the first year. And then the second year, I just, I stopped after two months. I was like, I just can't, like, if I can't get to it, like seeing all those blank pages, I don't know what happened. I don't, I've slept since then. I just let it go. And now it's just a little prop for my pictures. Yeah. So some, somehow that did work for me and I'll have to sit and think about that. So I'm like, you know, into year three now, um, where that's like a never, like a page a day planner never worked for me or even like, uh, even like a weekly layout type of thing never worked for me. That works for me. It's pretty small. Uh, sometimes I just barely write anything. I'll just write, well, today was a day, you know, something like that. And it's, it's okay. But then like there's days that I skipped too. So I survived. Yeah. I survived. I totally put that in there. It's like, I made it through today. Yes. Yeah. And then a year from now, I'll go, wow. Brad had a rough day last year. Brad had a rough day on March the third last year. Wow. What was going on? You do get to, you do get some, uh, annual reminders.		* That's a good question. How generally, you know, I, I do wish I was a little bit more dedicated to it. Because when I first started, uh, with the fountain pen world, that's actually what got me into it was journaling and seeing all these, uh, accounts with beautiful spreads with ephemera and collages. And it's just, it was just the most beautiful thing. So that's kind of how I got away from writing letters on Tomoy River paper to actually journaling in a Franklin Kristoff, uh, notebook or insert. Um, and it was with my fountain pens and I was journaling maybe twice a week, uh, because it would take time to, at first I would just sit, I would tell myself, well, I want to journal tonight. So then I would sit there and prep my page. And then that would take me like 15 to 20 minutes of like just gluing stuff done to deciding what I wanted to do. And by that, by the time I was done, I was like, well, I don't want to journal anymore. So I'll get back tomorrow, you know? So that's why I, it'll, it would only be twice a week or so. Um, but now, um, I have a specific notebook where I'm trying to do more writing. So I have this daily tear, tear away calendar, uh, where, and I use it for my ephemera in my journal. And I write, I try to write every night sometimes because I'm trying to organize myself a little bit better. I have put away my stuff in a little, uh, rickshaw bonsai bag. And so, because I don't see my notebooks on the table, I forget about it. And it's not until I realized like two days later that I haven't journaled, um, that I get back to it. So, yeah, that's good though. Like I, I like, it's, it's a habit, right? But it's not like overly strict. Like I don't ever want anyone to like feel guilty about like missing a day journal. Like it's okay. Like I would really wear on myself. Like when I, I had to stop buying like dated planners and things like that, um, just because it would, it would overwhelm me like the blank page that says a number. And now that's in the past and there's nothing on it and it would just kind of be bothersome. Um, so, but I also like how your style where you include ephemera and things like that. It's a very, very soothing like type of setup to just, you know, let your brain just kind of go, put the things down that you want. Don't be too particular about it. And oh, by the way, it just happens to look gorgeous. You know, whatever. Thanks. Thanks a lot, Eric. I mean, you know what, to, to your point earlier that you just made about, uh, dated, uh, planners, I had bought a five year journal, right. And I barely got through the first year. And then the second year, I just, I stopped after two months. I was like, I just can't, like, if I can't get to it, like seeing all those blank pages, I don't know what happened. I don't, I've slept since then. I just let it go. And now it's just a little prop for my pictures. Yeah. So some, somehow that did work for me and I'll have to sit and think about that. So I'm like, you know, into year three now, um, where that's like a never, like a page a day planner never worked for me or even like, uh, even like a weekly layout type of thing never worked for me. That works for me. It's pretty small. Uh, sometimes I just barely write anything. I'll just write, well, today was a day, you know, something like that. And it's, it's okay. But then like there's days that I skipped too. So I survived. Yeah. I survived. I totally put that in there. It's like, I made it through today. Yes. Yeah. And then a year from now, I'll go, wow. Brad had a rough day last year. Brad had a rough day on March the third last year. Wow. What was going on? You do get to, you do get some, uh, annual reminders.
	* All right. Well, I want to get back into the color yellow here and talk about Amario Stationery. Um, but before we do that, let's take our last ad break for this episode and talk about our good friends over at Factor. So this episode of the ~~Penn~~ Act is brought to you by Factor. You might be feeling that it's time to optimize your nutrition. If that's you, Factor has chef made gourmet meals that make eating well, easy. They're dietitian approved and ready to heat and eat in two minutes. So you can fuel right and feel great. No matter what life throws at you. Factor arrives fresh and fully prepared. Perfect for any active, busy lifestyle. And Factor Keto meals can help you meet your weight loss goals. They've conducted a randomized controlled clinical trial with Factor Keto, though it's worth noting that results will vary depending on diet and exercise. With 40 options across eight dietary preferences on the menu each week, it's easy to pick meals tailored to your goals. Choose from preferences like calorie smart, protein plus, or keto. So Factor can help you feel best all day long with wholesome smoothies, breakfast, grab and go snacks, and more add-ons. Reach your goals this year with ingredients you can trust and convenience that can't be beat. And that's what gets it for me is the convenience. Someone who works from home, the ability to have a really good quality, high quality meal quickly made at lunchtime when there's no family around or there's no one I need to cook for, my wife and I aren't cooking dinner in the middle of the day. It's been really, really ideal for my lunch. And then my son comes in and steals them for dinner if my wife's working late. So I go through Factor's quite a bit here at the household. But they're great because they're good and easy. It's really, really hard to beat. So eat smart with Factor. Get started at factormeals.com slash Factor Podcast and use code Factor Podcast to get 50% off your first box plus free shipping. That's code Factor Podcast at factormeals.com Factor Podcast to get 50% off plus free shipping on your first box. Our thanks to Factor for their support of this show and all of Rie. Okay.		* All right. Well, I want to get back into the color yellow here and talk about Amario Stationery. Um, but before we do that, let's take our last ad break for this episode and talk about our good friends over at Factor. So this episode of the Pen Act is brought to you by Factor. You might be feeling that it's time to optimize your nutrition. If that's you, Factor has chef made gourmet meals that make eating well, easy. They're dietitian approved and ready to heat and eat in two minutes. So you can fuel right and feel great. No matter what life throws at you. Factor arrives fresh and fully prepared. Perfect for any active, busy lifestyle. And Factor Keto meals can help you meet your weight loss goals. They've conducted a randomized controlled clinical trial with Factor Keto, though it's worth noting that results will vary depending on diet and exercise. With 40 options across eight dietary preferences on the menu each week, it's easy to pick meals tailored to your goals. Choose from preferences like calorie smart, protein plus, or keto. So Factor can help you feel best all day long with wholesome smoothies, breakfast, grab and go snacks, and more add-ons. Reach your goals this year with ingredients you can trust and convenience that can't be beat. And that's what gets it for me is the convenience. Someone who works from home, the ability to have a really good quality, high quality meal quickly made at lunchtime when there's no family around or there's no one I need to cook for, my wife and I aren't cooking dinner in the middle of the day. It's been really, really ideal for my lunch. And then my son comes in and steals them for dinner if my wife's working late. So I go through Factor's quite a bit here at the household. But they're great because they're good and easy. It's really, really hard to beat. So eat smart with Factor. Get started at factormeals.com slash Factor Podcast and use code Factor Podcast to get 50% off your first box plus free shipping. That's code Factor Podcast at factormeals.com Factor Podcast to get 50% off plus free shipping on your first box. Our thanks to Factor for their support of this show and all of Rie. Okay.

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	* And these two right here look pretty cute too. Yeah. I like the, I mean, all companies need to do is just make something translucent and colorful. And they have me, like I'm hooked. Like you don't have to, your pen could be terrible, but Brad's going to be taking a second look and, and probably buying it. But I, yeah, I was using the one I did not, I'll admit, I did not completely love the regular one when it came out. Um, I couldn't quite, I, as someone who uses a lot of gel ink pens, the standard Signo ink I preferred over the one, the one was a little bit glidier, a little bit darker, like all like features. Right. It was made for a reason. And then they've had a couple other different models. And I was like, well, let me keep trying because I really liked the shape. Right. It's got like a Lamy clip, which is hilarious. Right. Right. Yeah. Raving about Lamy and people will look at this clip and go, Oh, that looks like a Lamy clip, but it's really nice. And then they, it must've done well enough. They just leaned into it and started making all these colors, all these different shapes, um, different style. There's like one that's weighted with like a metal tip towards the front of the barrel. So, uh, yeah, I'm in, I don't love the short ones as much because like I'm fine with one of, like I, in that same series that you bought the orange one, I bought the purple one. So that was in that same group that you bought last year. And it's like, I'm fine with this just for like one pen. Um, but like, I, I like the standard ones, but I'm a hundred percent getting cider and raspberry.		* And these two right here look pretty cute too. Yeah. I like the, I mean, all companies need to do is just make something translucent and colorful. And they have me, like I'm hooked. Like you don't have to, your pen could be terrible, but Brad's going to be taking a second look and, and probably buying it. But I, yeah, I was using the one I did not, I'll admit, I did not completely love the regular one when it came out. Um, I couldn't quite, I, as someone who uses a lot of gel ink pens, the standard Signo ink I preferred over the one, the one was a little bit glidier, a little bit darker, like all like features. Right. It was made for a reason. And then they've had a couple other different models. And I was like, well, let me keep trying because I really liked the shape. Right. It's got like a Lamy clip, which is hilarious. Right. Right. Yeah. Raving about Lamy and people will look at this clip and go, Oh, that looks like a Lamy clip, but it's really nice. And then they, it must've done well enough. They just leaned into it and started making all these colors, all these different shapes, um, different style. There's like one that's weighted with like a metal tip towards the front of the barrel. So, uh, yeah, I'm in, I don't love the short ones as much because like I'm fine with one of, like I, in that same series that you bought the orange one, I bought the purple one. So that was in that same group that you bought last year. And it's like, I'm fine with this just for like one pen. Um, but like, I, I like the standard ones, but I'm a hundred percent getting cider and raspberry.
	* They're just, they just look so adorable. Like, like you would stubby little pens and like the material, the frosted. Yeah. You got me. Do you ever, I was thinking about these pens in particular. Do you ever just buy a pen just so you can take pictures of it? Like with other stuff, like it's in your layout or your spread. It's like, Oh, let me throw this cute little pen in there. I have done that before. A hundred percent. Yeah. So yeah. Then they've done that.		* They're just, they just look so adorable. Like, like you would stubby little pens and like the material, the frosted. Yeah. You got me. Do you ever, I was thinking about these pens in particular. Do you ever just buy a pen just so you can take pictures of it? Like with other stuff, like it's in your layout or your spread. It's like, Oh, let me throw this cute little pen in there. I have done that before. A hundred percent. Yeah. So yeah. Then they've done that.
	* All right. Well, we need to get it. That's a, that's enough news. You know, this was a big news week, uh, for, for all the things that we like to talk about here on the pen. A lot of brands that I, uh, enjoy wanting to get your perspective, but now I want to talk about you. But before we do that, we're going to take our first ad break and talk about our good friends over at ~~Penn~~ Chalet.		* All right. Well, we need to get it. That's a, that's enough news. You know, this was a big news week, uh, for, for all the things that we like to talk about here on the pen. A lot of brands that I, uh, enjoy wanting to get your perspective, but now I want to talk about you. But before we do that, we're going to take our first ad break and talk about our good friends over at Pen Chalet.
	* So ~~Penn~~ Chalet sells authentic, amazing roller balls, fountain pens, ballpoints, mechanical pencils, and so much more. They have all your favorite brands like Monteverde, Pelican, Lamy, Pilot, Namiki, Sailor, and Kaweco. And are of course, an authorized dealer of all of these brands. They have very fast and reliable customer service. They run special discounts twice a month, including closeout specials every two weeks. They're always adding new styles of pens every single month. As well as all these brands we mentioned earlier, ~~Penn~~ Chalet sells limited edition pens and all the pen accessories you ever need, like pen carrying cases, pen holders, refills, fountain pen converters, and so much more. They have free shipping on orders over $75 in the United States. And they also ship internationally with very reasonable shipping rates. ~~Penn~~ Chalet has low prices on high quality pens and offer a 100% satisfaction guarantee. So go to pennchalet.com slash penaddict to get 10% off anything at ~~Penn~~ Chalet and to see this week's exclusive offers for listeners of the show. So I popped over to the ~~Penn~~ Chalet page. And the first thing I noticed is that Ron has changed the layout. He has updated the layout to match more like the regular pen layout over there at ~~Penn~~ Chalet. If you go into a product page, they're more laid out in the square boxes and things like that. And it's really, really cool. I love seeing all this. You can see more pens per square inch on your screens, Eric, which is what I like. I get to see all the things at once. So they have some really, really cool stuff. They have a mystery box up now, which I haven't seen them do before. It is, gosh, I need to go look at this. ~~Penn~~ Chalet, Penn Stash mystery box.		* So Pen Chalet sells authentic, amazing roller balls, fountain pens, ballpoints, mechanical pencils, and so much more. They have all your favorite brands like Monteverde, Pelican, Lamy, Pilot, Namiki, Sailor, and Kaweco. And are of course, an authorized dealer of all of these brands. They have very fast and reliable customer service. They run special discounts twice a month, including closeout specials every two weeks. They're always adding new styles of pens every single month. As well as all these brands we mentioned earlier, Pen Chalet sells limited edition pens and all the pen accessories you ever need, like pen carrying cases, pen holders, refills, fountain pen converters, and so much more. They have free shipping on orders over $75 in the United States. And they also ship internationally with very reasonable shipping rates. Pen Chalet has low prices on high quality pens and offer a 100% satisfaction guarantee. So go to pennchalet.com slash penaddict to get 10% off anything at Pen Chalet and to see this week's exclusive offers for listeners of the show. So I popped over to the Pen Chalet page. And the first thing I noticed is that Ron has changed the layout. He has updated the layout to match more like the regular pen layout over there at Pen Chalet. If you go into a product page, they're more laid out in the square boxes and things like that. And it's really, really cool. I love seeing all this. You can see more pens per square inch on your screens, Eric, which is what I like. I get to see all the things at once. So they have some really, really cool stuff. They have a mystery box up now, which I haven't seen them do before. It is, gosh, I need to go look at this. Pen Chalet, Penn Stash mystery box.
	* Let's see what it gets in there. One fountain pen, whoa, featuring Brooks resin. A leather pen case, a bottle of ink, a journal, care pack, sticker. Wow, value of over $300 for just $124.99. Wow, that's super interesting. So we'll have to check that out. So that's on the Penn Attic page. You can go check that out. There's a bunch of ink samples on there, which I haven't seen ~~Penn~~ Chalet make available on the Penn Attic listeners page before. So if you're into ink, they've been putting a lot of inks out there into the world. Lots of cool samples to check out. And if you like the samples, you can go buy your bottle and go find them over there at PennChalet.com. So thank you to ~~Penn~~ Chalet for this wonderful section of special products this week. You can head over to PennChalet.com slash PennAddict and find all of this good stuff for yourself. So thank you so much to ~~Penn~~ Chalet for sponsoring Relay and the Penn Addict. All right, Eric, let's get into it.		* Let's see what it gets in there. One fountain pen, whoa, featuring Brooks resin. A leather pen case, a bottle of ink, a journal, care pack, sticker. Wow, value of over $300 for just $124.99. Wow, that's super interesting. So we'll have to check that out. So that's on the Penn Attic page. You can go check that out. There's a bunch of ink samples on there, which I haven't seen Pen Chalet make available on the Penn Attic listeners page before. So if you're into ink, they've been putting a lot of inks out there into the world. Lots of cool samples to check out. And if you like the samples, you can go buy your bottle and go find them over there at PennChalet.com. So thank you to Pen Chalet for this wonderful section of special products this week. You can head over to PennChalet.com slash PennAddict and find all of this good stuff for yourself. So thank you so much to Pen Chalet for sponsoring Relay and the Penn Addict. All right, Eric, let's get into it.

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			\| name = The Pen Addict
			\| number = 656
			\| title = How Journal-y Are We Journaling?
			\| date = March 12th, 2025
			\| hosts = [[Brad Dowdy]]<br>
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	* From Relay, this is The Pen Addict, episode number 656. Today's show is brought to you by Pen Chalet and Factor. My name is Brad Dowdy, and today I'm joined by Eric Gama of Amarillo Stationery. How's it going, Eric? Hey, Brad. How's it going? Oh, I'm so excited to have you. Thank you so much for having me. This is going to be fun. It is going to be fun, because I know you well, and I know how fun you are, and I know what kind of stationery you like. And I want to talk about Amarillo Stationery. But like I've told the other guests since Myke is out, we got to keep up with the news a little bit. Right. Right. So we're going to get into your background, and everyone's going to learn a little bit more about Eric and what you're up to, and especially Amarillo Stationery, which is a shop that I love. But first, we got to hit the news. And we had some news drop last week. After last week's podcast, the day after, we had maybe a little bit of a preview of Lamy's upcoming All-Star 2025 limited edition releases. So a lot of times, retailers, maybe we'll ask Eric if you've ever launched anything early and did an oopsie. But, you know, sometimes we can get some pictures off some websites, and we're not going to name names. But we got some pictures. They showed up on Reddit. So I got this thread passed around to me. So before we discuss these new colors, Eric, I have to ask you, number one, are you a Lamy fan? And number two, if so, are you a Safari or Team All-Star or Team Safari? I am a Lamy fan. I do like some of their models. I will say that. Fair. Totally fair. I think the only model I don't like is the, this is going to be painful to some of you, but the 2000 is just not my favorite. Fair.		* From Relay, this is The Pen Addict, episode number 656. Today's show is brought to you by Pen Chalet and Factor. My name is Brad Dowdy, and today I'm joined by Eric Gama of Amarillo Stationery. How's it going, Eric? Hey, Brad. How's it going? Oh, I'm so excited to have you. Thank you so much for having me. This is going to be fun. It is going to be fun, because I know you well, and I know how fun you are, and I know what kind of stationery you like. And I want to talk about Amarillo Stationery. But like I've told the other guests since Myke is out, we got to keep up with the news a little bit. Right. Right. So we're going to get into your background, and everyone's going to learn a little bit more about Eric and what you're up to, and especially Amarillo Stationery, which is a shop that I love. But first, we got to hit the news. And we had some news drop last week. After last week's podcast, the day after, we had maybe a little bit of a preview of Lamy's upcoming All-Star 2025 limited edition releases. So a lot of times, retailers, maybe we'll ask Eric if you've ever launched anything early and did an oopsie. But, you know, sometimes we can get some pictures off some websites, and we're not going to name names. But we got some pictures. They showed up on Reddit. So I got this thread passed around to me. So before we discuss these new colors, Eric, I have to ask you, number one, are you a Lamy fan? And number two, if so, are you a Safari or Team All-Star or Team Safari? I am a Lamy fan. I do like some of their models. I will say that. Fair. Totally fair. I think the only model I don't like is the, this is going to be painful to some of you, but the 2000 is just not my favorite. Fair.
	* But I think as far as All-Star versus standard or regular Safari, I think I like the regular, just like the full, give me the plastic. Yeah. I don't know what it is about, like, give me the stupid plastic pen. Yeah. I appreciate this fancy aluminum barrel, and like you did a nice job, but I don't know. It's just something about that Safari, and I can't explain it, never have been able to. I agree. Totally. And then I showed you pictures of what we're going to call denim and aubergine. So two releases, and I'm going to have links in the show notes for y'all to see what these pens look like. And I got to say, when I saw these, I'm like, oh yes, Lamy did the thing. Yes. They did. They did the thing. I've been clamoring for, and they've started to mix in some, some like two-tone All-Stars and things like that in the past. They did a red and yellow edition. But what these are, so denim is a blue aluminum barrel with, it looks like an orange translucent grip section.		* But I think as far as All-Star versus standard or regular Safari, I think I like the regular, just like the full, give me the plastic. Yeah. I don't know what it is about, like, give me the stupid plastic pen. Yeah. I appreciate this fancy aluminum barrel, and like you did a nice job, but I don't know. It's just something about that Safari, and I can't explain it, never have been able to. I agree. Totally. And then I showed you pictures of what we're going to call denim and aubergine. So two releases, and I'm going to have links in the show notes for y'all to see what these pens look like. And I got to say, when I saw these, I'm like, oh yes, Lamy did the thing. Yes. They did. They did the thing. I've been clamoring for, and they've started to mix in some, some like two-tone All-Stars and things like that in the past. They did a red and yellow edition. But what these are, so denim is a blue aluminum barrel with, it looks like an orange translucent grip section.

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