Editing The Pen Addict 100/transcript (section)

== T-Shirt Design ==


'''Myke Hurley:''' You can go there. We're making an orange t-shirt naturally, and it just says, a podcast about pens, hashtag penaddict 100. We think that says all we need for this show. All we need to do, if we sell 30 of them, it means whoever puts an order in can get them. There is no cap to the orders. It's going to be available for two weeks. We have to sell a minimum of 30, and then they'll be distributed. I've used teespring before. A few of my friends have too. I really love these guys. They do some awesome stuff. But it's kind of like a kickstarter for t-shirts in that regard. You have to hit your pledge limit, and then the t-shirt will be printed. So if 30 of you buy a t-shirt, fantastic. If a million of you buy a t-shirt, also fantastic. You're all going to get them, but we have to hit a minimum of 30. I hope that's something that you really enjoy. They have a bunch of different sizing options. They have male and female sizes. I say that, and when I say that, I realize that.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I think it's just single sizing.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah, it's just single sizing. But yeah, sorry. It's just single sizing.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I think if you add female sizing, you have to sell a similar amount of both. I think it sets it as two campaigns. If there's a lot of call for it, then maybe we'll add it. I don't want to promise that right now, but it's single sizing. They have a sizing chart if you need it. And I hope that will be okay. Sorry if it isn't, but I can't imagine that you're going to be wearing this as part of your Sunday best. It's a big orange t-shirt talking about a pen podcast.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' And Futura, Futura lettering.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Of course it's in Futura.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I hope that this is something you'll want to get.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I've foreseen me and Brad buying 15 each, but we'll deal with that if necessary. So it's teespring.com slash penaddict. If you want a piece of penaddict history, this will be the only time that this t-shirt is ever printed.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yep. Like you said, we'll run it for two weeks, and it's really cool. I'm excited, and there's no doubt that these will get printed up. They're pretty cool.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' So now.

'''Myke Hurley:''' This is the thing we've been working on, or should I say really that Brad's been working on?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Well, this is something I wanted to do for a while, and it's really for, like Myke said, the listeners. It's for you guys that take an hour out of your week every week to listen to us talk about pens and paper and pencils and just the random things that we find and the things that you guys find us. And the involvement that our readership has in the show is really amazing. You know, the comments we get, the feedback we get, the emails, the tweets, everything. Just, you know, we're so grateful that we have this audience. So we wanted to do something special for you. So what we've come up with is a giveaway. And we're going to make it easy for you guys because I don't like to run through too many hoops. But we also want to make it for the listeners of this podcast.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yep.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' We don't want – what we've tried to do is come up with an easy way to do that to where we're not just getting, you know, random, you know, Facebook giveaway page link and all these people rush in to this giveaway.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' So what we've done is created a form. And we're going to – I think let's go over that at the end, Myke. We're going to go over this form and the questions and how to do it. But first, I want to tell everyone everything that we're going to give away and all the companies and people that donated to this episode 100 podcast. It's pretty much out of hand. So what I want to do is to thank all of these people for donating items, tell you guys what all these items are, and then tell you how we're going to give them away.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Let me know if you want me to jump in at any point and take over some because it's a huge list.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, it's a huge list. You guys, man, I am really fortunate to have some wonderful pen people in my life. And, you know, it's awesome that, you know, I've sent out emails and contacted these people, and every single one of them just jumped at the chance and said they would be happy to do it. And they're doing it for our listeners, and we really appreciate that. So let's get it underway. And this is in alphabetical order. It's that long of a list. So I had to organize it somehow. So Anderson Pins, Brian and Lisa Anderson, I've only known them for probably less time than this podcast has been going. But the type of people that they are, they're friends with everybody. They are some of the nicest people you will ever meet. I've met them in person at the Atlanta Pinshow last year. I'm going to see them again here in another week and a half, and I cannot wait to get there to get myself another Lisa hug. That's going to be the highlight of my year. And just the helpfulness that Brian's had with me, you know, answering questions about just random pens and, you know, helping me out with a few other things that, you know, I've had to do behind the scenes.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' You really should visit their site. It's AndersonPins.net, and we'll have all these links in the show notes. But I really would appreciate – I don't ask for favors or those type of things very much, but I would really appreciate this time in the show notes. And you're familiar with all these companies. Go visit their sites. Take a look. You know, consider purchasing from them. They've been an important part of the Pen Addict website. They've been a vital part of the Pen Addict podcast. They're huge supporters in all kinds of ways. So I would really appreciate that. This time. So what the Andersons have offered up, they've offered up a tacky, a staccato, black broad nib fountain pen. It's a really beautiful pen. I have not used one. I have it at my house. I've checked it out. I love the design of this pen. I know I'm not a gold furniture guy. But, Myke, you tell me. I don't know if you're looking at this pen. It looks – the shape of it and the two end caps looks exactly like our Vacumatics to me. It's shaped just like a vacuum. It's a really classic design. It's a beautiful pen. Lovely shape. And they've offered this up. I've had the – did I say I have the broad nib model? So the Andersons have donated that to this episode, and that's going to be part of the prize packages that we offer as part of this giveaway.

'''Myke Hurley:''' This is one of those, like, boardroom pens. You know? Yeah. You're going to look super professional pulling this out.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' This is a classic design. It will never go out of style. It looks beautiful, and it's awesome. Brian and Lisa are great, and I hope when I see them in a week and a half, I'll be able to tell them about the great feedback we got from this show. So hopefully they will see that on their end as well.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I'll take this next one.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yes, please. That would be great.

'''Myke Hurley:''' So feel free to add any comments. So we have Colt Pens. Colt Pens are – I think we were lucky enough, or at least I was lucky enough to come across Colt Pens whilst doing the show because they are a fantastic UK-based supplier. They have sponsored the show in the past as well. They're that kind of support for us.

'''Myke Hurley:''' What I love about Colt Pens is I'm able to get – if I want to get something and I want to get it quickly, I can get it from Colt Pens. Like if I decide I want to get that new Coeco, I can just go to Colt Pens. I'm going to get it. I'm going to get it quick. They do amazing things that we've seen in the past where they have done like their – what was their giveaway called, Brad? The thing they were doing for –

'''Brad Dowdy:''' It was the Pens for Kids. The Pens for Kids. They were basically doing like a match. You ordered X amount of pens. They matched it, and they donated to a group that sends pens to children in need in Africa.

'''Myke Hurley:''' So they have donated an incredible amount of stuff for us. So we have one Coeco Colt Pens mini fountain pen, which we reviewed on the show in the past. They've donated five bottles of Colt Pens diamine ink. So we have one each of the following colors. Deep dark blue, deep dark red, deep dark purple, deep dark green, and deep dark brown. And four boxes of Colt Pens ink cartridges, one of each of the following, deep dark blue, deep dark red, deep dark brown, and deep dark green. So thank you so much to Colt Pens for being an awesome supplier of all things pens. And we've mentioned before they ship worldwide, and they do what they can to make sure things are as cheap as possible when they're shipping worldwide. And everything's really cool priced. They've got some amazing stuff. They've got some fantastic things that they create. Like all of the things that I've just mentioned, they're all great products created by and for Colt Pens. Thank you so much to Colt Pens for giving all this stuff into the Pen Addict 100 giveaway.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, so you want to know how great they are? I contacted them, and they said, yeah, absolutely. We'd love to send you the Coeco Colt Pens mini fountain pen. And we might throw in a couple other things. So those couple other things turned into five bottles of their ink and four boxes of their cartridges. Plus, I didn't put in here. They added in the converter, too, for the Colt Pens mini fountain pen.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Of course they did.