Adam and Ted ramble on for a time around finding a new term to replace “stationery,” observing a marathon (from the sidelines), and pondering Baron Fig’s new Work/Play notebook.

Ted and Adam talk about diphtheria, vampires, Daniel Johnston, Sports Stories, and productivity.

Ryan Slie joins us to wrap up the stationery-twinged holiday season and new year, we delve into drawing practices and the tools therein. Enjoy!

Notes from essays, notes from docs. Wilco dad left the show to hotbox. Resolutions promised, soon to be forgotten. Autumn Trilogy arguably misbegotten.

It's our holiday gift guide!

This week we are joined by friend of the show Adam Harris. Adam’s professional adventures as Senior American Whiskey Ambassador at Beam Suntory and his penchant for sturdy machined pens bring a unique perspective to this episode.

Adam lays down the law and prison rules stepped in, Ted mismanages his charging duties, Adam starts quite a train station conversation, Adam braves the Ikea returns area, and they talk about the new Field Notes Elemental and XOXO editions. They also check in on their NanoWriMo ventures.

Glass houses, mosquito zambonis, children's museums, and dry erase markers are not what they seem on this week's episode.

Adam and Ted get to see each other in Houston, where Ted got to meet Adam’s doting colleagues, Ted shares his karaoke wisdom, they visited with Brad Dowdy at Dromgoole’s, and they talk progress and creativity around National Novel Writing Month.