The billionaire founder of Lululemon has said some more controversial statements about the brand but will it actually affect the brand and will it affect people buying it? Let's talk about it. Even though he named the brand to hear us say Lululemon wrong, we still buy it in Japan. Listen, Andrew Chip Wilson, the 68-year-old billionaire founder of Lululemon, even though he has not been involved with the brand for 10 years, still owns like 8% of it. He recently made some comments that caused some controversy in the media. Andrew, he said, listen, I'm slamming the company's diversity inclusion efforts. You've got to be clear that you don't want some customers coming in. We're going to break it down. How problematic was it? Was the quote twisted? Make sure you like, subscribe, and turn on your notifications to Andrew. The reason we're talking about this news today is because a lot of Asians wear Lululemon. Yeah, a lot. Yeah, a lot of Asians buy Lululemon. In fact, I was just gifted a pair of Lululemon shorts for the first time. My first Lululemon piece, I did not buy it, but it was gifted. You look like a guy who would wear it. Yeah, but I've seen you walking to the store more than me. You're more interested in that clothes than me, actually. Anyways, guys, if you're not, just check out smileysauce.com. Asians also like this sauce. Non-Asians, too. But anyways, Daniel. Who wears Lululemon though? Because a lot of Asians buy it. I want to say obviously perceived to be originally upper middle class white females yoga brand from Vancouver, Canada. But a lot of Asians have adopted it. I will say this. I think the largest demographic buyer of Lululemon menswear is preppy Asian guys. Specifically like Chinese guys. Of mens? I think that is a sizable demographic. I don't know if that's the most of the men that buy it, but either way. We got a preppy Hong Kong friend in Vancouver, Canada. Literally every single piece of clothing out of like 80 things in his wardrobe is Lululemon. You might not wear a lot of Lululemon, but you know someone who makes at least $80,000 a year who likes to wear a lot. That is definitely the $80,000 a year clothing. Right, right, right. But anyways, I guess to delve deeper into the quote, he said he was giving an interview to Fortune magazine about the state of the company. And this guy is definitely like anti-woke. Like this guy, Chip Wilson, okay, he's a billionaire. Billionaires are saying whatever they want nowadays because they are above the line of consequence. You cannot touch them. I heard this guy owns 5,000 properties in the Vancouver area. Yeah, so at the end of the day, whatever he says doesn't matter because, well, he doesn't care because he's not part of the board of the company. But he still owns the largest share of the company of any single individual. Right. But that doesn't, who's really watching over what he says? He can kind of pop off, whatever he said. Anyways, he's talking about, I believe he's referring more to body shapes because Lululemon has released a lot more plus-size clothing. Their advertisements are more plus-size. Or people who are quote, unquote, like he said, sickly and look non-aspirational. Right. So basically people who are not super fit gym bodies. So the former general image of Lululemon has always been like a thin white woman. But in really good shape. In good shape, right? And then now they're advertising their plus-size line and it's bigger people. Obviously people are fatter. It's the truth, right? And he does not like that. He's like, yo, nah, man, you got to let people know that this brand is not everything for everybody. Some people should not be wearing it because he made comments throughout the years about this. You know what I mean? He's been consistently and he will say what he said about Asians before too. But you know what's interesting? Andrew Chip Wilson himself, he doesn't look like he's in great shape. He's actually a former skater who just had a really great idea. By the way, just because you have great ideas and you're smart and you can like run a great company to a billion dollars. It doesn't mean you're also not saying the wrong bad thing, racist things or whatever, right? He said they're trying to become like the gap, everything to everybody. I think the definition of a brand is that you're not everything to everybody. You've got to be clear that you don't want certain customers coming in. Yeah, so this is exclusivity versus inclusivity. If you think about a brand that's really cool like Supreme, it was basically thriving off exclusivity for many, many decades while Supreme was very cool. Nowadays Supreme is a little bit more accessible. It's less cool. Which makes it less cool. And guess what Andrew? Supreme was also started by white skaters and they also recently had charges of sort of like a problematic pro-white male company culture too. By the way, I'm not saying what's true or when that's not true, but I'm just saying why is there so many charges out there? I guess do you think these statements in itself are super problematic or just like kind of un-PC? I just feel like they're pretty honest of us, like a rich straight white guy from his generation. Right, right. That's why I think that I believe everything that happened at Supreme too, but I believe that in 2023 we're clearly in a different era that these older rich white guys they don't really fully fit into. Would you agree with that? Like their thoughts, even though they're being lucid, like you said, because they're billionaires and they could do whatever they want, it's not fitting with the times. Yeah, and it's like different because they are white. Like if you're a minority that you started Lululemon, you probably wouldn't say this stuff because you're already a minority. So you can't say like you're already going to be a little bit more tapped into the inclusivity, but not all brands do offer plus size stuff. But you know, it's like, I have a question though, what if a brand was more discriminatory based on price? Like what if he was like, yo, we are going to price our stuff at 120, I don't care. So that's pricing out other people, but is that discriminatory? Yeah. It's not, right? I'll say this. I think that Chip Wilson can say whatever he wants. He founded the brand. He's attached to the stock price, his net worth is, but actually I think he's wrong. I think that Lululemon's stock price will continue to go up and are the stocks doing really well because of the inclusivity though. Because think about that, doesn't that open up the market, especially if, let's be honest, Americans or North Americans in general are kind of getting fatter. Why wouldn't you need to open up some of the sizing and the cuts to fit more of the population's body type? Yeah, ultimately, listen, if they make more money as a company, then that's going to speak for itself because the whole point is not to keep Lululemon exclusive. That's never the point of a business. But that's cool points, not the actual stock points, right? The actual point of a business is to build the business and make as much money as possible, right? So whatever makes you the most money, you'll do. What do you think about this point, Andrew? Will Asians still buy it? Because he had a quote from back in the day because he actually used to run a skateboard brand called Homeless. That was his other brand before he struck it big with Lululemon. He said that he loved the name because he always wanted to hear Japanese people say it because it's true that Japanese, they struggle to say L's. So he wanted to hear them say Lululemon. And he thought it was really funny, but it was like that ended up getting taken as such an anti-Asian quote, but then, but Asians still bought the brand. And then a lot of people were like, how come Asians always buy these anti-Asian brands, whether it was Abercrombie that was so pro-white or Dolce and Gabana had that anti-Chinese ad sort of, and then it got canceled in China. Well, the truth is most Asians didn't even know that he said that. Most Asians do not care. And most Asians, I could see a number of Asians not even finding any problems with that statement. I'm saying some Asians were very offended and some Asians, even if you told them about it, they're like, oh, he said that? Oh, okay. I don't know. That sounds weird, but I'm still gonna buy it. Right, because they like the brand image is very clean. Yeah, you're not buying it. It's very like, I will say this, I'm not gonna lie, the technical fabrics at Lulu Lemon, I think are pretty strong from what I've heard from people in the clothing field, even relative to other athleisure brands. You wanna know how hard it is to boycott a brand you already love to literally stop buying your favorite brand. You know how hard that is.  He's not, he wasn't even the CEO at that time. He was just the founder. And I don't even know about that story. This story doesn't even make any sense to me because what was he in Japan? Like how many Japanese people was he around? Well, I guess he had known Japanese people and Vancouver from his previous skate brand. I don't know. I think it's tough. Like a lot of people do not feel that political, militant, feeling emotionally strong enough to literally stop buying a brand that they already are.  Yeah, they already don't care about those types of issues. So I don't, I think Asians are gonna keep buying it. I think everybody's gonna keep buying. I think chubby people are still gonna keep buying Lulu Lemon because most people won't even hear about what he said. This is not like massive news.  So yeah, I know. I think people still buy it. No, Lulu Lemon has become, and to your point, the Rolex of its sphere. It's gonna take more. I'm not saying Rolex is the best luxury watch, but I'm just saying Rolex is Rolex. BMW is BMW. It's gonna take more than the former founder saying some un-PC stuff to take it down. I think so. What do you think about brands in general, Andrew, being like a tribal marker? Because obviously nowadays, I'm not endorsing them, by the way, because they have this weird like sort of membership pricing, but like you can get these knockoff Lulu Lemon brands where it's cut very similar to your body for like one-tenth of the price. You could get a microfiber shirt for $10. It still has that slim fit look, but obviously people are still willing to pay $70, $80 for a Lulu Lemon t-shirt. Is it because they just had the first mover advantage and premium LF leisure, or is it just people still buying into brands? I mean, when the girls come over, they still want the bottle of 1942, right? Yeah, what do you think? I just think that people really like the status, right? Like you don't want to see the Costco vodka on the table, right? You want at least Cosmigos. Why do I know people who pay five, six times as much for just a white t-shirt that has no logo on it?  That's crazy. Bull, I think it's because you feel a type of way about yourself, but also you may be so detail oriented that that 10, 15% material or look difference means a lot to you, right? I think that everybody has different standards and thresholds and when it comes to like, oh, is that item too cheap or is that item too expensive? You just got to analyze it for your own metrics on a per dollar ratio. For me, I don't value it that much. I've got a few things from Lululemon. We actually have somebody that we know in our family that gets Lululemon for really cheap because they, you know, whatever, but I still don't get it. People were talking about marketing exclusivity, Andrew. It's sort of like how Nike, Andrew, just recently re-upped the contract to reproduce Kobe's, right? But the Kobe Procho 6 is still incredibly limited to the point where it costs $400 or $500 to get some grinches just to play basketball in. Yeah.   Yeah. Yeah, but then that might take away from their other lines of shoes, you know? There's so many different reasons why a company does something. Doesn't release, you know, doesn't release, re-release something that everybody likes. Why? Why not, right? Right, it's human nature. Somebody said that I don't even consider Lululemon a fitness company. It's a company for hot girls who go to yoga class for the social benefits and show their bodies off in a way that's plausibly deniable. I consider Lululemon a fashion company. Yeah? I mean, fashion, identity, branding. Listen, guys, these are all different things. But fashion and fitness, again, those two worlds have blended in the past 15 years, so. Somebody said, why do you think all these old white billionaires are just popping off crazy? Whether they're popping off in a good way, like Mark Cuban, or popping off in a problematic way, like whatever. You know, some people say Elon, Chip Wilson, Trump. And why do you think it seems like right now is the age of just like the billionaires? They just want to say it. If they got something on their heart, they got to spill it out.  Like you have your money tied up in so many different ways. 100 different things, right? And like you would have to say some horrific stuff to get canceled, right? For people to reconsider. But like, really, why wouldn't you want to say what you'd want to say? Because you feel like the world is, or these companies are going one way and you just feel so strongly. So I guess, I guess just say it. And to be honest, knowing that they're billionaires, it's true. A lot more people are going to listen to them. Right. Because they're successful. Whether or not you think it was off sheer luck or sheer skill or their background or what they were born with, regardless, they're successful dudes. So a lot of people are going to take their word for with some weight. You know what's interesting? You're saying, Andrew, that a multi-billionaire is above the line of consequences. But I feel like a lot of people that are just like screaming stuff on the street, they're almost below the line of consequences. And everybody in the middle is worried about what they say. But it's like the poorest guy and the richest guy. Those are the only guys who feel any freedom. The poorest guy, the guy with no money and the guy with all the money, both do not care what they say in public because you can't cancel them. What can you take away from them? If they got billions of dollars, they got their money tied up. They got houses already. You can't take away from them. Like if their family owns or if they own an oil field, no matter what they say, you cannot take it away from them. Yeah. Even if you say, even if they say something like race, super racist or terrible, like it's so hard to take that away. And then if they're homeless, it doesn't matter what they say either because you can't take anything away from them either. Hey, guys, man, maybe we're all just constricted in the middle. Anyway, let us know what you guys think of Chip Wilson's comments in the comments section below. Some people were defending him. Some people were 50-50 on it. Obviously, a lot of people were against him. I think my ultimate takeaway is that, yeah, man, I mean, I don't think what he said was that bad.  I don't think he's a cool person. I wouldn't want to be his friend. But also, I don't buy Lulu Lemon either. So let us know what you guys think in the comments section below. Until next time, we're the Hop Hop Boys. We out. Peace.


So there was these two ducks and there was these two ducks and they befriended a frog and as they befriended the frog They were always hanging out in this pond and one day the pond dried up And so the ducks didn't want to leave the friend behind so they came to the frog and they said we want to take you with us So you don't die here and the frogs as well How can you take me with you if I can't fly so they came up with this idea that they said well we're gonna put a stick between our our bits and You're just gonna you know hang in the middle of the stick with your mouth and we're just gonna take you to another pond And so as they were flying a farmer noticed that he says that's a brilliant idea I wonder who came up with that and the frog says I And the frog fell It's interesting that the middle letter of word pride is I The middle letter of word sin is I the middle letter of word Lucifer is I If I is the center of your life you'll be in sin and pride and following Lucifer Most people have a trinity in their life. It's me myself and I Pride is one of those things that doesn't just affect our spiritual life pride affects every aspect of life


Hi everyone, Joe for jaspyscasebrakes.com. We're giving away another Bowman transcendent spot. It's baked inside this 2021 Mosaic baseball break. It's a one box random team break, number one. No vet commons ship in this and everyone gets a random team. There are gonna be three different dice rolls here. The first one, we're gonna give away those extra spots that we pulled out of here. And we're gonna give them away. So you might have some extra odds to try to get that transcendent spot. Second dice roll will be for the break itself. Then we'll do the break and then the third and final dice roll will be for the transcendent giveaway spot. So let's take care of this first. Big thanks everybody who got into this. New dice, new list. Top five after four. One and three, four times. One, two, three and four, easy. After four times, congrats to Sean, Steve, Jordan, Alan and Sean, extra spots for you. This could be very helpful. Maybe in the break itself, possibly at the end.  Now let's do the break itself. Make it sweat it out a little bit before we give away that transcendent spot. Let's roll it, randomize it. Six and a five, 11 times for names and teams. One, two and 11 the final time. Six and a five, 11 times for the teams. One, two, three, four, seven, eight. And 11 the final time after 11. And then there are the teams right there. No trade windows, we just wanna dive right into it. So here's the first half of the list over here. The second half of the list right down there. And let's alphabetize by team. Let's print and rip. We've got one more of these up. And then we're doing sterling after this. We've got one more of those up. And that's it. That fills Bowman Transcendent Baseball. Two fillers away, which is pretty awesome. We got there. So let's close it out. 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That is for Kevin and the Angels. Rookie autograph, Tukapita Marcano for San Diego. That'll be for Aaron and the Friars. Oh, I did not see that earlier. Don't throw those off set. There's Shane McClanahan, Tariq Scoogle. Couple of rookies here. Should be one more autograph out of here. Then we'll randomize the names with that transcendent spot. There's Zach McKinstry, rookie mosaic, followed by David Peterson for the Mets. And we got William Contreras, rookie autographs for the ATL for the Braves. Allen with the bravos. You might see him in action in the World Series. There's Andrew Vaughn, Jonathan Stiver. Oh, that was a good play by Peyton. Daniel Johnson, Miquel Franco to 99. Haven Smith, Silver, and a rookie debut insert, Jake Cronenworth. All right, so there's the break. Again, we've got a full case picker team of this in the store. So if you like what you see here, and I love this mosaic design, especially with baseball, it's his debut year for baseball as well. So if you like this, go to jaspyscasebrakes.com, get into a full case picker team break, buy at least two, and then you'll have an entry. You'll be eligible for a sealed box to win a sealed box at the end of that break. Now, let's see who's gonna win this transcendent spot. This is the moment we've been waiting for. Let's grab everybody's names here. Go to our third and final dice roll. There's the new dice, there's the new list. Let's roll it. Let's randomize it. One and a four, five times. Name on top after five. You're in that bowman transcendent. Good luck, everybody. Nervous for you. One, two, three, four, and fifth and final time. After five, there's five right there. There's five right there. 29 sad people. But thank you for trying. I appreciate it. We'll get them next time. Thank you, thank you, thank you. The roughest spot is the second spot right here. Aaron, sorry. Very close, no cigar. But very, very happy times. Who's gonna be happy? Let's get the bell ready. Steve Birch. 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In Outer Sports, Barcelona unveiled their new sign in Memphis to pay on Thursday, with a Dutch forward revealing that his late grandfather had predicted he would play for the club one day. Having already joined up with the squad on Tuesday for pre-season training, the pay admitted that current coach, Ronald Coleman, has played a big part in his career. Because Europa said one day you will play in football club Barcelona, and it happened. My mom obviously can tell that better than me, you know, I was young, but yeah, I have the shirt and I saw the picture, I saw the picture and I was like, yeah, I believe it's a prophecy and yeah, grandfather is not here anymore but I'm sure he will be proud and obviously I'm from Holland, so we are seeing all the Barça legends and you know, we get raced with that, with the young crowd foundation, the way of playing, the way of thinking, we get raced with that and you know, to come here and today especially the way you all welcomed me, I feel very like a warm welcome for everybody involved. It's a dream, watching all these games of the whole team of course, but you know, he has, he's a legend, you know, I don't need to say much, but best player in the world, you see what he did in the Copa America, so I'm looking very forward to play with him.


Hi friends, welcome back to my channel and a very special welcome if you're new here. My name is Jen I'm a certified weight loss and nutrition coach and I follow weight watchers and I count calories and macros Happy Friday. It is Friday. So it is way in day. We're gonna talk about my week my weigh-in and the WW workshop topic So if you're excited give this video a big huge thumbs up Make sure you're subscribed and your bells turned on because I do a weigh-in every Friday down in the description box You will find nutrition coaching where I offer personalized to you macros and calories I cannot stress the importance of this enough. It is how I've lost over a hundred and thirty seven pounds And I have one-on-one coaching as well links discounts to my favorite things and join our Facebook group We would love to have you. So let's jump into how my week was my weigh-in and the WW workshop topic This is a week. We are already almost to the end of January. I cannot believe it this month I feel like has flown by this has been a really interesting month interesting for me in the aspect that this was a month of Discovery for me. If you follow my channel, you know that I'm using the month of January to really nail down My food nailed down my workouts and figure out where am I in my weight loss journey? Am I at maintenance? Do I still have weight that I want to lose? What are the next steps for me in my journey? So I've been using the month of January to figure that out I plan on doing a huge update for you guys It'll come in February though because like I said I want to use the entire month of January to really figure out where I am and what my next steps are But you're definitely not gonna want to miss that video. So again, make sure you're subscribed and your bells turned on I finished out my cycle this week, which was fantastic and I was able to get in all of my workouts I will say that Sunday I did a leg workout for the first time at the gym and I was so sore up until Wednesday so from Sunday to Wednesday. I was so sore I could barely sit down my legs hurt my butthurt my calves hurt my feet hurt everything hurt from that leg workout So I know that I really gave it my all But boy was I sore and that definitely translated to a weight gain on the scale Don't be afraid of weight gains and weight fluctuations, especially if you're strength training It's just natural that your muscles are going to be inflamed and retain water when you work out I mean, we're talking I gained three pounds overnight from Sunday to Monday I was up three pounds and it took me a big chunk of the week to get that weight off Weight meaning the inflammation and soreness because not only did I do that leg day on Sunday? I did boot camp all week. I continued to lift weights all week So the only break I really gave my body was on Tuesday when I didn't lift weights or go to boot camp So it's just a reminder that if you see the scale go up after weightlifting or strength training It's totally natural and definitely don't let it get you down and don't let it stop you from strength training strength training is Essential for maintaining lean muscle while we lose weight and then building lean muscle after weight loss So I didn't care what the scale said, but I'll let you know how we finished out the week after we chat about this week's workshop Topic and that is how to build a satisfying meal I have said time and time here on my channel that when I strictly followed Weight Watchers. I was never satisfied I was hungry all the time and when I would finish a meal. I didn't feel satisfied I just wanted more and that was one of the main reasons I just wasn't able to only follow Weight Watchers anymore I had to make some changes to make sure that I was eating foods that made me full and satisfied and also eating enough To lose weight in a healthy way So today we're going to talk about WW or Weight Watchers tips on how to build a satisfying meal satisfying can take on a lot of different meanings We want a meal that's going to be easy to prepare Fits in our points or calorie budget and will keep you full for hours and keep you full between meals That was the big struggle that I had is like I said, I was never full and satisfied So there are some things that you can do to really structure a meal to hopefully help eliminate that feeling of not being satisfied and Being extra hungry Decide on how many total points you want to spend on the meal and then choose a food or foods from each Category below step one choose filling foods pick one or more protein and or fiber-riched items as the base of your meal So for protein you might pick chicken eggs tofu seafood beef beans lentils or yogurt And for fiber-filled foods you can reach for non-starchy vegetables oatmeal whole-wheat pasta and brown rice Step number two is to bulk up your meal choose foods loaded in fiber to fill out your plate for few to no points non-starchy veggies or fruit like broccoli mushrooms or berries Step number three is to pack in flavor use these items in smaller quantities The only requirement is that they taste good to you Some of some some flavor enhancers are things like cheese heart healthy oils salad dressing avocado nuts and olives and step number four is have a wild card add whatever else you're in the mood for or whatever helps you finish that meal Potatoes corn bread or grains a base for a soup or a sauce So now let's talk about how this might actually come together like what do these meals look like so going back to filling We could do a chicken breast with taco seasoning and fat for a refried beans to bulk that up for zero points We could add in cooked peppers and onions shredded lettuce and tomatoes Now we want to add in a little bit of flavor So we add some shredded cheese avocado and some oil for cooking That's gonna give us about four points and our wild card is going to be corn tortilla shells for an additional two points So this huge packed fiber-filled protein-filled meal is only going to be six points. This is a great meal This is volume This is a lot of food for the points and not all meals are going to look like this and there's really no one Right way to put together a meal nor do you have to include all of the four categories above But there are some things that you want to make sure that you're thinking about when building your meals and snacks The base of your meals and snacks should be built around protein and fiber rich foods He's digest slowly and they keep you fuller for longer. I know when I strictly did weight watchers I did not eat enough protein I mean we're talking probably a third of the protein that I eat now and that could be a big reason why I Wasn't full and satisfied. I was relying on a hundred calorie packs and two-point weight watchers bars that have no nutritional value No protein and no fiber so no wonder. I was hungry all the time So it's really important to build your meals around protein and fiber and then add in some healthy carbohydrate sources and healthy fats The biggest key to weight loss is eating less calories than you're burning every day being in a calorie deficit That's the only way to lose weight But by making sure that your meals are built correctly and around protein and fiber and foods that keep you full Being in the calorie deficit and losing weight isn't going to be as miserable as it is when we are starving and unsatisfied all the time I want to share with you three fast facts from weight watchers number one We lose weight when we burn more calories than we consume number two filling our meals with protein and fiber helps to stay satisfied and In our budget and number three incorporating the foods we love into our eating pattern Helps make it one we can stick with for the long term That's the key right there whatever you're doing to lose weight whatever foods you're eating to lose weight You have to do those same things and eat those same foods to maintain your weight So make sure that you're eating enough to lose weight that you're eating protein and fiber-filled food So you're full and satisfied and like I said it makes losing weight suck just a little bit less So let us know down in the comments. What are your favorite fiber and protein filled food for snacks or meals? Let us know down in the comments because we I love hearing from you guys and you always give me such Great ideas and the community can really benefit from all your tips and tricks You guys already know all my meals and snacks are built around protein protein protein protein That has been the key to my success and it'll be the key to your success as well So now let's jump in to my way in for the week Like I said my weight shot up about three pounds after that heavy lifting on Sunday And like I said it took me the majority of the week to get those three pounds off So when I stepped on the scale today, I am exactly the same So I have maintained my weight again, and this is good the data for me good information for me That means that two of the weigh-ins in the month of January I've maintained that tells me a lot that tells me a lot about where I am in my weight loss journey And it just helps me put together those puzzle pieces of where I'm going next. So I'm thrilled with the maintain I would have even been happy honestly if the scale was up a little bit because I know that I killed it in my workouts this week And that is a priority for me lifting weights building lean muscle is way more important to me Than the number on the scale, but I'm relieved that I maintained my weight for the week. So let me know How was your week? What did the scale do for you this week? And of course, don't forget to share your protein packed fiber packed snacks and meal ideas down below for us If you enjoyed today's video, don't forget to give it a big thumbs up Subscribe if you're not because again, I do a weigh-in every single Friday and I upload five videos per week Check out the description box down below for personalized macros and calories nutrition coaching links and discounts to my favorite Things and if you haven't we'd love to have you join our Facebook group. It's free. There's 26,000 members And it's a really valuable resource. 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All right, folks good afternoon and welcome on back continuing our day closing out our week this Friday, January 29th In fact as I said yesterday actually closing out our month welcome on back here for our afternoon meeting should be good to go across both Both boards here loud and clear from John David and Bonnie asking about Bitcoin here We'll talk about that in a moment We ended up posting the picture just before inside the inside the live trading room Great to see all of us though Michael Leda Laurie Renzo David James as well perfect All right, and for all of us joining on social media Facebook live and YouTube welcome on back You know, hey a lot of vaccine talk today, right? I think the news came out this morning regarding Johnson and Johnson Lack of efficacy at least there. I think it's like 66 percent effective And with that I mean just we ended up seeing not just Johnson Johnson dive off But we've seen a lot of these you know COVID vaccine stocks that we've been trading over the last several months move up and up today So, you know, hey, I know an OVO pharmaceuticals we've been following the stock I mean really back from February March, but you could even see on the daily chart just back from Wednesday of this past week We saw it squeeze up Tuesday. It actually started to make that push. So this was a not to say specifically grouped with like GameStop and all of those however It does have pretty high short interest I was reading that website high short interest calm and you scroll down a little bit It's it's near the top. So this I know trade was squeezing up early and pre-market more so after eight o'clock Eastern time We ended up catching this really after the market opened right off the first breakout from 1250 That was the opening bell print book going into the late morning You could see it bounced from 12 and moved up It's just been a very good day trade at least so long as you follow the right levels the 50 cent levels and whole numbers Our focus was to be honest more so on the VXR T trade throughout the morning I was following the I know more heading into the early afternoon But VXR T another vaccine stock ended up making a huge move up once again today So similar move is I know popped as soon as the market opened up but much stronger trend throughout the morning Squeezed up gradually up towards 11 1150 and then broke out nicely from there So for the meantime here, it seems to be trying to hold over support over like that last breakout here basically 1145 1150 if If you get break back over 1150 I'd be interested in seeing it hold support over that price and for it to run much back up You know not to say break a new high of the day, but perhaps at least see 12 again So I don't mind slipping the VXR T kind of on our side list to begin the I know trade I tend to like more at this time right now I feel like it's kind of closer towards that breakout 13 level unless it just dived off a little bit Yeah, it's diving back a little bit right now I was hopeful more hopeful to see this squeeze up towards 13 heading into the afternoon All right, maybe we'll check back in with both of these just at the very end here I mean, I love the VXR T still I just want to see if there's anything looking even better more promising perhaps All right, so I will say though we ended up seeing Bitcoin make a huge pop overnight I know that Fausto is talking about about that briefly during the morning briefing the morning meeting there Right ended up taking a nose dive today I mean more so profit taking across Bitcoin as soon as the market opened up and thus you saw a dropoff within the markets entirely The Dow and the S&P so right was actually a great short as soon as the market opened up I wish I ended up jumping in I wanted to jump in and I'll tell you this I just you know kicking myself obviously now at this point for not but when I saw Bitcoin begin to break lower Heading into the mid-morning. It was roughly around like 22. I think it was even like 2210 I was contemplating this, you know lower high here or higher low here and say, you know It's probably gonna break down if Bitcoin's moving. I didn't pull the trigger It's so shaky minute by minute it maintained a very slick trend off the highs So that's where I could say just you know kicking myself or not pulling the trigger on that and you know For the meantime here at Bitcoin still seems to be pulling back. I mean the markets are Kind of rounding off right now I was gonna say lower highs but kind of higher high over the last like 20 minutes the Dow But pulling back down here. So for the afternoon, it would be a great opportunity to try and follow the Dow the S&P follow The markets as we like to say collectively. We'll check in with some of the airlines the cruise line stocks in a moment Some other Bitcoin stocks I was pretty hyped up to see trade this morning. Unfortunately, they just went the other way FTFT, we all know Mara at least I didn't show that but BT BT another one gr and Q These are all stocks over the last, you know Two months, I'd say one to two months where we've seen big news come out on them We've seen big runs or pops and you know, they're active in pre-market with Bitcoin, but man, they all fell off. So it's a shame All right, so what we'll do folks is go from top to bottom here I wanted to go over just those briefly and then from there We'll kind of just scan through see what we have heading into the end of the week We'll say right off the bat VXRT. I have up on my other screen right now It broke back over 1150 already. So maybe I do slip that on our list here at the end the si eb You knew this was gonna be a dump right away I mean literally it was dumping off heading into the open that that is your biggest clue But you know, once this gets halted on the way down just I mean even here once that game over that's it I'm not even trying to trade that thing AMSC is probably gonna end up looking like si eb probably in 30 minutes or less I mean halted on the way up right now Just very thin volume traded across the day just for the end of the week not really too interested did really good on Wednesday myself Thursday yesterday actually the morning was bad and then yesterday the afternoon was decent I ended up still having a negative day, but not nearly as much as I thought I was gonna be negative So with today up listen, I'm not trying to risk anything. Why would I try and just give back at that point? Unless it's going to charity But I don't I don't think it is if I take a loss here in the stock market All right, so we also had the news out I mean, I guess it's perfect timing since I'm rolling up to AMC and GME here So folks you probably know a little bit more than me I'm sure one or two of us do but I skimmed on Benzinga here quickly before I started the meeting just to get an update on all Of that so Robin Hood what happened they ended up allowing trading on GME and GameStop I think they only did it in very small quantity shares if I'm not mistaken rich L in the chat board He posted I think that Robin Hood is allowing traders to take two shares. Is that Right or wrong? I Looked on Benzinga. I thought I saw that They're allowing two shares per position. I don't know if that's per client or per position, but Yeah, I mean either way we ended up seeing a big drop off heading into the early afternoon the market open really But you know at that point I wouldn't have expected it to break out much higher and run back up So you might get a nice little squeeze here up to 13 and above on AMC GameStop, I know that there's some options expirations here for all of these heading into the end of the month So you might see you know volatility from that GME bouncing from 250 perfectly here right now a little scout move, but Yeah, I'm not as interested in those heading into the market open today I told myself when I was I kind of prepping up my notepad. I'm like, you know What gives me the best opportunity to make money? Do I know for certain what these stocks are going to do? I mean, I guess I never know for certain what any stocks gonna do But you know, do I feel more certain on this as I would on the VxRT or you know any of the others that we ended up trading from This morning even you know, hell the LMFA here actually number 11 This didn't make for the greatest trade up until the early afternoon, but it made for a nice bounce This was much easier to read You know, I knew this would drop off as soon as the market opened up given how much it was up percentage wise But also it was trending down heading into the open So, you know once it pulled back and broke below support off of 275 it was or 270 that was it So I ended up catching this off the balance right from 195 and then from to I did like two separate positions in and out quick I ended up letting some profits slip away here off the top. I got out right off of like 223 here at first All right, we keep it pushing. What else we have here folks. We got the I and O Of course, I said I'll jump back to that at the end shipping stock your tops teaser Pop and drop and I mean collectively, but it looks like it could have made a good move I didn't follow this at least earlier this morning. I was caught up on some other trades Same to be said on express though like I said on AMC and GameStop, you know Probably see a little volatility heading into the end of the close here today, but That doesn't always provide certainty I like volatility if it provides at least some certainty with like level identification with the move all together I just think that they're a better trait so far Actually, you know what as I say that I should probably correct myself because as I went through the whole gainers list I didn't put a single stock on our main watch list. I said we watch VXR T and I and O. Oh Man, actually we have nothing so far All right So maybe we just jumped to some sideless stocks at the end like the airlines the cruise lines if they're gonna move With the market perhaps Folks this goes across the board for all of us on social media, of course all of us live in the trading room Let me know let me know if there's anything that you see up or down that you would want me to check out open game here Probably slap VXR T on our watch list just given the move back over 1150 So I guess we'll say we have we have one on our list officially now. I guess DQ Hey, we sing it's Dairy Queen for time. All right either way pretty expensive All right VXR T is over 1150 so long as it holds over 1150 and breaks this trend line off the highs I think that we're good So I'll put this on our watch list for right now From Ronnie's asking about space as PCE another high short-interest stock that was pumped up over the last few days Probably like one of the most or one of the highest short-interest stocks out there like GameStop this and AMC Very volatile right so if you do well on it Ron Then I'd say probably follow it yourself But I wouldn't be as keen so I you know put this on the main list for everybody just yet same line as that like AMC GameStop all of them Michael asking did you ever take a trade on your ex US Steel? I did not but I'll tell you it's down 5% It's not down enough to make the top of the losers list I guess with this crazy market, but it looks mighty good right now Mike I mean hey, we'll try and follow it on the way down heading into the close either way still seems to provide good direction and You know decent volume traded per minute, so you sold me I Got it cool as GRP from Wendy of 38% just popping right now, so I'm not looking at my Benzinga pro right now So good call this would have popped up. I'm sure as GRP it's traded it trades about like 250,000 shares a day on average. Let's say probably less even Yeah, 218 prior to today Popping up beautifully though right now, so be careful of the spread, but otherwise has a good volume on the book I want to check the float on this this might just be one of these like low float pump and dumps from like yesterday We saw all of them move yesterday and when I say move Not really that well on the way up and just all up things sharp down SGRP 7.99 million share flow and relatively low All right, we'll put it on our list though Definitely a good call and see if it spreads tight enough if this provides a steady move up still is MTE X a pump and dump I'm getting asked from David here in our trading room Yeah, I'd say so at this point, you know move from like 185 up to 235 dumped all the way back down at 2 Talking 50 cents on the way up 35 cents on the way down Pretty exhausted Now that was my concern about VXRT that I mean you're talking about exhaustion like this moved up moved down But this provides more volatility. So that's where I was saying so long as this holds the 1150 and it moves up We could see more opportunity on this trade in terms of like how many cents per share you can make There we go, Ron. I know it. So Ron was asking about space. So he was in it There you go picked up a dollar on it from 44. He was out at 45 All right, cool for anyone on YouTube. I see from Nicole asking or saying they are not closing out any calls They're puts expiring today. Yesterday. I striked on RIG. That was actually stocked. We were trading yesterday No, I mean to within the week up. Yeah back on Wednesday, then tanked yesterday They did not recognize the cell geez and they call what broker using I'm sure that's crossed the board across several brokers just curious Then from hefe you saying my bed. I'm new. I don't know if you covered already, but how do you feel about cat B? Ooh, all right, so let me jump to cat B. So this is also kind of like, you know It's not a full dump off just yet But it's certainly making a lower highs pulling back down here. Yeah, I guess you can call it a dump off now But you know ended up making a beautiful move from earlier this morning. So that's where I'd normally say I wouldn't expect this to make like a clean move back up heading into the afternoon Nah Robin Hood. Jeez. All right. Yeah, it's tough. I Know that it's not just Robin Hood. I mean TD Ameritrade back on Wednesday limited things I know Weeble on Wednesday limited things. I think they opened things up yesterday afternoon, maybe after the bell even but it's all over I think trade station. I they haven't restricted me or anyone that uses trade station. I don't think I Think E-trade they may have restricted to a degree and that's tough That's why even this morning I was saying like to myself at least and just said it before you see you folks like I'm not trying to trade stocks that I'm more uncertain of right The only thing for sure in this market is that nothing is for sure and that goes across the board for any day of the week And then of course given what we've seen this week a let alone So, you know, that's why I was more focused on the Eno trade. I know this morning Just I thought there was a much better chance of a move up that at least after the market opened up Yeah, this looks pretty lackluster right now. That's why I was more interested in VXRT at least between the two All right folks. So I think all in all man. We got three stocks on our watch list This might be the shortest list I've ever put out in the six years in the six years. I've been doing this Latest saying suppose BB blackberry is in recovery or still dropping could be making that same spike or move up as like space Game stop AMC, etc. I feel like they're moving somewhat similarly all of them So at least this one has tighter spreads and more volume on the book I would say that's myself. Well, I was saying that's myself this morning I actually had of all them and then more so yesterday afternoon So, you know what we're where we're at a shortage of stocks to put on our main list I don't mind putting this on for right now BP Looks a little bit easier to follow compared to the others pop on RIGL says David really good call right here You know the thing on this trade though It's like fool me once shame on you fool me twice shame on me this thing popped and dropped on us earlier today And I called it out. I didn't trade it. Thank God But like just I wanted to and it came right back down after it threw me off guard and I mean, jeez. I don't know what's happening here to this trade, but I guess I'll slip it on our watch list, right? Like I said yesterday, it's and we're not gonna force ourselves to trade this if there's no trade after we finish up this meeting But definitely a great call in terms of the spike. I hope to see a lot more from this point Mario, I'll talk to you about Mara here once we finish up the meeting But I'll be honest all those stocks don't seem to be too interesting to me heading into the close. I Mean Mara is like at support right now at 20 at 11 90 or at 1990 the low of the day In 1990s the closing bell print from yesterday, too, even you got a request on Sorrento s RNA I unfortunately I thought this was gonna move up with a VXRT and I know earlier today I set up a stop limit order to buy over 1350 actually this line that I pretty much have here and I didn't get filled I mean it was pretty much right here and once it pulled back under I set the stop limit order just in case if it were to break out again and run with the rest and it just didn't So I don't know if there's any other news on Sorrento that differentiates from the VXRT or you know, whatever it may be, but You know unfortunate Can you short game stop on trade station? I haven't checked. I haven't traded game stop at all over the last week I'm not touching that thing at all. So I haven't even attempted Alrighty folks, I'll tell you I think that we have a decent list right now If there's anything else that we try to call out We'll try and scan for it heading into like three o'clock three fifteen eastern time heading into the final hour of the day All right folks for all of us on social media first and foremost have a great weekend. Hope everybody enjoys the weekend here We'll see you folks back on Monday But otherwise as always just make sure that you like subscribe notify right on our YouTube channel if you have not Already that would be youtube.com slash cyber trading you bought the link right there below on the banner Make sure that you sign up for our cyber trading room Monday to Friday Feel free to join us if you have not done so there all right for all of us live inside the trading room I will jump back on the mic myself at 3 30. I know that rich will jump on himself shortly after three o'clock. Take care


The group is called The Uncomfortable Conversation. On Sunday, November 6th, they partnered with the Phoenix Boston, a south end gym, to launch an event that features a series of videos on the topic of consent in fitness spaces. I had my first conversation about sexual violence when I was 11 when I told my mom that a family member was abusing me. And so in the wake of that, my entire healing journey and walk through the world was really lit up by people who were willing to have uncomfortable conversations and so this work is a way of giving that back to more people. Pearson says most of the group's 150 YouTube videos aim to make having conversations about sexual violence easier for young men. I don't need to be there. An expert doesn't need to be there. It's like really the point is just get a rep in. A panel of local fitness coaches at the event say sexual assault can take on many forms in the fitness arena, from inappropriate touching to comments about other people's workout clothes. It's important for athletes and coaches to think about power and the amount of power that they have and like how to wield to that sort of on behalf of people that don't have that power. Data from the Center for American Progress shows that between 2005 and 2015 more than 600 workplace sexual harassment claims came from the arts, entertainment and recreation industry. With BUTV 10, I'm Annie Quinn.


Clock pulse triggering of flip-flops. Gates are the building block of logic circuits. Their primary function is to perform decision-making operations. Flip-flops are the building block of digital circuits. Their primary function is to store binary bits. Some types of flip-flops only allow data to be applied to their inputs when a pulse is applied to its clock terminal. When flip-flops using clock terminals are connected in groups, they operate as sequential circuits in the form of counters or registers which store multi-bit numbers and words called data. Sequential circuits are dependent on clock pulses applied to their inputs. For example, the number in a counter is determined by the number of clock pulses applied. With a register, multi-bit data is shifted one position each time a clock pulse is applied. The result of flip-flops responding to a clock input is called clock pulse triggering, of which there are four types. Each type responds to a clock pulse in one of four ways. High-level triggering, low-level triggering, positive edge triggering, and negative edge triggering. High-level triggering, one type of flip-flop responds to a clock signal during the time at which it is in the logic high state. This type is identified by a straight lead at the clock input as shown below. Low-level triggering, another type of flip-flop responds to a clock signal during the time at which it is in the logic low state. This type is identified by a clock input lead with a low state indicator bubble as shown below. Negative edge triggering, a third type of flip-flop responds to a clock signal during the low to high transition of a clock pulse. This type is identified by a clock input lead with a triangle as shown below. Negative edge triggering, the fourth type of flip-flop responds to a clock signal during the high to low transition of a clock pulse. This type is identified by a clock input lead with a low state indicator and triangle as shown below. You have completed this activity on the clock pulse triggering of flip-flops.


We haven't used Speaker of the House. Aren't you guys excited? I mean, the House of Representatives was dysfunctional. Speaker after Speaker, you know, lost or couldn't be appointed or couldn't get the Republicans to rally around them. We had McCarthy. We had Scalise. We had Jordan. We had, you know, I forget the other kind of its name, the guy who dropped out when Trump turned against him. And, you know, whether it was the kind of the far-right congressman who were vetoing McCarthy and forcing him out or whether it was the more, quote, moderate Republicans stopping Jim Jordan from taking the position. Finally, after all the haggling and all the back and forth, they have found their man. The Republicans now have a Speaker of the House, a representative for the Republican Party. And I think it is super indicative who they have picked. You know, say every Republican voted for this guy, a representative, Mike Johnson from Louisiana. Every Republican voted for him as Speaker of the House. This is a man who is a dedicated religionist. Not just, you know, average religionist Republican. This guy is a dedicated religionist. When he celebrated his candidacy, his colleague circulated an image of him on bended knee praying for divine guidance with other lawmakers, not just anyway, but on the House of Representatives floor. In his first speech from the chamber as Speaker. Right? He's number three in line for the presidency. He said, quote, I believe God has ordained and allowed each one of us to be brought here for this specific moment. See, he's now ordained by God to be Speaker of the House of Representatives. He has a mission from God. Remember that from the Blues Brothers? Mission from God. He's kind of a mild-mannered but religious fanatic. He is an evangelical. Christianity has been at the center of political life from the beginning. And he is now the most powerful Republican in Washington. You know, he's deep roots in the Southern Baptist Convention.  He is an activist to eliminate the separation of church and state. On top of that, of course, he was a part of, you know, part of the Republicans who advocated for the fact that the election was stolen, the last election was stolen. He, you know, in violation of his constitutional responsibility, voted to delay the affirmation of the elected president of the United States. He belonged to that kind of part of the Republican Party that decided to ignore reality. You know, he is very comfortable with authoritarian social control, not particularly interested in individual liberty or individual freedom.  This is the new speak of the House of Representatives. He has, let's see, he thinks prayer is appropriate House of Representatives response to the main shooting. And he is, let's see, yeah, he's worked as an attorney for every conservative religious Christian advocacy group for a very Christian religious advocacy group. And he, one of his pet peeves is the separation of church and state. He's really against that. And to put the cherry on the top, as a lot of these kind of right wing, crazy Christian Republicans, he is an adamant opposition to American military aid to Ukraine during its war with Russia. So that is who your House Speaker is. This is who represents Republicans. This is who is the number three in line for the presidency. This is the modern Republic. This is the essence and the nature of the modern Republican Party. It is a religious party. It is an anti-individual rights and anti-freedom party. It is a party dedicated together with its pals on the Democratic side to the eradication of individual liberty in the U.S.


President Mrs. Reagan, Ambassador Kirk Patrick, members of the USUN mission here in New York. This is a very special day for us at the US mission because it has forged us an opportunity to welcome our President and our First Lady who have just returned from a highly successful trip in Europe and who have today confirmed irrefutably that it is indeed the United States under President Reagan's leadership that has taken the initiative on the vital topic of arms control. And so I'd like to introduce our distinguished President to each of you, and I know he knows how hard you have worked. Either you're not always at the beginning of a crisis, but you're there from the time it becomes one, and mostly when it ends. Mr. President. Mr. Secretary, Ambassador Kirk Patrick, you ladies and gentlemen, a good morning to you all. It's a pleasure to have this opportunity to meet with you today and thank all of you for your hard work.  Maybe there will be a day before this job's over when that can happen, but so far it seems as if by the time I finish breakfast, I'm 30 minutes behind schedule and it's that way all day. You're each a special representative of the United States. Your work and daily lives, you symbolize for the world, the values, the ideals and the goodwill of the American people. And we're very proud to have you represent us. Your work here, of course, has two goals. You represent America's interests, but you also are peacemakers, easing the tensions and securing the rule of law in the world. But those two goals are really the same, because the United States believes that it is only in a peaceful world, one in which there is respect for individual human rights that we can prosper. And I can sympathize, however, with the frustrations that you encounter. I've already this morning, General Assembly quoted Dag Hammershold, but he used to tell its story about the ancient Chinese peacemakers, followers of the philosopher Sung Soo, some 350 years BC. And I think you'll recognize their trials. Constantly rebuffed but never discouraged, they went round from state to state, helping people to settle the differences, arguing against wanton attack and pleading for the suppression of arms, that the age in which they lived might be saved from its state of continual war. And to this end, they interviewed princes and lectured the common people, nowhere meeting with any great success, but obstinately persisting in their task till kings and commoners alike grew weary of listening to them. And yet undeterred, they continued to force themselves on the people's attention. Well, the former Secretary General would end his tale by saying that the original storyteller tempered his pessimism with a mild sense of humor and a strong sense of proportion in seeing his own time in the long perspective of history. Your jobs are certainly not easy. Every day you confront delicate and complicated tasks. But remember, although it may seem sometimes that no one's listening, that the peacemakers aren't making much progress, through year efforts and those of your colleagues, mankind has one of its first real chances to live together in peace with the universal recognition of human rights. On that trip that Al mentioned in Europe, one of the high spots was meeting with a group of your colleagues. They happened to be in uniform. And you may wonder why I would say your colleagues. Well, I happen to think that they, too, are the peacemakers. That's why they're there, is to deter war and to prove that there are values that we must defend at all costs. We got off the airplane and temple off the airport, and there were hundreds of them there, many with their families and their little children. And I want to tell you, I grew two inches taller, just with pride alone. They're just great. And if you've had any questions about them, let me tell you that they're putting up with the frustrations, too, but there's nothing wrong with their esprit de corps. They're all American and a yard wide, every one of them. And it was a thrilling moment. It also was thrilling, though, to drive down the streets, and even though you seem to read more about demonstrations than what I'm going to talk about, this wasn't written about so much, but the streets would be lined as if for a parade. And these would be people of foreign countries. Incidentally, the polls said that as high as 80% of the people in those countries wanted our friendship. And these people, many of them would be waving little American flags, or they got them, I don't know. But also, many of them would be raising up handmade signs that said, we love America. So just remember that sometime when the going is very rough and you're particularly frustrated and before you push the typewriter off the desk, just stick with the rest because we're going to get the job done. Thanks to you. God bless all of you. I've got to say one last word. I said this to some people the other day. It might be like the little child, you know, that knelt down one night and prayed to God to give him more patience. And then he says, and I want it right now.


Hey guys! We are here to look at my new stamp sets. I came out with four new stamp sets. They just came in this week. The first of the orders have already gone out and the birds are already sold out in the first batch of inventory but more is on the way so you can continue to pre-order them. The link for my Etsy shops in the description below. The birds are by far the most popular so far. The people who pre-order get pulled first from the inventory when it comes in before anything else. So if you order ahead of time then basically I'm going to hold one for you out of the next batch. Alright, so these are my sample sets. I haven't even unwrapped them yet and this time I asked her to send me my samples clean-mounted. Now when you get them they will be unmounted. Red rubber. Get all these open. So this is the material that my sets come on. This is like a cardstock. It's got a slick plastic back so the stamps will stick to the back but when you get your sets they will come unmounted. I'll get a set to show you. There's a set of the girls. So they come unmounted red rubber so you're going to need a sheet of easy-mount foam to turn them into a clean-mount stamp. So you stick the whole sheet of red rubber to a sheet of the foam and then you cut the stamps out. This is the most economical way for you to get all of these different designs. You get the whole set when you buy the stamps and you'll get a picture in the front on just plain printer paper that shows you what all the designs are. I recommend laminating this and once you get all your stamps mounted and cut out then you can use that laminated picture to stick your stamps to the back of like how these are on here. Yeah and I don't just trust that this is going to stick like this. I store my stamps in a binder so I always put them into a plastic sleeve in the binder or if you store them in a bin or a drawer I do still, even though this sticks pretty good, I recommend putting this in a sleeve. You could use the bag it comes in just cut the sticky part off and I might do that. I haven't decided yet. I literally just saw me open them. They came late yesterday. Alright so let's play with them shall we. I have some tags and things to make for Happy Mail. I have a couple different things I want to do so we might as well do it on camera. Now the company that helps me manufacture the stamps, Rubber Moon Stamps and they sell some of their own stamps online so you can go to Google Rubber Moon Stamps. I'll try to remember to put a link in the description below and go to their website and support them. Anyway they helped me and they took some of my birds and they took three of my little birds and they made a little birdie border. Isn't that cute? So let's stamp the birdie border. I've been wanting to stamp the birdie border since I saw it in the preview. How cute is that? Can you just imagine that on a journal page? That is so cute. Alright you get a word on each one of the stamp sets. Let's see. Let's do this one and then let's do the words that are on here. I think that'll work. Let's see if that'll fit on the tag. So the nice thing about having them cling mounted, if they're, this bird's a little big. If you have these words is that you can position them to see if they're going to fit and if I was using bigger tags it would be better. These tags are really little. It'd be easier. This is a bigger tag. Let's use this one. Yeah I can see them. I can put whatever kind of bird I want on there. Put a couple birds. Let's see. So you can rearrange the stamps until they fit on your, whatever it is that you're stamping. Okay I'm just like going overboard here with the birds. They're just too cute. I think they'll be close enough. We'll try it. What's the worst that could happen? So I have quotes already rearranged and then some of the sets have separate words. I'll show you. So there you go. Isn't that cute? I love that. My quote's a little crooked but that's me not the stamp. That's me. User error. I don't know what to say. User error. Okay so we'll put all these back on here. So we also have these ones here that are inspired by all the planner activities and our journaling things I've been doing for the past year or so really inspired this particular set of stamps. Now this set of stamps has individual words instead of a quote which is nice so you can pick one word or I put enough words on here this way. There's a couple of really nice positive affirmation words but there also is enough words on here that you could arrange. You are inspired. You are artistic. You are beautiful. You could really customize kind of your own quote. Now each set has different words in it. That was intentional so if you want to you can use words from each one of the sets and mix them up. Some of these doodles on this particular set weren't directly inspired by some of my daily doodles that I've done. Isn't that cool? I love that. Including the arrows. I did some of these daily doodles and I went you know that would be a nice stamp because I wasn't going to come out with four stamp sets all at the same time. Like who does that? I don't know. That's crazy. Now I'm using archival ink so you definitely could stamp these and then let them dry and then come back with markers or crayons or watercolor paints or something and color them in. And these words are in my writing. That's actually my writing. So there's that one and then we have we'll do this one last. We have some of my doodle girls and the doodle girls have a lot of words on them. Let's put one of the girls on a tag and I don't do these kind of things on the computer. I actually hand draw them on paper and then I scan that in to my computer and email that copy of that drawing to the company that helps me rubber moon. Love it. And they format it and do all the fancy computer gizmos stuff but this is they don't change the images too much. See there are some words that are cursive and some that are printed trying to decide I want to do a quote. Let's do this one. I'm wanting to do that one. I don't know why I'm fighting with myself. So let's just do that on a tag. So this is some of the cursive and again this is my real writing. It's not like a computer font or anything. That's really me. And I'm going to take a stamp from this other set. This one. I'm going to do this in this round one. It kind of reminds me of a slice of orange. That's nice. It's fun to just take your stamps out every once in a while and just play with them and just make some tags, stamp some happy mail, something like that. So these are great. So you have all these different words and then two doodle girls here. And then the last one that we have has three words on it and then it has some of these doodle shapes that you would see that probably if you've seen my other two first two sets of stamps they're reminiscent of those. And these are more pieces and parts. There's a couple of images here that could be used as journal borders. And then the rest of these are intended to be stems and leaves or petals so that you could sort of do a build your own flower thing which is fun. Again that tag is small so let's get a bigger one and let's build a flower. You get a stem. I'm going to use this petal.  I'm going to stay black for right now. I'm just playing. Now these stamps are pretty detailed and of course you could overlap the images on top of one another if you want. And that would work if you're using different colors of ink. But if you're just using one color you probably want to leave some spaces. Otherwise the design's going to get too muddy. You know I'm going to just eyeball it because that's what I do right.  I want to do another shape. I don't think I do. I think I want to stay with this one. And you might even want to put the center on first and then come in and add the petals. I don't know. It would be really fun to do this in different colors. I like that. That's messy. What do you get? That's what you get from a $1.50 stamp pad. I would probably do that in a darker color but again I'm just playing so it's not a big deal. So I have some other ideas to use these stamps on and that will be coming soon but in the meantime if you're thinking about doing something fun for Happy Mail think about just playing with your stamps and some ink on some tags. These are a great insert into any journal page pocket or like I said Happy Mail and you could write a nice note on the back. If you do it in archival ink then you can paint, color, draw or whatever on top of the stamp or stays on ink. If you want to buy any of my stamp sets or for sale at my Etsy shop the link's in the description below. I have six different sets of stamps if you're going to collect all of them and I have more birds coming in never fear. So you can go ahead and order them in all confidence and I will let you know when they'll be in. That's it for today. Don't forget the most important thing. Go out and do something nice for yourself because you deserve it and I'll see you later.