September Welcome

Guys, it’s September. Do you know what that means? It means we’ve now made it through three-quarters of the year 2020 and the sky has yet to collapse on our heads.  Four months to go, fellow Heads on the Quest. Four months, and we’ll have officially survived the year in which everything happened.

It’s time we start planning for 2021 and with that in mind, we have two suggestions. First, let’s plan on having one of those years where nothing memorable happens—at least on a national level. We could all use the break. Second, let’s all plan on attending the HQ Event and Trade Show, the game changing counter-cultural exposition being put on by yours truly in conjunction with Smoke Shop Events in New Orleans on January 14th and 15th. Why? Well, the short answer is because we’re doing it and you don’t make it two decades in this space by doing things half-assed.

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