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Our 200th Post!

August 22nd, 2008 @ 1:36 pm by brian

Well we aren’t usually ones for celebratory postings, but this here is our 200th blog post! It was just 6months (and 2 days) ago that we hit the 100th post mark, bringing us to an average of 1 post every 1.8 days.
 
I started this entry by highlighting some of our favorite posts and intended […]

Midwest Flooding Delaying Some Shipments

June 19th, 2008 @ 1:24 pm by zymetric

This wont apply to the vast majority of customers, so many of you can read on.
We have received a couple of emails about this and UPS just released a brown bulletin this morning so we wanted to provide a quick update about the midwest flooding and what that means for the delivery times of […]

Speaking Of Groucho Glasses

May 28th, 2008 @ 10:50 am by zymetric

Our “phantom” shipment finally came off a truck. We just got a small shipment in, and we have a larger shipment expected next week.
Don’t everyone order at once now.

Breaking: Hillsboro Wins Coveted Groucho Title

May 27th, 2008 @ 11:09 am by zymetric

Its official. Hillsboro, Oregon has fin-a-lly been recognized by the World Guinness Records for ‘the most people simultaneously wearing groucho glasses’. Way to go guys (psst.. you never sent any pics). There event was held last summer, August 4th to be exact, and they won 3,459 people participating.
Speaking of groucho glasses, our […]

Priority, First Class Price Changes

May 13th, 2008 @ 1:32 pm by zymetric

It’s May, and for the last year or two at least that means new US mail rates. The 1oz letter rate for 1st class went up by a penny, no surprise there. But other mail classes, namely priority mail, have actually come down slightly for some weight classes & shipping zones. Because […]

RSS Back Up

May 9th, 2008 @ 11:24 am by zymetric

Back in October of 2005 we tried something novel, even for us. We added a rss feed for new products for early adapters. Back then few customers customers knew (and many still don’t) what the hell rss is, but it caught on big time with spammers. Btw, that post is and will […]

Now We’re Gelling

April 21st, 2008 @ 12:12 pm by zymetric

Speaking of backorders, our gelling joke powder just came back in this morning after selling out unexpectedly last month. Below is the video that prompted that, wanna watch?

Groucho Glasses Availability

April 21st, 2008 @ 11:15 am by zymetric

After I don’t know how many months, we have a first of several small shipments of groucho marx glasses expected this week. We will open up a presale in the next couple of days once those have gotten through customs and are on a truck.
If you have already emailed us about these then you […]

Caption Contest Winners Announced

April 18th, 2008 @ 3:56 pm by zymetric

Our latest caption contest was a huge blowout with over 30 captions 18 different people. The votes are in and our caption contest winner has been chosen. The winner is walking home, or staying home rather as the prize is being mailed, with 432 sponge clown noses. (please let us know what […]

Acquisition

April 1st, 2008 @ 5:45 am by brian

Normally our company policy is to not comment on speculation or rumor, however a well known brand has expressed interest in acquiring a controlling stake in our company. For the record the offer was nowhere near $80 million.
Currently we remain focused on building out our company independently and have nothing to announce at this […]