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Welcome to our weekly Boredwalk Community series, where we ask Boredwalk fans fun questions! This week we're talking to Taffeta Darling of Dallas TX, who's looking sharp in a Someday We'll All Be Dead shirt.

1. What's your actual day job and what's your dream day job?

I research and catalog comic book art and illustrations as my day job, and honestly I always thought my dream job would be something I loved and succeeded in, and currently I'm working that dream. (Ed. note: that's rad!)

2. What keeps you up at night?

Usually my own rambling, 2AM, out of nowhere thoughts...but sometimes it's my neighbor's crying child or the other neighbor's barking dog.

3. What's a life pro tip the rest of the Boredwalk community should know?

"Know when to hold them, and know when to fold them"...brilliant advice courtesy of Kenny Rogers. (He just dropped in to see what condition his chicken was in.)

4. What's a surprising fact about you?

I make the best vegetarian nachos around.

5. What's your go-to snack?

My go-to snack is a combo of chips and salsa with either an Orange La Croix or Diet Pepsi.

6. Where can the rest of the Boredwalk community find you?

Instagram: @TheTaffetaDarling
Facebook: The Fangirls of Dallas

Here's a not-very-serious-at-all question: is the above sacrilegious exclamation depicted on our new Lucifer Fucking Morningstar shirt more or less blasphemous than the traditional version featuring Jesus Christ? On the one hand, how blasphemous can the phrase "Lucifer Fucking Morningstar" really be if he's essentially the OG blasphemer? Wouldn't you expect Satan to approve of such a linguistically coarse homage? One would think so, at least.

Yet on the other hand, replacing the (alleged) son of God with the King of Evil would seem to be doubling down on the blasphemy, wouldn't it? Say what you will about the exclamation "Jesus Fucking Christ", but our (alleged) lord & savior's name is still in there, bookending "fucking" and shining his light or whatever, thereby undercutting the severity of the blasphemy. In that context, "Jesus Fucking Christ" seems kinda...blasphemy-lite, y'know? Low energy, for sure.

Of course, Lucifer Morningstar is a fallen angel. Which by the transitive property makes him a son of God, too. Which in turn would render the phrase "Lucifer Fucking Morningstar" just as blasphemous as "Jesus Fucking Christ," right? So does that mean that really these two exclamations cancel one another out in the blasphemy sweepstakes? And if that's the case and in concert with one another they achieve a sort of homeostatic equilibrium of language — neither blasphemous nor holy — does that equal linguistic...purgatory? 🤯

LOL, I'm just kidding — none of this matters one bit. We're all sentient meat sacks that are hurtling toward our inevitable ends — hooray!

Double-hooray? It's Friday, folks!

In addition to that sweet new design, we also have a swell new podcast episode for your listening pleasure! Over the next few weeks we'll be chatting with the awesome women who founded and run the various brands that we're partnering with this month for our upcoming American Herstory Giveaway, which we put together in honor of August 18th being the anniversary of the ratification of the 19th amendment to the U.S. Constitution that granted women the right to vote. Yay enfranchisement!

First up is Dina Rodriguez of Lettershoppe.com. Dina is a creative dynamo who has turned her love of art, appreciation of cannabis, and devotion to body positivity & mental health into a thriving business selling empowering products and teaching others about hand-lettering, illustration, and other cool stuff. She's funny, knows her way around a swear word, and generally is one bad-ass human being. Enjoy!

We'll be back next week with more (likely PG-rated) new designs, another (probably R-rated) podcast episode, and hopefully an exciting update on our hiring search! Until then...

Peace, love, and swearing,

Matt