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Confession time: After a hectic March we spent a little too much time drowning our sorrows on the couch drinking beers & martinis and not enough time exercising and eating our veggies. Feeling a little doughy around the middle of late, we've decided to be a little more careful with what we're eating. This doesn't mean we're going to eat nothing but rice cakes & celery or totally abandon donuts & tacos, but it does mean spending a little more quality time with our running shoes and whole food, plant-based meals.

This week we decided to whip up some Buddha Bowls inspired by Bánh Mìs, our favorite Asian sandwiches (though a yummy tofu bao runs a very close second). However, since we're aiming for healthy we skipped the bread and went with cauliflower rice instead. This dish ended up being so perfectly flavorful, crunchy, and delicious that we didn't even miss the bun!

If you couldn't tell from a quick tour around our website, we love animals here at Boredwalk! From dogs to cats to desert tortoises (yes, you read that right) our team adores our companion animals! After a long day of designing, printing, packing, email writing, and answering customer service emails & messages there are few things we all enjoy more than opening our doors at home and being greeted by our fuzzy, feathered, and/or scaly friends!

That's why we'll be donating $1 to the Humane Society from the sale of all of our animal-themed shirts all month long! April is Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Month and what better way to honor our friends than by helping their friends?

Meredith and I are big proponents of rescue organizations in general: we adopted our dear departed Sadie (above) from Last Chance Animal Rescue in Jessup, MD, and our pride & joy Oliver (below) from the Maryland SPCA in Baltimore, MD.

Now, they can't all be strikes. Sometime you roll a gutterball, like we did with this bitey ingrate:

But you know what they say: you gotta take the bad with the good. Which we get, but I mean, come on — does the bad have to be soooo bad? J/k, Bigs (but not really. Stop biting us, dammit!)

Anyway, I digress — why the Humane Society? Well, you and the rest of our customers live all over the U.S. (and some outside it — hi, Benedikte!), and the Humane Society is a national organization that supports the mission of shelters and rescue organizations across the country via training, best practices, and funding, but largely by tackling animal cruelty and animal rights cases that are too big for local organizations to resolve by themselves — they're kinda like the animal rights National Guard.

We want to donate these funds to an entity that we're confident will be able to spread those dollars around in such a way that all our customers can know that they're chipping in locally in a small way, rather than going to a single local entity.

Anyway, if you (or your friends & family) are in need of some fresh animal lover shirts there's no better time to stock up while also supporting a worthy cause!

Peace, love, and purrs,

Matt

You know all those cliches about comedians being depressed and artists struggling with mental illness? Well, in my experience they're mostly true. Living in Los Angeles — arguably the creative capital of the world — I'm surrounded by some of the most simultaneously talented AND self-loathing people I've ever met. In other words, I'm in good company in LA! One thing that never fails to make me laugh is poking fun at my perennial state of ennui. So this week I've rounded up some of my favorite existentialist and nihilist humor from around the web.

 1. KimKierkegaardashian
This Twitter account is an amusing mash up of Kim Kardashian and Søren Kierkegaard. Here are a few choice picks:

2. Nihilisa Frank
This funny Tumblr is Lisa Frank meets nihilism. 80s kids will especially get a kick out of this one. Here are a few of Nihilisa Frank's greatest hits:

3. Texts From Your Existentialist
This amusing Instagram account captions classic pop art with existentialist texts. Here are a few of our faves:

 4. Nihilist Arby's
A Twitter account where fast food and the gaping void collide. Here are a few selections:

More of an overall collection of pop art, this Tumblr/Instagram account is full of dark humor that veers into existentialism, nihilism, and just good old-fashioned self-loathing we can all relate to. Or maybe that's just me? Here are a few of our favorites:

6. Cats with Melancholy
The inner monologue of cats with an existentialist flavor.

Got melancholy? Here are a few of Boredwalk's sentiments from the void that would look great on you while you contemplate your meaningless existence!

Until next time...

Peace, love, and unyielding ennui,

Boredwalk