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Eating our feelings 😋
Happy National Asparagus Day! While I will concede that the Stalk of Stinky Pee is something of an acquired taste for the uninitiated, it is one of my favorite vegetables — easily in my Top 10 when in season (which it currently is).
How to best celebrate World Goth Day? 🦇
Happy National Vanilla Pudding Day! I am not one for pudding generally, but I do appreciate vanilla as a flavor. Some might say it's boring, but those people are stupid — ignore them. Vanilla is delicate and nuanced...like yours truly.
You know who's not delicate? Boredwalk's fearless leader (and my better ⅔) Meredith.
Karma's a relaxing thought 😇
SUCCESS CAN BE FRIEND *AND* FOE
This is normally the part of the email where I dazzle you with a new product release or tell you it's National Endangered Species Day and offer up some clever quips about tigers. I was gonna do all that but this week has me pretty mentally tapped out, so instead I'll just share a little of why.
🦸♀️ The heroes we need
IT'S INTERNATIONAL CUSTOMER SUPPORT DAY
Shout out to Christina and Isabella from the Boredwalk customer service team, who tackle phone calls, text messages, and emails from fans and haters alike!
I don't need an occasion to appreciate them because I appreciate their calm professional demeanor every day. They do their best to make the Boredwalk shopping experience great and manage to keep a cool head even when people are being terrible — truly a superpower.
That is true; it's one of the delights of working at Boredwalk HQ.
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Want a few famous May 17th birthdays and historical facts before we get to this week's amusing links? Of course you do!
• Some people you've probably heard of who were born on this day: Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor (1965), (not-so) New Kid on the Block Jordan Knight (1970), singer-songwriter Enya (1961), actor/comedian Bob Saget (1956), boxer Sugar Ray Leonard (1956), actor/director Dennis Hopper (1936), soccer player Mia Hamm (1972), and actor Bill Paxton (1955)
• Pour one out for Donna "The Queen of Disco" Summer, who hustled off this mortal coil on this day in 2012 and hopefully feels love wherever she is
• The New York Stock Exchange was established on this day in 1792
• The first Kentucky Derby was held on this day in 1875
• L. Frank Baum's children's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz was first published in the United States on this day in 1900
• The first televised baseball game aired on this day in 1939
• In Massachusetts, same-sex couples exchanged marriage vows for the first time in the United States on this day in 2004
• Finally, on this day in 1954, The Supreme Court ruled unanimously against segregation in schools in Brown v. Board of Education
Now on to the amusing links!
Josh from the Boredwalk creator team asked Gen Z trivia questions from our new 1990s themed activity book and bet them money they wouldn't know the answers! Watch the video to see if they won any money and find out what they think Zima is. For more LOLs from our team be sure to follow us on Instagram, TikTok and/or YouTube.
Get a little dopamine boost from this fluffy kitty snuggling some tiny furry piglet pals.
Congrats to Josh from our content team for his recent viral success with this funny video about slaying dragons. It's full of clever twists, don't miss it.
Why look for love on dating apps like Hinge when you can be openly Unhinged?
5. 😄 Hoping to see the hottest concerts this summer? Good luck!
Comedian Ryan George lampoons Ticketmaster and gives them the roasting they deserve.
OK! We'll be back here in your inbox on Friday with new art, more nonsense holidays to dissect, more notable birthdays (and maybe even some notable deathdays!) to celebrate, and more witty content in general. Until next time...
Peace, love, and amusement,
Meredith
🍪 We deserve a treat!
I welcome any occasion to celebrate chocolate because life is difficult and treats are one of the few reliable highlights in life.
👽 Do you remember the 1990s? 📼
If you can remember a time when you listened to your CDs on a Discman, stayed up late to watch Liquid Television, and everyone around you was quoting Wayne's World, you NEED our new 1990s activity book!
🌞 Time to shine!
Small Business Day? That's us! Here are a few reasons to celebrate small businesses:
What's so rewarding about today? 🤨
I say resisting the urge to hurl myself into the Pacific is reason enough that I deserve a little treat, but today's occasion is actually kind of suspect.
🧙🏽♀️ You know what they say...
To paraphrase Sir Elton John, the witch is back! Or, more appropriately, the witches are back!
👻 If you've got it, haunt it!
Although it is my most frequently considered fantasy to graduate from this mortal coil and ascend to a terrifying ghostly form, at my core I am a skeptic. This won't stop me from celebrating National Paranormal Day. I don't have to be a believer to appreciate tales of ghosts, ghouls, and goblins, and neither do you!
🌼 Saved by the Beltane 🧙🏽♀️
Blessed Beltane to you! May 1st marks the halfway point between the vernal equinox and the summer solstice and is one of the eight Sabbats celebrated by those of a pagan persuasion.
🤔 When I design products, I'm always thinking...
Matt and I think of product design a lot like musical artists probably think of constructing pop albums: the goal is to create a lot of singles, or in our case, best sellers. Those are the tracks that make all the money and make a name for the artists. However, if A-side singles exist, this also means B-sides exist, and today's email is a nod to some of my most loved Boredwalk b-sides that weren't nearly as appreciated by the public as they were by yours truly.