Dear Party People,
This is the end, my friend. You may have noticed our neglect of Blobbyfarm.com since, oh, around April of 2006. At that time we moved (again), started new jobs, and just got busy. As we got more and more entrenched in our new lives, we found that there were a number of other things that trumped Blobbies in our lives - curating exhibitions, teaching, getting ready for our first child (woo-hoo!), locksmithing classes, frosting graffiti, etc. Blobbies fell by the wayside.
We recently received an email from our domain registrar notifying us that the URL Blobbyfarm.com expires on October 5th. We have made the decision to just let it go. Blobbyfarm.com will no longer exist. Sure, we'll make a few Blobby related items for our new baby (we just got a silkscreener after all), and we can make a Blobby every now and again for our friends and family members. But as far as the general public is concerned, Blobby Farm is extinct.
We sincerely appreciate all the support we've received and friends we've made because of this goofy endeavor. As a final thank you, between now and October 5th, you can purchase anything on the Blobbyfarm.com website for 50% off the original price (sale price is as marked). It's not like we were ever really in this for the money anyway. Make sure you download your coloring book pages and send your last Blob-E-Grams before October 5th when everything disappears.
Thanks again and we'll catch you on the flip side.
Thanks and Cheers,
Maria and Chris
(The Blobby Farmers)
Lord and Lady Skewampus stumbled upon death when their automobile swerved into the tar pits off Highway 5 in rural Newbraska just after 2:00 p.m., December 1, 2006. Lady Skewampus was known for her je ne sais quoi, esprit d'accord, and coup de pied aux fesses. Lord Skewampus was known for his indavertant insults and an acute penchant for licorice whips. But, it was the couple's love of swerving their car uncontrollably around the road that led to their demise. They leave behind no children, but a legacy of destroyed mailboxes, nearly missed pedestrians, and bent rims.
Services will be held at noon on Tuesday, December 5, at the Bittles and Hurt funeral home on Main street in Newbraska. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that trees be planted along the roadside to replace the ones felled by the Skewampus's wild rides.
SEATTLE — Apparently the Plush You 2 show at Schmancy in Seattle was a success. We weren't able to make it to the show as we're still wading through cardboard boxes at our new digs in Colorado and all of our money was spent to get us here. So, we are just living vicariously through Flickr tours of the show. Peruse out the photos of 
NEWBRASKA — Hundreds of Blobbies reaffirmed their opposition to genocide, rape, plunder and dismemberment Monday by attending the annual Abolish Columbus Day march in downtown Newbraska. The march was a peaceful one, with all the proper demonstration permits obtained ahead of time from the proper Native American tribal authorities. Authorities of neighboring occupational western powers were not consulted.
"We just feel that since Columbus was a sea pirate, he should go down in infamy like Blackbeard or Captain Hook. If kids want to dress up as him on Halloween, we wouldn't stop them, but we would encourage them to adopt appropriate accessories like a necklace made of slaves' hands, a vial of small pox around his neck, or a flask of human blood strapped to his thigh. These accouterments will help kids remember the thousands of limbs he cut off and other such destruction he brought," said event co-planner Señor Pooglins.
While some Blobbies feel the day should be recast as a national day of mourning, others feel that the western consumer's need to celebrate is too strong and therefore support a renaming effort that would allow people to continue their BBQ and retail sale extravaganzas.
"Personally, I think we have a responsibility to publicly mourn not only the horrendous treatment of indigenous peoples by Columbus and his governing successors, but also the legacy of state-celebrated atrocities. That is why I give my students extra credit for wearing black to school on Columbus day," said activist and Blobby, Jr. elementary school teacher Mrs. Smelnor.
The Baron of Beef von Espy is in the other camp: "Since I am a baron, I understand the political need to ease the general public into a more enlightened understanding of history. That is why I endorse the renaming of Columbus Day to Columbo Day. It would be very easy for businesses to alter the spelling on their sale banners. We can manufacture consent by facilitating behavior that we approve of. And who doesn't approve of Columbo? I mean, the guy was an investigative genius!"
For more information on abolishing Columbus Day, visit http://www.transformcolumbusday.org/.
To view or sign anti-Columbus Day petitions, visit Petition Online and The Petition Site. You may also read a discussion with Denver organizers of a Columbus Day protest on Democracy Now!
Hi, there.
Broadway.com is launching a New York International Fringe Festival blog, and we'd like permission to use a picture of a leather fringe jacket that we found on your site. Please advise.
Sincerely,
Lyssa
Dearest Lyssa of the Fringe,
First off, "Hi, there," is not an appropriate greeting for aristocracy. You may start all future correspondences with "My Leige," "Mein Herr," or "Tootsie."
Now, on to your question. I'm afraid that I don't know to what you are referring. Do you mean the image of the leather fringe jacket from Señor Pooglins's advice to "Desperate to Look Good," or are you referring to my oft visited blog, The Baron of Beef Von Espy's Fringe Tracker? Either way, I do not own the copyrights to any of the images and you will have to contact the individual web site administrators for permission to use any images.
While I have your attention, I have been working on a script about a young and innocent baron who comes to the big city with dreams o