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Christine Liu of the Weekly Dig, thanks for the lovely full color shout out!
Fiesty, brazen and eye-poppingly colorful, the vibe of Scrubya is liberal tongue-in-cheek meets squeaky clean.
Oh, Ms. Liu, how you make us blush…
Mwaaaah from the Scrubya Squad!
Oh my gawd, it’s our five year anniversary in Iraq!
Help, help, help, I totally forgot. Should I send her crystal? Maybe silverware?
Or will some growing sectarian and ethnic conflict suffice?
You know Iraq, she’s so picky. I’d hate to give her something she doesn’t want or need.
So the Times of London contacted me saying that they wanted to run a mention of my politically oriented soap in their Sunday Style Magazine.
And to that I said, “Heeeellz yeah”.
Little did I know that it was for a column called “Going Up / Going Down”, in which Scrubya would be part of the latter.
Or that they had such a thing against those of us who brandish coffee berries as we W.A.G. our way down the red carpet in our high heeled UGGs…
Publicity junkies that we are, we at Scrubya headquarters were ultimately just amused. Now, we must end this post so that we can share this fabulous photo with our W.A.G.ulous cohorts on the post-Oscar Vanity Fair party circuit. Toodles, dahlings!
(*Though this collage makes me want to reach for my burkha, it is courtesy of my favorite Photoshop fiend, Mr. Kavita)
Fact is, soapmaking and spreading the blessings of democracy have a lot in common…
Both require a kind of ‘chemistry’ between potentially volatile ingredients, a chemistry that can get effed up for reasons that we don’t always fully understand. Both require time and patience and more time and more patience. And neither should be attempted by our current president.
We’re *thrilled* to have been mentioned in Sunday’s Washington Post and even more thrilled that so many of you want to get your hands (and other body parts of your choice) on our soap. And we at Scrubya wish that we could churn out our soap as fast as Dubya calls out countries to invade. But it wouldn’t be the kind of soap that you’d want to buy.
So we’re hoping that you will place your order and allow us to fill it next week, when our next few rounds of soap are finish curing and ready for your soapdish.
In the meanwhile, if you need a present for the holidays, place your order and then send us a note at info@scrubya.com - we’re happy to send your recipient a postcard telling them that their soap will be en route very shortly!
Thanks again for your interest, and we look forward to hearing from you,
The Scrubya Squad
Thou dost honor us so with thy dulcet words on this here hoary Sunday morn. Lo, the orders, they do cometh in by the minute, for how vast is thy reach, dear WaPo. Verily, with glee reborn, we shalt labor through day and through night to fulfill these orders. For Christmas cometh in less than half a fortnight, and to the post office we now maketh our way, hearts charged with wonder, arms laden with USPS boxes.
Forsooth, dear WaPo, tis perhaps most auspicious that the humble servants of the Scrubya Squad received our first significant press coverage in thy lauded pages. For this most magnificent of missives, we are ever in thy debt.
Exeunt,
Kavita, Baroness of Scrubyaland
The Scrubya Squad is thrilled that our first retail carrier is in the D.C. area.
Vertigo Books in College Park, MD now has all three varieties of Scrubya in their store. If you live in the area, do check it out.
V E R T I G O B O O K S
7346 Baltimore Ave.
College Park MD 20740
301-779-9300
M-F 10-8 Sat 10-7 Sun 12-5
And while yer at it, might we recommend Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Iraq’s Green Zone? A fun holiday read for the whole family!
Perhaps you’ve been wondering, “What would Ike Turner do to restore America’s honor?”
Wonder no more.
I first came across this bit of brilliance in McSweeney’s a few years ago. In two terms of George W, it is one of the best pieces of political satire that I’ve encountered.
More of Ken McIntyre’s writing can be found here. Well worth checking out!
For most of the past 25 years, I’ve kept a handwritten diary. The first page I ever wrote was on February 12, 1982, and with spelling / grammar mistakes intact, I offer this excerpt from volume I of the highly anticipated and forthcoming Unexpurgated Diaries of K.Pillay: The Suburban Purgatory Years
Today is Tammi’s Birthday
We played games. for lunch We had
pizza and a cupcake and Jelo.
and They gave us a ring and
a Dot to Dot Book. After
the party I and Tammi
went skating at the end
I had a headace When
I got home I Went to
Sleep. Bu my headace
went away.
But I had a good day.
~
I’ve never been drawn to the idea of a blog. Blaaaaahg. Blah! But for the three of you who check this page, I will do my best to
keep this joint lively. So keep checking back, ya heard?
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