Last night I gave birth. Not to a kicking, screaming, diaper-wetting baby, mind you, but to a business that I have been struggling to launch for almost a year. Last night it finally made its Web presence known to the world. Finally, finally, finally, after much hang-wringing, a whole lot of time, and approximately $4,500 in hosting fees, Web design, business cards, an ad on the back of my truck, and T-shirt printing costs, gnomesense.com has entered the world.
I had the idea early last year to start a business with Aaron using his artwork for artsy, edgy T-shirts. So I brainstormed ideas and came up with a bunch of good ones. But I wanted to launch the business with Gnomeland Security, an authoritarian-looking gnome with his hand in his pocket ala Napoleon. A spoof on the whole Homeland Security bullshit. My way of chiseling away, if ever so slightly, at the fear that has gripped this country. Yes, I am a big believer in calling your congressional representative and the White House comment line and in marching in the streets, but sometimes humor is even more disarming. This is my way of telling the government that I will not buy into its comic-book drama and manipulation.
So, I am asking each and every one of you who reads this blog to please visit gnomesense.com and order a T-shirt or two. That would mean so very much to me and my "baby."
