The birth of a blog

Posted on Thursday, December 4, 2008, at 7:33 pm, by Alethea Oglethorpe.

Welcome to "Ruination & Despair." We needed a catchy, suitable, cheerful title, and this one vanquished such dubious alternatives as "Warm Fuzzy Reptiles," "Long Live Comrade Stalin," and "Let’s All Lie Down and Die."

Anyway, this highly exciting blog is an integral and dynamic part of Archelaus’s new and improved website, which has been radically redesigned to provide you with the ultimate card-shopping experience. Or, at least that’s what Caligula, our web designer, tells us. If you ask me, he’s been spending too much time hanging out with the boys in marketing. To be honest, I don’t think the new website looks all that different from the old one. Caligula, however, insists that it really is bigger and better in every way and that he has done much more than just add a cheesy blog and a free shopping cart. I’m afraid there’s no arguing with him. He gets this maniacal gleam in his eye that makes you glad you happen to be carrying an old claw-hammer (always assuming, of course, that you do happen to be, which I heartily recommend).

So, what can you expect from Archelaus’s new blog?

First and foremost, Cadwalader, our chief card designer, will use it to introduce our latest fine cards. He has also promised to pen a variety of uplifting, inspiring, and wholesome articles on vintage graphics, but I will believe that when I see it. Second, the eminent Dr. Hurlbutt will keep us duly apprised of his scholarly researches into all things peculiar. Third, Caligula and I, together with Customer Service Minion #2, will inform you of any important developments concerning the website, Archelaus itself, or such other sordid commercial matters as come to our attention. Finally, it is possible (though by no means certain) that someone will occasionally find time to remark upon matters of general interest.