Nov 1, 2009: Time Travel Mart

xoxoxoBruce · 10-31-2009, 10:32 PM

Well, where else are you going to get those time travel supplies, huh?

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Brought to you by 826, the same organization responsible for the Superhero Supply store in Brooklyn and the Pirate Supply Company in San Francisco, The Echo Park Time Travel Mart is a time travel-themed retail store that boasts the slogan, "Whenever you are, we're already then." The store sells humorous relics from the past, present and future, such as Barbarian Repellent, Michael Jordan pogs and varying Robot Emotions.

C'mon, this time travel is serious business... it's a jungle out there.

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All proceeds from the Echo Park Time Travel Mart go to funding the non-profit organization, and the playful store theme serves to inspire creativity in its students, as well as bring a unique way of advertising 826LA to the local community. Though the shop primarily features quirky time travel items, such as Time-Freezy Hyper Slush ice drinks and Wooly Mammoth Chunks, visitors can also browse and purchase the students' publications, which are appropriately displayed in a freezer.

If they're not going to take it seriously, sigh, at least it's for a good cause.

spudcon · 10-31-2009, 11:43 PM

The non profit organization?

Cloud · 10-31-2009, 11:52 PM

the 826

spudcon · 11-01-2009, 04:20 AM

And 826 is some type of tax code?

SPUCK · 11-01-2009, 04:54 AM

No. The number of morons that can fit on the head of a pin.

capnhowdy · 11-01-2009, 07:00 AM

No. That's their store hours.

monster · 11-01-2009, 07:10 AM

826 is a non profit organization promoting writing skills in young people.

This is from 826 Michigan whose store is Robot Supply and Repair.

826michigan is a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting students aged 6 to 18 with their creative and expository writing skills, and to helping teachers inspire their students to write.

seems standard blub for all 7 chapters, actually.

Here's more about the stores.

http://www.826national.org/stores/

They do good stuff, folks. 826michigan was founded by my writer friend, Steve Gillis,although he has sisnce moved on to other good things.

monster · 11-01-2009, 07:11 AM

I think it was named after the street number of the first building they used, btw, but I could be wrong, it's been known

xoxoxoBruce · 11-01-2009, 08:16 AM

You got it right this time, Monster... Cloud, too.
There's a link to 826 in the original post.
Maybe I could go back in time and make it bigger?

monster · 11-01-2009, 10:24 AM

hey, you know, you just didn't sell it enough

They get kids writing, people! mostly in less-privelidges areas. They provide awesome free workshops. And homework help. and one-on-one mentoring. Most of the volunteers are stinky unwashed writers, though, so good job this wasn't IOTD on a Friday.

spudcon · 11-01-2009, 02:26 PM

Thanx all. I guess I'll have to book a trip to NYC to shop there for something I didn't know I needed. I'll bet I can get a new Potatoman cape there. And help create some future unwashed writers too.

Cloud · 11-01-2009, 02:38 PM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

You got it right this time, Monster... Cloud, too.
There's a link to 826 in the original post.
Maybe I could go back in time and make it bigger?

uh, yeah. I got it right, because I followed the link. amazing.

and a worthy cause

Elspode · 11-01-2009, 08:35 PM

Love the robot/caveman diorama.

Major Matt Mason · 11-01-2009, 08:47 PM

Well, if it's time travel related, count me in! ;D

ZenGum · 11-01-2009, 09:15 PM

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826 is a non profit organization promoting writing skills in young people.

... with a name without any words or even letters in it.

10-31-2009, 11:43 PM	#2
spudcon Beware of potatoes Join Date: May 2007 Location: Upstate NY, USA Posts: 2,078	The non profit organization? __________________ "I believe that being despised by the despicable is as good as being admired by the admirable."

10-31-2009, 11:52 PM	#3
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	the 826 __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

11-01-2009, 04:20 AM	#4
spudcon Beware of potatoes Join Date: May 2007 Location: Upstate NY, USA Posts: 2,078	And 826 is some type of tax code? __________________ "I believe that being despised by the despicable is as good as being admired by the admirable."

11-01-2009, 07:00 AM	#6
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	No. That's their store hours. __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

11-01-2009, 07:10 AM	#7
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	826 is a non profit organization promoting writing skills in young people. This is from 826 Michigan whose store is Robot Supply and Repair. 826michigan is a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting students aged 6 to 18 with their creative and expository writing skills, and to helping teachers inspire their students to write. seems standard blub for all 7 chapters, actually. Here's more about the stores. http://www.826national.org/stores/ They do good stuff, folks. 826michigan was founded by my writer friend, Steve Gillis,although he has sisnce moved on to other good things. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

11-01-2009, 04:54 AM	#5
SPUCK Professor Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,911	No. The number of morons that can fit on the head of a pin.

11-01-2009, 07:11 AM	#8
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	I think it was named after the street number of the first building they used, btw, but I could be wrong, it's been known __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

11-01-2009, 08:16 AM	#9
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	You got it right this time, Monster... Cloud, too. There's a link to 826 in the original post. Maybe I could go back in time and make it bigger? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

11-01-2009, 10:24 AM	#10
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	hey, you know, you just didn't sell it enough They get kids writing, people! mostly in less-privelidges areas. They provide awesome free workshops. And homework help. and one-on-one mentoring. Most of the volunteers are stinky unwashed writers, though, so good job this wasn't IOTD on a Friday. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

11-01-2009, 02:26 PM	#11
spudcon Beware of potatoes Join Date: May 2007 Location: Upstate NY, USA Posts: 2,078	Thanx all. I guess I'll have to book a trip to NYC to shop there for something I didn't know I needed. I'll bet I can get a new Potatoman cape there. And help create some future unwashed writers too. __________________ "I believe that being despised by the despicable is as good as being admired by the admirable."

11-01-2009, 08:35 PM	#13
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Love the robot/caveman diorama. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

11-01-2009, 08:47 PM	#14
Major Matt Mason Old School Cellardweller Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Springdale, Arkansas (of all places) Posts: 38	Well, if it's time travel related, count me in! ;D __________________ It's crackers to slip a rozzer the dropsy in snide.

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