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Brooklyn Superhero Supply Company

Bloggers who post daily: you are my heroes! How do you do it?

When I started this blog, I was between full-time jobs, and looking for a creative outlet. I figured a post per week would do. But now, I've got a whole lot goin' on! At any given moment, there are at least 12 things I (a) wish I was doing; (b) should be doing; (c) am thinking about doing the second I finish what I'm currently doing. Tending to this blog has been a, b, and c since I started it. Sometimes I wish I was Evie from the late '80s/early '90s TV show "Out of this World." Remember her? Her father was an alien from the planet Anterias. Being half-alien, of course she has superpowers, including the ability to pause and un-pause time! Why wish for more hours in the day when you could wish for the ability to pause time, check everything off your list without interruption, then un-pause and resume?!

What superpower would you like to have? Who did you pretend to be when you were a kid? Growing up, I loved to "play house" with dolls and Barbie; I was always the mom! Other than that, I put my creative juices to use rearranging furniture in my bedroom for fun, and sketching floorplans for my parents to use to remodel our house. Yeah . . .

Anyway, I don't have kids of my own, but hear more and more friends and relatives talk about the importance of "dramatic play." Who knew that there was such an official term for what a lot of folks in my age group knew simply as "dress up."

Well, parents (and adult dreamers and seekers-of-all-things-cool-and-unique), I am super excited to introduce to you to the Brooklyn Superhero Supply Company. Let them handle "dramatic play" for you, for when it comes to helping your kids make believe, you will never come close to what BSSCo has put together! This truly is one of the most unique lines I've come across in years, maybe ever. (And I don't use "unique" lightly. When I was PR, churning out press releases for consumer products, my co-worker, Janet, begged us to avoid using the word "unique." It was/is an over-used word. But what can I say, we were 20-somethings trying to convince reporters to pay attention to what we were hawking. We thought we were slick.) But I digress. I'm going for it; I'm calling Brooklyn Superhero Supply Company UNIQUE! Let me sell you on this. . .

[Stop here if you live in the New York City area. You need to just strap on a cape and soar over to 372 5th Ave. in Brooklyn and check this place out for yourself!]

Brooklyn Superhero Supply Company: purveyors of high quality crimefighting merchandise. Finally dear heroes, one-stop shopping!

You'll start with your Secret I.D. Glasses, or go a step up and get your "human identity" Starter Kits. You may need a new Cape. Depending on your identity, you may need to add a gallon of Muscle, X-Ray Glasses, or a Sequin Belt. Surely, you'll need some gear (a Mind Reader, perhaps) and lab supplies (some Matter, a case of Kryptonite, and some Chaos, which is for use by licensed heroes only). Manuals will come in handy, but some Speed of Light fluid will help you navigate the Index of Good & Evil.

Superheros don't deal with dollars, but for what it's worth, you humans can purchase a Vortex for $11M or Time Portal for a cool $3.8M. For now, maybe just the Red Phone?

You know what? I'm not any more imaginative and creative that I was when I was 8, so I'm going to stop trying to describe all of this in a clever way. You really need to check out for yourself. Go to the website NOW!

Ack! Wait! Before you go, I want to mention two things to keep in mind:

• ALL PROCEEDS from the sale of Brooklyn Superhero Supply Company products go directly to support the free writing and tutoring programs at 826NYC, which is a nonprofit organization that assists students ages 6-18 with their creative and expository writing skills, and helps teachers inspire their students to write.
  


• The BSSCo store in Brooklyn is staffed entirely by volunteers.
  

They are heroes in their own right. So, without further ado, Brooklyn Superhero Supply Company: http://www.superherosupplies.com/

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[All images courtesy of Brooklyn Superhero Supply Company]