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Fri, 04 Jul 2008
Comics delayed for Independence Day
Due to the holiday, comics will be shipping on Thursday July 10th instead of Wednesday. Don't let the terrorists win. Instead, go celebrate independence by blowing stuff up yourself!
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Wed, 11 Jun 2008
update
After much teeth-knashing and number crunching, it's been decided that every time you purchase a graphic novel, and remember to bring your official Hijinx tote, you'll earn an extra 1% on every bookclub purchase every single time you bring your bag! Offer good for life of the owner or life of the bag. It's our way of encouraging you to use less disposable bags and more pork-themed eco-totes!
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Tue, 27 May 2008
new comics drop on Thursday May 29th
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Mon, 19 May 2008
Rory Root has passed away and the world of comic book retailing just got a lot sadder for me. This page will be black for a while in memory of Rory. I never saw him wear any other color but black so I want to copy him one last time.
I can categorically state that without the example set by Rory and his store, Hijinx would not be the store it is today. Ironically I just had a long conversation with Rory last week about setting up group health care here at the store. Luckily, Rory was smart enough and progressive enough to provide affordable health care to his employees and for himself, so I know he was well cared for when he passed.
In his honor, if you're anywhere near Berkeley, stop in Comic Relief and spend some money there. You won't have a problem finding something to buy, as it's the single finest comic bookstore I've ever seen. Easily eclipsing anything else the bay area has to offer in terms of breadth and depth of selection. Rory's passion for the medium of comics and for the trade of bookselling were unmatched by anyone I've ever known and it shows in ever square inch of his store. I was proud to call him my colleague and friend.
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Tue, 01 Apr 2008
Six is a perfect number, quite literally. A perfect number is one that is the sum of all of it's own positive divisors. 1 + 2 + 3 = 6, it's actually the very first perfect number. The next perfect number is 28, followed by 496 and 8128.
Six similar coins can be arranged around a central coin of the same radius so that each coin makes contact with the central one (and touches both its neighbors without a gap), but seven cannot be so arranged. This makes 6 the answer to the two-dimensional kissing number problem. The densest sphere packing of the plane is obtained by extending this pattern to the hexagonal lattice in which each circle touches just six others. Bees figured this out a few million years ago, we're just catching on.
According to the bible, god created man on the 6th day, and that was so much work even he needed to rest the whole next day. I think he just hung out and watched football. But take 3 sixes and you've got the mark of the beast (also known as the number of man) according to Revelations so three sixes has become the sign of the devil.
Carbon, the fourth most abundant element in the universe and the basis for all known life has an atomic number of six. Without it, not only would we not have life, but we'd also not have pencils, diamonds, or charcoal barbecue and what good would life be without those?
Perhaps most importantly of all, it was 6 years ago today (April 1st) that I bought Hijinx Comics and started the long trip that's lead me here. In that time I've opened, sold and closed other stores, but I know now that I belong here in Willow Glen and I hope I'm here for a good long while to come.
Thank you all for all of your support and encouragement. It makes it all worthwhile and I could not do it without you!
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Fri, 08 Feb 2008
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