
Reading Jim Windolf's article in the December issue of Vanity Fair, "Addicted to Cute," got us thinking about snark as a response to the growing culture of adorableness. We are definitely, and happily, a part of the backlash to all things precious...

Knock Knock Stuff Give in—it's officially the holiday season. We've got stuff to help you get through it—but you have to help us help you!
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Novelty gifts, unique stationery products, and fun greeting cards - Knock Knock has the great products for everyone on your list!

Knock Knock Stuff "Lapsed academic" is a term a lot of us here at KK can identify with. For some reason the office is full of potential prefessors. It makes perfect sense—what other demographic is so well suited to our stuff? Professors tend to be slightly disgruntled, often tend toward sarcasm, and are frequently obsessed with organiza...tion. With that being said, how could we resist the link below? "Make Your Own Academic Sentence" satisfies our inner teacher, without the pesky Phd process!
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Need a sentence for your latest article? Write one here! Just select a word or phrase from each drop-down list and click "Write It."

Knock Knock Stuff Bunch of thugs in the alley? Nope it's just the creative team taking an afternoon coffee stroll today!

Knock Knock Stuff If you haven't already, check out our 2010 Calendars! We worked with Chronicle Books to release these babies—and they are chock-full of our favorite kind of KK content: research-intensive tidbits with a bit of a bite! Every one of the team's family members are probably getting at least one for Christmas!
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Novelty gifts, unique stationery products, and fun greeting cards - Knock Knock has the great products for everyone on your list!

Being based in Venice, California certainly has it's perks (there's no need to expand on said virtues, really). But there is one thing that a lot of the team sorely misses...

Knock Knock Stuff According to this "New York Times" article, everyone needs our Holiday Citation! I think it's time we all take a collective deep breath in preparation for the upcoming holiday drama . . .
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When families come together, rudeness is often served with the cranberries and yams.

While the Bookseller/Diagram Prize for Oddest Book Title of the Year was brought to our attention rather late (having been written about in The New York Times all the way back in March), we couldn't help but posting about it today...

Knock Knock Stuff Per the overwhelming response, we present BOTH pups, Maisie and Paco, along with Alexis (and a new-fangled neck cone)!



















