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Science Fest Sights

gutsy — Thu, 03 May 2012 17:47:36 +0000

Some of the great anatomy-themed sights from the 2nd annual USA Science & Engineering Festival in Washington, D.C. There was so much to see and do, impossible to do it all, especially with a gutsy booth to run, but we hope you had fun! Thanks to everyone who came out to say hi, it was a pleasure!

Smile For Me

gutsy — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 15:01:59 +0000

No one cares about your teeth more than your dental hygienist. Show them some love with our Flossin’ Ain’t Just For Gangstas lapel pin and maybe a bonus Salivary Gland pin if you’re feeling generous.

Pop-Up Wrapup

gutsy — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 16:02:27 +0000

A note of thanks to everyone who shopped our gutsy Valentine’s Pop-up shops in Los Angeles, Washington D.C. and Baltimore, where 10% of sales went towards local clinics, you helped raise $193.09 to donate to the Hollywood Sunset Free Clinic, George Washington University’s HEALing Clinic and Johns Hopkins Urban Health Institute! Thanks to Munky King in LA and Trohv in D.C. and Baltimore for making all this fundraising possible and special thanks to the clinics that do such important work to give access to health care for folks who need it!

Hitting the Books

gutsy — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 18:25:13 +0000

Heart studies up on the bible of modern medicine. Photo by the super fun Sketchy Medicine.

Hello Brain

gutsy — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 15:30:25 +0000

What are you doing to celebrate your brain for Brain Awareness Week? Seems like a silly awareness week, after all, the brain is in charge of being aware of everything we do and think. But seriously, this is the week to celebrate the marvels of brain research, so give yourself a pat on the head if you love your brain.

Best Kidney Day Evar

gutsy — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 20:48:01 +0000

I just had the honor and privilege of meeting some of the amazingly gutsy nurses who work at the Heart and Kidney Transplant Unit at Children’s National Hospital in Washington, D.C. The nurses there decided to celebrate World Kidney Day in style with kidney-themed cupcakes and kidney themes cookies (aren’t they amazing?) and yes, kidney-themed shirts! Being inside a children’s hospital is always a humbling experience. I can’t imagine the incredible guts required to go through what the kids go through, deal with what the parents of ill children deal with and see what the doctors and nurses see day in and day out. It makes my stomach drop to think about the strength required to endure all that. So impressed. Thanks for letting me visit, ladies!

Secrets of the Toymakers

gutsy — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 15:52:53 +0000

Ever wanted to learn how to make your own custom plush toys? Well don’t miss our panel, coming to WonderCon next week! Independent toymakers will spill their guts on how they got their start in taking an idea and making it into something you can hold. Friday March 16th from 1:30-2:30 in room 203AB. Come and check out this fantastic panel featuring fab folks from DKE Toys, Mr. Toast, Munky King, Evil Ice Cream, Happy Worker, Hey Soupface and I Heart Guts. At the lovely Anaheim Convention Center.

Nerd Power!

gutsy — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:04:31 +0000

My geeky heart swells with pride — an interview in Games Magazine! I know most people will flip right past it since it’s not a puzzle or a game review, but I’m still honored to be included in a mag read by such smart people. If only my brain was smart enough to do the puzzles…

Body Breakdown

gutsy — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:50:31 +0000

Here’s a quick cheat sheet to remember what all those guts and glands are doing all day inside your body, as told by our lapel pins. Your marvelous reproductive friends (with benefits?) are busy squirting away, and technically the sex organs and glands also require help from the brain, hypothalamus, pituitary, adrenals and yes, even sweat and saliva to some extent (but I digress!) Onward to Team Digestion, those little guys that make eating such a pleasure! Thanks everyone! What would we do without the admirable and ceaseless devotion of our circulatory system? The heart pumps blood, hormones, air anywhere it’s needed, while the respiratory champs the lungs get air in and out with no breaks whatsoever. What a champ! Onward to the good ol’ brain, in charge of the entire nervous system, the boss of the entire body. Who’s there to take out the trash? Why, the excretory system, of course, with major players the kidneys, intestine and bladder taking the junk out of your trunk. The skin keeps all the organs bundled neatly inside, and sebaceous glands keep our skin soft while sweat glands keep us cool. Flu? Colds? Not with this tough team around — your immune system is staffed by the wonderful lymphatic nodes, spleen and thymus gland, which keep you in good health (unless they don’t, some bugs are craftier than others, I suppose). Finishing up, we have the glands that make us hormonal, the Endocrine Party comprising adrenals, pancreas, parathyroid and thyroid! And there, in a nutshell, is the human body.

Guts Popping Up!

gutsy — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 00:40:08 +0000

Whether you love Valentine’s Day or loathe it, we still want you to visit our gutsy pop-up shops! We’ve got three special spots where you can score Guts in person — our pals at Munky King in Los Angeles, Trohv D.C. and Trohv Baltimore will be carrying the full I Heart Guts lineup for two weeks Feb. 1-14. Best of all? Your guts can actually do some good — 10% of sales will go toward a local clinic, Hollywood Sunset Free Clinic, George Washington University’s HEALing Clinic in D.C., and Johns Hopkins Urban Health Institute in Baltimore. Perhaps you want to say urine love with a kidney, or give your heart, or show someone how much you heart their guts, or maybe you’re just tired of teddy bears, chocolate and roses, but for whatever reason, stop by and pay your guts a visit!