Excerpt from this month’s RonandJoe.com Newsletter: Upon reading the above headline and reviewing the graphic to the right, I know the glee you must be feeling. Not about our 50% OFF (almost) EVERYTHING SALE (although that’s pretty good, I guess.) But because I’ve finally found a way to get Ron out of the way. He was really cluttering up things, don’t you think? Especially our logo! WHAT an eyesore. (Note: For those of you who actually like Ron, don’t get your knickers in a bundle. He’ll be back in March. Pretty much about the same time that this sale will be ending. Coincidence? I think not. Remember: Ron’s the cheap one. So you’d better do your Ron and Joe shopping this month! Make that your Joe shopping. Because none of this would be happening if HE were around.)

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We, Ron and Joe, were in the mood for a little silliness today (as opposed to most days when we’re pretty much all business). Meet Chip, Oakley, Macy, Maggie and Max – the most recent additions to our Silly Pets page. Here’s what their Aunt Jen had to say when she sent us their photo: “I recently took a water color class and wanted to surprise my sister by painting her dogs. So I asked her to send me a picture of all of them together. The only way she could get them all to sit (well actually stand) nicely next to one another was to stand in her bathtub while holding a treat. They focused on the baby carrot while she snapped the pic.” We salute you and your sisiter, Jen. You two spared no effort in bringing a little more silliness into the world. We, Ron and Joe, will sleep a little better tonight because you did. Woof.

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We, Ron and Joe, have no idea what “pig in a poke” means. We don’t even know what a poke is (do they have those in the suburbs?). All we’ve determined is that when a pig’s in a poke it’s a bad thing. Which is why it’s strange that we, Ron and Joe, are even bringing it up here. Guess that’s the downfall of stream of consciousness marketing. Let’s try this again:

HURRY! Until January 31 you can get $100 off an Art Parts 3D Parts CD! 40 Joe sculptures of Business & Travel objects which have been photographed and saved with embedded paths. Perfect for use as spot images.  And you’ll get them all on CD for only $89! Well, heck, that’s better than a poke in the eye.

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As you no doubt already know, we, Ron and Joe, give and give. It’s who we are. It’s how we’re made. This month we are giving you the gift of constructive criticism. New Year’s Resolutions, if you will. And we, Ron and Joe, really hope that you will. Because we’ve noticed a few areas where we’re sure you can improve over this upcoming year. Nothing too big. Just a few things which will make you more apt to be invited to one of our cocktail parties. Oh, and we’re also giving away 10 free Art Parts images to help you visualize the new 2010 version of you. We know, it’s very kind of us.

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As you look at these now available greeting cards you may be wondering if we, Ron and Joe, have any moral boundaries. We do, of course. They just aren’t immediately obvious to the casual observer. For instance, after reading the fronts of these Hanukkah and Christmas Cards, it would be easy to assume that we, Ron and Joe, are just going for the cheap (actually, $2.49) laugh. And that’s when you need to look just a little bit deeper. For, if you actually open the card, you’ll find these heartwarming, life-affirming messages:

Here’s to a happy and healthy Hanukkah!

…the Traditional Christmas Buttcracker.

You may either e-mail us your apologies, or rush out to Target® or Walgreens® and buy these cards. Then you’ll feel much better about judging us, Ron and Joe, just a little too quickly.

We, Ron and Joe, aren’t the greatest at picking out gifts. So, as you can imagine, this season can be difficult for us. But this year we’ve nailed it! We’ve come up with the perfect gift which no one has, but everyone – including you – will want! Why? Because it will change your life. Just look at these before and after pictures. If our holiday gift can do this for a low-class farm animal, just imagine what it can do for you! Woof.

So what is this gift, you ask? And what do you have to do to get it? Why it’s THE INCREDIBLE DRESSABLE CHICKEN! And all you have to do to receive this life-changing gift is click on the link below to visit our December Freebie o’ the Month page. Guess we, Ron and Joe, didn’t lay an egg this year.

Ron and Joe’s December Freebie o’ the Month

We, Ron and Joe, received this e-mail yesterday and just had to share it.

Were you at our house for Thanksgiving around 32 years ago? The reason I ask is that Thanksgiving dinner that year looked very much like your tofurkey card. My husband Larry Dew (Dewey) had gathered his parents, his sisters and their young families and our young daughters around the table for the prayer before dinner. Suddenly, he dropped his pants much to the amusment – dismay – of those of us who witnessed the act. It seems that he had a 9-volt battery in his pant pocket which made contact with a coin causing a great deal of heat. The easiest way to relieve the discomfort was to drop the pants which is exactly what he did. (The pant pocket was actually scorched.) This has become part of the Dew family folklore. The story is retold each year as we gather around the Thanksgiving table.

You can imagine our surprise and delight when we discovered your Dewey non-traditional Thanksgiving card. We bought out all that our local Target had and have sent them to those who witnessed the original event.

Thought you’d enjoy the story. Thanks for the terrific card.

And thank you for sending along this great story, Judy. Happy Thanksgiving!

If somebody asks you: What do you want for Christmas, more Ron? Answer with a resounding “YES!” Because, up until the end o’ the year, we, Ron and Joe, are offering up our very popular CD-RON 3 for only $69! Yep, over 700 Art Parts images can be yours for $100 below our regular price. Wait a minute. Doesn’t that work out to less than 10¢ per image?! Why, as a matter of fact, it does! How could you say no? Say, yes, more Ron!

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It’s not unusual for us, Ron and Joe, to be confused. Heck, it’s kind of a lifestyle really. But this gets to us every year: You wake up one morning and you realize that it’s not summer anymore. And that the Holidays start, like, tomorrow. How does this happen?! We, Ron and Joe, have never figured it out. But we have to learned to accept the fact gracefully. By gracefully we mean that we’ve stopped running around in circles screaming Santa’s name in vain. Well, we still run in circles. We just stir the cookie dough while we’re doing it. People underestimate how productive panic can be. We’ve also realized that if we just start giving gifts away indiscriminately it greatly lessens the stress shopping for one particular occasion. Which segues neatly to this…

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We, Ron and Joe, are proud as the proverbial peanut to announce that dare! (a design studio in the UK) has won Gold in the Roses Design Awards (Packaging Design category). Why are we proud? Because we created an illustration which is a part of this golden design for Longue-Dog wine by Boutinot Ltd.

Actually, we, Ron and Joe, have been acquainted with Debbie and Simon of dare! for a few years now. We originally met them (not in person, unfortunately) when they used one of our Art Parts clip art images on another award-winning design of theirs for Boutinot: Chat-en-Oeuf wine. We only hope that Longue-Dog gets as much attention as that chat!

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