Welcome to Maison de Gumball

Hello fellow bloggers and gumball fans!

Obviously, this is my first post. I'm very excited about this opportunity to share my thoughts with you about one of my favorite topics: gumballs. Yes, gumballs - that saccharine globe that carries with it flashes of childhood exuberance.

The gumball has, in fact, permeated many media, and in this blog I hope to share those instances in which the gumball has attained a position as perhaps more than simple piece of candy. I have seen the gumball used as a symbol of childhood (in window displays at high-end fashion stores) and of technological process (more on that to come).

Yes, "gumball" may seem like a limited concept. In fact, you may be asking yourself: Shmoel - how the hell do you expect to sustain a blog on GUMBALLS? My friends, the answer lies in the gumball's sheer simplicity and flexibility of use. Think of a gumball not as a malleable piece of chewing rubber but instead as our civilization's progress. Current and future uses of the gumball will reveal the inner-workings of a complex and evolving society - one that turned a rock into a wheel and wound up with the car. Perhaps in a pink, 1 inch sphere lies the future of our very way of life.

Wow, I drifted a little off topic. Honestly, this blog will be a space for anything gumball - and that generally implies fun (and not philosophy -- interesting side-note: did Nietzsche chew gum? or, better yet, did Nietzsche blow bubbles?).

Now, please - grab a chair. Sit back, and enjoy. And, WELCOME to Maison de Gumball.