Hi gum chums!

Just wanted to share a Glee-ful giveaway from our friends at the publishing house Clan Thompson. 

*** FRESHEN UP YOUR SUMMER

WITH

A GLUTEN-FREE GIVE-AWAY *** 

The next *5 people* to purchase Clan Thompson’s “GLEE! An Easy Guide to Gluten-Free Independence” (by Elizabeth Atkinson) will each receive three 18-piece packs of gluten-free *GLEE* GUM as well as a coupon for more gum fun!

FOR MORE INFO on Elizabeth Atkinson’s book, “GLEE! An Easy Guide to Gluten Free Independence”, or to BUY A COPY, click here!  

 You can also ORDER by visiting Elizabeth’s website here and clicking on “www.clanthompson.com”.

Either way, just be sure to order through Clan Thompson and write “Glee Gum Giveaway” when you order!

For more info on enjoying the gluten-free lifestyle, be sure to check out Elizabeth’s GLuten-frEE GLEE! Blog right here! 

I gotta say: LOVE the book title! And I’m plum crazy abut the cover photo. Wonder if I could strike a similar pose? Might be hard without a torso… Well, here I go!

Cheerio!

Can it be? Wowee! 

Just as I predicted in our Glee Gum May-June newsletter, a certain story of chewing gum is fast becoming the most buzzed-about book of the season!

And why not, I say? Chewing gum is nothing short of fascinating!

Journalist Steve Bennett of the San Antonio Express-News recently penned a great piece about  Jennifer P. Mathews’ new book, Chicle: The Chewing Gum of the Americas, From the Ancient Maya to William Wrigley. And the article has since been re-printed in lots of other publications, including Glee Gum’s hometown paper the Pro Jo! Click here to read his great interview with Jennifer and to find out which gum she chews.  (I’m not offering any hints. None. NOT A ONE.)  

Hooray for chicle!

To refresh your memory, Chicle is an in-depth study of the development of chewing gum. Interweaving history, biology, industry and adventure, it’s guaranteed to give you lots to chew on! Here at Verve, we liked Chicle so much that we added it to our online store. Click here to check it out!

While I’m on a roll, maybe I should try my hand at predicting other things. Horoscopes, perhaps? Chances I will consume Glee Gum today? The sky’s the limit!

Of course, I didn’t predict the following recent press mentions. So I suppose that I can pretty accurately predict that I’m no oracle!

Thanks are due to Tawnya at Stylish Living for including Glee in her wedding care packages for out-of-town guests. What a way to welcome folks!

And kudos to Amy’s Stocking Stuffers for suggesting Wee Glee as a creative, fun and inexpensive stocking stuffer. You’re the best!

Lastly, if you’re a fan of Facebook, be sure to become a fan of the Glee Gum page too!

Have a great weekend, gum chums! I predict you won’t do anything I wouldn’t do… Unless, of course, you want to. Your glee is very important to me!

Since we both love Glee, I assume you’re a bit like me. Which means that you must enjoy acronyms too! Don’t you?

I mean, what’s not to love? From the useful (like SOS) to the informative (like FYI) to the colorful (like OMG), acronyms are a fun way to say a lot with just a little! 

But there’s one acronym that has confused me for years: LOHAS. I confess that I have always heard it bandied about, but have never fully understood what it is! I’m only a mascot, after all.

Well, I just learned that LOHAS stands for “Lifestyles Of Health And Sustainability.”

Who knew? Well, LOHAS Online, for one. That’s where I discovered that LOHAS is a “market segment focused on health and fitness, the environment, personal development, sustainable living, and social justice.” 

So the term applies to Verve, inc. and Glee Gum! See, a company is categorized as LOHAS when it emphasizes both economic and eco-friendly business practices. And consumers are considered LOHASian when they both buy products like organic clothing (or GLEE GUM) and support services like eco-tourism and alternative healthcare. 

It’s about corporations and individuals alike embracing healthy and sustainable choices. And it all adds up to a nifty idea that LOHAS Online calls “responsible capitalism.” Sounds a heck of a lot better than the alternative, doesn’t it?

This week, Boulder, CO hosts the annual two-day conference of LOHAS business and industry leaders. It will be neat to see what innovative new ideas they come up with! No doubt we’ll see them on the market soon.

Now, if only someone can explain to me the meaning of the phrase TTYL…

Howdy do, gum chews!

I am delighted to introduce you to a brand new product: WEE GLEE!

(And no, I did not have a Glee Baby.)

Golly gee! It's Wee Glee!

Wee Glee is Glee Gum in a nifty new form: itsy bitsy, teeny weeny pieces perfectly sized to pop by the handful. Each 1-ounce box contains a scrumptious medley of four fantastic flavors: Tangerine, Triple Berry, Bubblegum, and *new* Banana!

Did you catch that last part? I said, NEW BANANA! It’s true, it’s true; a new Glee flavor for YOU! It’s mellow, yellow, sunny and sometimes it’s the lyric in songs that are funny. Hear, hear for the brilliant, the blog-worthy BANANA! 

Wee Glee comes in cases of 8 boxes, so you can share it with all of your best gum chums. It may even help you make some new ones! For more information about Wee Glee or to place an order, just click right here. 

In the meantime… check out this great Mini Glee Variety Giveaway at the gluten-free lifestyle site, BeFreeforMe.com!

For a chance to win one of five FREE Mini Glee Variety packs, go to the post “WIN-It-Wednesday: Glee Gum”. All you need do to enter is to reply to the post with something that made you happy today. Easy-peasy! Winners will be chosen at random, and the deadline to enter is Sunday, June 14, 2009 at 12 midnight EST. So, what are ya waiting for?

In conclusion, I just want to thank 1StopMom for the bang-up review (and giveaway) of the Make Your Own Chocolate Kit!  She even included some adorable pictures of a young cacao-bean taste-tester. To check it out, click here! 

Now if you’ll excuse me, I’ve got an awful lot of Wee Glee to chew. May I suggest the same for you?

Hey gum chums! Did you know that June is National Candy Month? ‘Tis true!

Now, I know what you’re thinking: Shouldn’t every month be national candy month?

Well, yes. Unofficially-speaking, off the record, every month IS candy month. Especially if you’re a stalwart, steadfast Glee Gum-chewer!

But OFFICIALLY, June is the month when you can really, truly revel in eating all the sweet stuff. So what are you waiting for? Halloween is far away; start enjoying candy today. Take a break from the gym, but keep on your gym clothes– your candy-consumption can benefit from elastic waistbands!

To celebrate as as sweetly as possible, I say enjoy at least one treat a day. June is now your favorite month, eh?

I am really serious about this. It's Candy Month. Go eat some candy.