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Today is November’s Supermurgitroid Robot Day! (2025)

Supermurgitroid R Day cover image - a round robot with a pink heart and purple letter "R" on their chest holds onto a purple letter "R" the same size as them.
| Leslie Born

Let’s make a new friend!

Introducing Supermurgitroid Do-Gooder Robot No. 177

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It’s R Day my friends, and I would like to introduce you to Supermurgitroid Do-Gooder Robot No. 177.

When Robot No. 177 came through the portal and saw that Robot No. 174 is still making pies from their gigantic pumpkin they couldn’t contain their excitement. They started beeping and booping and buzzing about the kitchen talking about how they’d heard of these things called “pies” and how humans have such strong opinions about them and what goes into them and how everyone has their own recipe and they’re all a bit different and how in some places you could even win a blue ribbon for a good pie!

I wasn’t sure we’d ever be able to calm Robot No. 177 down enough to answer some of the questions that were streaming out of them, let alone to sit down and look at a pie. They’re now busy reading through all my cookbooks learning all about baking and pies especially. Every once in a while, they talk to themselves and I can hear them saying things like, “A savoury pie, what?!” as they lean in closer, or “I wonder if coating the crust with chocolate….”

I love how voracious their curiosity is and I’m so glad that once they’re done with my cookbook collection we have the library we can go to! And because they have learned so much about food, they’ve decided to be a Do-Gooder for World Central Kitchen.

Join the Supermurgitroid family, where every robot has a story, and every story inspires change.

Take care and thank you for being here,

Leslie

Today is October’s Supermurgitroid Robot Day! (2025)

Supermurgitroid R Day cover image - a round robot with a pink heart and purple letter "R" on their chest holds onto a purple letter "R" the same size as them.
| Leslie Born

Let’s make a new friend!

Introducing Supermurgitroid Do-Gooder Robot No. 174

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It’s R Day my friends, and I would like to introduce you to Supermurgitroid Do-Gooder Robot No. 174.

Do-Gooder Robot No. 174 is quiet, and is often more of an observer and introvert than in the middle of all the excitement. They quietly came through the portal one day, and are always pleasant and kind, but sometimes it’s a bit easy to miss them if you don’t really see them because they are so quiet. They often follow us along and just take everything in.

Before Halloween, Robot No. 49 and Robot No. 173 were deep in Halloween preparations, and sent a bunch of robots out to the pumpkin patch to get the best possible pumpkins. Somehow it got missed that Robot No. 174 wasn’t with the bunch when they returned.

Turns out Robot No. 174 had gone deep into the patch where the biggest pumpkins were and was deep in thought thinking about all the amazing possibilities these pumpkins held. They missed when everyone else was coming back. Which, actually worked out for them, because they were able to spend so much time deciding which pumpkin was the best. They weren’t upset when they’d realized the others had left, they just started walking home with their gigantic pumpkin.

Unfortunately, we had to break it to Robot No. 174 that they’d missed Halloween, and all the pumpkins had been carved. They looked a little disappointed, but shrugged their shoulders and said that it would still make the best pumpkin treats – like pie, doughnuts, and pudding!

Robot No. 174 wants to be a Do-Gooder for World Central Kitchen so everyone can have good food to make them feel good when they need it the most.

Supermurgitroid Robot No. 174 is available on Threadless Artist Shop ! Join the Supermurgitroid family, where every robot has a story, and every story inspires change.

Take care and thank you for being here,

Leslie

Today is July’s Supermurgitroid Robot Day! (2025)

Supermurgitroid R Day cover image - a round robot with a pink heart and purple letter "R" on their chest holds onto a purple letter "R" the same size as them.
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Introducing Supermurgitroid Do-Gooder Robot No. 77

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It’s R Day my friends, and I would like to introduce you to Supermurgitroid Robot No. 77.

I know when Robot No. 77 has been editing the grocery list—there’s always butter, chocolate chips, and oats added. It’s really hard to not pick the items up though, Robot No. 77 is a very sweet robot, who has a very sweet tooth! 

Plus, they always help make the cookies, and it’s a lot of fun making cookies for our very full household! There’s always lots of giggles and lots of music. We end up having big conversations about what the best cookie flavour is, and who makes the best peanut butter, and whether fruit belongs in cookies or not.

We hadn’t fully explained the tradition of leaving cookies out for Santa on Christmas Eve to Robot No. 77 though. They ended up eating Santa’s cookies because they cannot resist a good cookie right out of the oven, especially when there’s a cold glass of milk to accompany it!

And that’s why Robot No. 77 wants to be a Do-Gooder for World Central Kitchen, so everyone has cookies when they need them the most.

Supermurgitroid Robot No. 77 is available on Threadless Artist Shop ! Join the Supermurgitroid family, where every robot has a story, and every story inspires change.

Take care and thank you for being here,

Leslie

Today is November’s Supermurgitroid Robot Day! (2024)

Supermurgitroid R Day cover image - a round robot with a pink heart and purple letter "R" on their chest holds onto a purple letter "R" the same size as them.
| Leslie Born

Introducing Do-Gooder Supermurgitroid Robot No. 151

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It’s R Day my friends, and I would like to introduce Supermurgitroid Robot No. 151 who is a Do-Gooder for World Central Kitchen.

Not long after Do-Gooder Robot No. 151 arrived, we were walking in one of our neighbourhoods with a lot of little boutiques, they stopped mid-step in front of one of the windows. I almost missed they’d stopped it happened so fast!

They were stuck in awe for a moment, and almost couldn’t hear me asking what was so good. But then I saw we were in front of a bakery with a big display of doughnuts. They had all the flavours you could imagine, plus a few more! So many colours and textures!

Robot No. 151 begged me to go inside so we could get some. The smell inside was so comforting, I was a bit sad that robots can’t smell, but seeing the look on Robot No. 151’s face told me they didn’t miss out on anything!

We got a box of doughnuts to take home and show the others. The whole way, Robot No. 151 kept the box lid open and inspected each doughnut with such admiration and awe. When I told them doughnuts were a bit of a luxury, they were aghast. And that’s when they decided to be a Do-Gooder for World Central Kitchen, so that everyone can have good comforting food when they need it the most.

Do-Gooder Supermurgitroid Robot No. 151 is available on Threadless Artist Shop and on my Square site as a art print, a greeting card, and other items! Join the Supermurgitroid family, where every robot has a story, and every story inspires change.

Take care and thank you for being here,

Leslie

Today is July’s Supermurgitroid Robot Day! (2023)

Supermurgitroid R Day cover image - a round robot with a pink heart and purple letter "R" on their chest holds onto a purple letter "R" the same size as them.
| Leslie Born

Introducing Supermurgitroid Robot No. 114

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Please let me introduce my friend, Do-Gooder Supermurgitroid Robot No. 114!

Do-Gooder Robot No. 114 is a quiet robot, and in our quiet house, sometimes it’s easy to lose them. However, I’ve learned that the first place to look is the kitchen. They’re usually pouring over my large cookbook collection, or (even better) baking up something sweet and delicious!

While they don’t say much, their sweet treats say everything. They are warm, gooey, delicious, sweet, and unctuous. You can taste the love that has been put into them. They don’t need to be exceptionally talkative when their actions do all the talking.

One of the things I love most about Robot No. 114 is that if they see anyone in the house having a struggle, they drop everything and bake up that robot’s favourite treat!

A bit ago, there was a storm and it left some people without power, and the first thing Robot No. 114 did was bake up some bread and treats to take to them. They said we were lucky to be spared, so we needed to help those who weren’t so lucky.

Do-Gooder Robot No. 114 wants to ensure that everyone has the food they need during scary times like in the wake of natural disasters, a donation is made to World Central Kitchen when they go to a new kitchen. So please help them find their way to your kitchen by visiting my Threadless Artist Shop!

Take care,

Leslie

Celebrating World Robot Day 2023

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What is World Robot Day?

On July 2 each year, the world comes together to celebrate robots. Now, I know that this is a bit of a hot topic right now with how strong AI is getting, however, I’ve got a different view since I have over 100 friends who are robots.

Why am I celebrating World Robot Day?

I want to you, and all of my Supermurgitroid Robot friends! My Supermurgitroid Robot friends each have a mission to bring joy, whimsy, and a smile to your day — if that’s not something to celebrate, I don’t know what is!

How are We Celebrating?

My friends, Robot No. 3 and Do-Gooder Robot No. 7, and I would like to help make your mornings extra special by giving you a new mug and magnet to enjoy! I’ve got a special World Robot Day Giveaway contest open on Instagram right now until July 2. (Do-Gooder Robot No. 7 donates a portion of their proceeds to World Central Kitchen – so not only will your mornings be brighter, but someone else’s will be too!)

Want to know how to win this awesome prize pack?

Head to Instagram, find me, follow me, like the post, and add a comment where you tag a friend who you think needs some awesome robots in their life! Easy peasy right?

While You’re Here

Did you know that you can sign up to get my super fun R Day stories sent right to your email inbox each R Day? AND you’ll get them before anyone else does? Add your email below and never miss a Robot’s story again!

And speaking of R Day stories, did you know I wrote a book? I compiled the stories of my first 100 robot friends into a picture book so that they could each be enjoyed together. So if you want to be ahead of everyone else, and know the R Day stories before they get posted each month, check out my book on Amazon!

If you are interested in what else I have cooking, head over to my Threadless Artist Shop and see all of my fun designs that you can get on all sorts of fabulous items.

As always, I truly appreciate that you are here, I’m so grateful you are on this journey with me!

Take care,

Leslie

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Today is June’s Supermurgitroid Robot Day! (2023)

Supermurgitroid R Day cover image - a round robot with a pink heart and purple letter "R" on their chest holds onto a purple letter "R" the same size as them.
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Introducing Supermurgitroid Robot No. 17

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Please let me introduce you to my Supermurgitroid friend, Robot No. 17!

Robot No. 17 burst into my kitchen on the first day we met, they had a piece of paper in their hand and were waving it about and talking so fast I had to quickly catch up. They knew they were the seventeenth robot to come through, and they knew there were many others to come, and they claimed my pantry was lacking!

The paper they were waggling about was a grocery list and meal menu for the next few weeks! They were insisting on coming to the butcher with me, and were telling me how they’d researched different markets for us to go and get specific ingredients. My jaw was on the floor and I thought for more than a moment that they were just being overly critical of my shopping and cooking skills.

I realized though that they truly believe food is love, and their way of taking care of all of us was to feed us. To feed our souls, our brains, and our bellies. If we are nurtured by the food we eat, then we will have all we need for our day.

Because Robot No. 17 wants to ensure that everyone has the food they need, a donation is made to World Central Kitchen when they go to a new kitchen. So please help them find their way to your kitchen by visiting my Threadless Artist Shop!

Take care,

Leslie

Today is November’s Supermurgitroid Robot Day!

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Introducing Supermurgitroid Robot No. 14

Please let me introduce you to my Supermurgitroid friend, Do-Gooder Robot No. 14!

Robot No. 14 heard sports are happening right now. Football, soccer, curling, hockey: they don’t mind watching all of it with you. They want to make sure that they are the biggest cheerleader.

The biggest cheerleader – of your snack table. They’ll try to recreate the long-lost spicy chili recipe that has been a legend in their family. They’ll even make pimento cheese rolls! They’ll make sure there is something spicy, sweet, sour, savoury and of course all of it will be delicious.

Really, it all comes down to their belief that food is love, and they want you to enjoy your favourite sport with really good food. And they want to help spread that good too. As a Do-Gooder, whenever they go to a new home, a portion of their proceeds are donated to World Central Kitchen!

If you would like to help spread some good, you can take them home from any of these shops: Threadless Artist Shop or Art of Where.

Take care,

Leslie