Preshrunk

Much like the Pro account I once had, it would seem that my blue Blogger tee and hoodie are now relics. In their place, the Google store is offering two new shirts - a fitted brown tee and a ringer style gym shirt. Both feature the newer, more friendly rounded Blogger logo.

I really wish I could get one in blue though. While I look okay in brown, I really seem to shine in blue.

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Much like Kevin Smith grew up watching "Degrassi", I grew up watching "Saved By The Bell". The week to week adventures of Zack Morris and the rest of the Bayside gang got me thru many boring Saturdays.

Actually, if I can be honest for a second I'll tell you why I really watched "Saved By The Bell". The truth is, I was going thru puberty and Kelly Kapowski gave me chub. Hell, she still does. And now all I can think about is Tiffani Amber Thiessen in a cheerleader's uniform...

It always seems to come down to the base instincts with me, doesn't it?

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About a month ago I talked with Margaret Lyons from TimeOut Chicago. She wanted to do a little blurb on our goofy little weblog, so we chatted on the phone for roughly 20 minutes. I was a bit excited about the whole thing, but I wasn't sure when the article would make its way to print. Well, the mail just arrived with a copy of issue number 1, we're in it...

Add www.preshrunk.info to your bookmark bar right now because you're going to be checking it constantly. Every day, Jason Cosper scours the net for interesting, unusual, funny or just plain rockin' T-shirts, and posts a picture, description and a link with prices. From the weird ("Welcome squid overlords") to the quirky ("Bacon is a vegetable") to the sleek-design-geeky ("Futura," written in, you guessed it, Futura font), Preshrunk's got your tastes, and your torso, covered.

Cosper has been pleasantly surprised by how popular his site has become only two months after its launch. "I really love T-shirts, and I think people appreciate that." He says the budding trend of narrowcasting - writing about one really specific topic - has contributed to Preshrunk's success. "When you want advice on something, you go to someone passionate about it," he says. "It seems that when people want advice on a T-shirt, they give me a holler."

You said some very nice stuff there, Margaret. Thanks for the coverage! Your bribe should be arriving in the mail within the week.

Now here's something you don't see every day... A squirrel playing the drums.

But I do. Every day...

Seriously, my girlfrend trained a squirrel to play the drums. Sure, it's cute at first. But after a while it's like, "Christ, can't you teach that thing something else?" I mean, if it played the drums and washed the dishes, I'd probably be a bit less bitter about it. *shrug*

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Despite running all the "I [heart] whatever" shirts, I'm a "fuck Urban Outfitters" sort of guy. If I had my way, the streets of Silverlake and Williamsburg would run red with the blood of UO wearing hipsters. Oh, what a sweet day that would be...

This one from Cat and Girl is a take on all of those hideous tees with horrible state related puns. Why inform people that Montana got a big ol' Butte when you can let them know that Virginia was admitted to statehood in 1788? That seems much more sensible to me...

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Were I actually capable of comprehending French and converting dollars to euros, I'd be all over this tee from La Fraise. Unfortunately, I'm an ignorant American pig.

C'est la vie, I guess.

Anyhow, don't you just love it when communist figureheads and internet acronyms come together? I know I do. Hell, this shirt makes me LOL so hard my WTF KTHXBYE'd. And that's saying a lot...

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I'm probably one of roughly twelve straight men in the world that gets retarded over Paul Frank's gear. Yes, most of it is made for and worn by pre-teen girls. But I don't care...

For his Spring 2005 collection, Paul Frank has done a collaboration with hot dog and baloney magnate Oscar Mayer. Shirts, belt buckles, purses and wallets are all emblazoned with the company's classic Wienermobile. Which is one of the best mobile pieces of Googie art that I've ever seen. Yes, it may be sort of "corporate whore" of me to link this, but it is my weblog. So neener.

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People complain that a lot of the tees we feature are too expensive. So in the interest of pandering to all the cheapskates in the house, we've got this number from Y-Que that clocks in at a mere $12.00. And for the people who fret over the fact that we rarely feature anything over XL, you'll be glad to know that it's available in sizes up to 3XL.

Now before we go any further, I'm proud to say that I own this shirt. It's always nice to be able to review something that I've actually worn. My favorite thing to do is to wear it to the video store and say things like "'Fear and Loathing' is checked out? Guess we'll have to download it when we get home." or "I'd just grab this online, but it's so hard to find a torrent for 'Dolemite'." The clerks really don't think I'm very funny. Well, save for the one that offered to send me an invite to the private tracker that he's on. But that's another post for another blog...

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+ Mack Williams writes:

I know you've linked Diesel Sweeties before, but they are doing this cool thing where they have a 3-way t-shirt death match. The shirt with the most orders gets added to their permanent list of shirts.

My personal favorite is "I'm not going to waste my time debating with you. Does this look like the internet?", even if it is a bit wordy.

+ Congrats to Defamer for winning Best New Weblog at the 2005 Bloggies. If it wasn't for the fact that our boy Lev works on Gizmodo, we'd challenge the whole Gawker media camp to a steel cage match.

But since there's one of us and a lot of them, a jello wrestling match with Wonkette will do. You hear that Ana Marie Cox? We're calling you out!

I am such a hypocrite. Last week, I pissed and moaned over a $32 shirt. This week, I'm linking a $35 one. And I like it. Perhaps I don't like it enough to part with $35, but I am still linking it, aren't I?

But Built By Wendy has overhead. I mean, how much do you think having David Cross model your clothes runs? A lot, I'm sure. Besides, this runners number influnced tee includes saftey pins. Not silkscreened saftey pins, real ones. That sort of attention to detail has to count for something.

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