Blink Kitty Love

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TUESDAY

We've been reading British men's magazines -- our local Borders has a high ratio of British magazines to native efforts considering the distance involved.  So we came across the collaboration between It's Nice That (apparently, a magazine) and asos (a clothing website).  We only remembered the asos part and got lost on the site (so many articles of clothing) so it kept bugging us until we went back and WROTE both names down.  Yes, all this work goes into bringing you the (roll a darn drum, please): 

Ok, we can't manage to get a screenshot (and this is why revolutions start), but click here and look for Sophie Kern's (2nd from the right).  

So for our shirt o'the week image how about a cool one we picked up from last week's Threadless sale:  Chucks.  They're down to 2XLs only, but hey, we'll be wearing ours on those adventure days.

 

 

Robot derby...we haven't really been enjoying the robot derby.  Violent, not fun, not cute.  Yes, we're having a cute week (it happens) so we bring you jasneko's Three New Laws.

Very lively, very fun and no gun play/mass destruction.  We appreciate that sometimes.

 

Alexz Johnson is trending all over Twitter, new music breaking now.  We're big fans so here's an "old" Johnson favorite of Tinker's.

 

Rock on!  

 

 

 

 

 

 

RAINBOWS

Yes, we are trying to switch the focus of St. Patrick's Day from drinking as much liquor while wearing clothing dipped in vats o' green to something else.  Why not hunting for pots of gold?  It's good exercise,  leprechauns can defend themselves and they'd have a lot of fun with anyone stupid enough to get drunk before engaging any of the wee folk in the traditional battle of wits.

 

We'll be watching The Commitments (great, great soundtrack), reading Spider Robinson's Callahan's Crosstime Saloon and its fellows and probably picking up Five Guys (burgers and fries is very nearly ancestral food, if we throw in some coleslaw for the cabbage content.)

 

We've missed the lyric game so here's a breakdown of our favorite songs from The Commitments soundtrack.

 

Ty  mood:  car watching???

"Mustang Sally now Baby - Guess you better slow the Mustang down
Your run of no return - Oh I guess you gotta put your flat feet on the ground"

"Mustang Sally"

 

Tammy  mood:  not in the ... (you know the rest)

"know you've got some sweet memories
But like a window you ain't got nothin' to say"

"I Can't Stand The Rain"

 

Tinker   mood:  helpful

"all you got to do is take my advice
you've got to hold her
don't squeeze her
never leave her"

"Try A Little Tenderness"

 

TK    mood: repetitive

"One of these mornings 
That chain is goin'a break 
But up until the-hen 
I'm goin'a take all I can take" 

"Chain of Fools"

 

T-shirt o' the week is actually a poster, Sweet Destruction, from Fresh Oven Dreams.  We'd like to destroy a few cookies ourselves.  

 

 

And from the shirt.woot Magic Derby, we opt for Huge Mistake,  a little truffleshuffle sleight of hat because:  yes, magic is scary and truffleshuffle monsters are always cool, even when they're rabbits.

 

Don't drink and drive and try not to let the leprechaun make too much of a fool of you.  Because we care -- and want a cut o' the gold ; ).  Cheers.

 

FUTURE BRIGHT

ANSWER: BLITZ!

Question:  What football players won't be doing for awhile?  Or the last half of the name of TeeBlitz, an as yet unlaunched site that plans to mix daily t-shirts and comic book artists.  They're having a win a shirt every day for a year contest.  Sign up here.

The do have one shirt up, it's not for sale, and yes, you will see @blinkkittylove listed as one of the five winners.  We don't just enter every contest but we were excited for the chance to get our hands on this robot shirt (see previous entry for more on us and robots.)

If the rest of the shirts are this cool, we'll be very happy t-shirt and comic fans.  

 

Since last week's designs we want entry was so popular (thank you, shirt.wooters, we adore you), and since every shirt.wooter has had his or her heart broken by at least two dozen designs that should have won a Derby but didn't, we're going to add Derby Design of the week, our purely personal and very varied preference.  If you want a more detailed breakdown of shirts that could have, should have won, check out thatrobert's Best Losers site. He encourages you to nominate your own.  This week's Derby: Woodland Creatures isn't our cup of tea, but we do like the Draxx and Crescent Debris collaboration, Hare vs. Bear.  Great mood mixed with excellent, raw textures.  It makes us want to pull out Usagi Yojimbo graphic novels and knock a few things exuberantly off a shelf with a Nerf Sword.  It does not make us want to go camping, unless we brought a tank with us.

 

What else can we recommend?  The Adjustment Bureau.  You'll want to sit on a bus next to Emily Blunt (or Matt Damon if he's more your type.)  And then you'll want to buy a hat.  Matt Damon still wins our Best Movie Cameo Ever award for Eurotrip  and his performance of Scottie Doesn't Know.