Tpyo

On this date in 1983 the only known typo appears on Time Magazine's cover — contol instead of control. All copies were recalled.

This graphic Error Sign Value T-Shirt is from CafePress.com's Error Sign by Squared shop.

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On the Planet

The planet Uranus is discovered on this day in 1781 by William Herschel.

This simple graphic representing that planet's alchemical astrological symbol (it appears on the back of the shirt, as well) — more Uranus Symbol wares here — is from the Space & Planetary Symbols zone of the CafePress.com self-explanatory Symbols on Stuff shop — "Logos, icons, avatars, emoticons."

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Sign of the Times

Today is the birthday of American Beat poet and novelist Jack Kerouac, born in Lowell, Massachusetts in 1922. His seminal novel, On the Road, (written in 1951; published in 1957), was legendarily written in three weeks on one continuous roll of Teletype paper. His writing style has been the inspiration of countless writers and artists.

This wittily appropriate On The Road T-Shirt — further Road gear here — is from the Humorous Signs section in the Street Signs division of the CafePress.com Mike and Dan T-Shirts shop.

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Spring Ahead, Fall Back

Daylight Savings Time begins today.

Remind everyone with this sunny Save Daylight! Messenger Bag from the CafePress.com Save Daylight! shop.

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Cash Money

On this date in 1862 the United States issues the first paper money in $5, $10, $20, $50, $100, $500 and $1000 denominations.

Flash a dollar sign around with this Long Sleeve T-Shirt from the singularly oriented CafePress.com Cash shop.

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Press here...

Today is Panic Day!

Make your panic portable with this Panic Button Mini Button — additional panic wares here — from the Random Shirts of Brilliance zone of the CafePress.com Tshirt d'Art shop — "Eclectic Designs and Humor Slogans."

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Up Up and Away!

On this day in 1972 the Goodyear blimp makes its first flight.

Mark the moment with this charming and colorful Zep Antique Cigar Label Kids T-Shirt — more ZEP wares here — from the Trains Planes Automobiles area of the expansive and lovely CafePress.com Lunagirl Victorian and Vintage Images shop.

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Don't Start

Today marks the end of National Procrastination Week, something that ordinarily would be celebrated in a day but in this case obviously has to take an entire week. For some the celebration will never end.

Show your tendencies with this clever Procrastinators Anonymous We Meet Later Baseball Jersey — additional procrastination goods here — from the All Sorts Of Funny Stuff department in the Humor division of CafePress.com's Blue House Shoppe — "Something for Everyone!"

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Arrghh!!

Today in 1921 police in Sunbury, Pennsylvania issue an edict requiring women to wear skirts ending at least 4 inches below the knee. On this day in 1951 the trial of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg begins. Both historical events make me want to shout. Perhaps Susan Birmingham felt the same way when on this date in 1982 she makes the loudest recorded human shout — 120 decibels.

Wear a silent scream with this Trompe L'mouth White T-Shirt — more shouting here — from the Trompe L'oeil department of the CafePress.com Vicevoices ("Online Jubilee of Wonderment!") shop — some adult humor available.

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Staple

On this date in 1868 the stapler is patented in England by C. H. Gould.

To mark the occasion you can wear this Milton's Stapler Yellow T-Shirt — more Stapler wares here — from CafePress.com's Jackass Tees! shop — "a ton of funny, offensive, and all around ridiculous tees for your wearing pleasure."

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Service With a Smile

WE ARE HAPPY
TO SERVE YOU

Today is Stop Bad Service Day.

Begin the campaign with this lovely We Are Happy To Serve You Mug displaying the Greek-inspired coffee cup found in a typical New York City diner — additional items bearing this image here — from the Party & Funny Gear department of the CafePress.com MySpace shirts, MySpace.com Lover Numa Numa Dance shop. Some adult items on board.

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Baloney!

Today we celebrate National Cold Cuts Day!

Strut your luncheon meat stuff with this Bologna is my friend Baseball Jersey — more bologna-wear here — from the CafePress.com So-Wrong-Shirts shop — " T-Shirts So Wrong, They're Right!" Some offensive and/or adult humor items present. No bologna!

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Cat/Hat

Today is Read Across America Day. It is also the birthday of Theodor Seuss Geisel a k a Dr. Seuss, American writer and cartoonist renowned for his children's books including the beloved classics The Cat in the Hat and Green Eggs and Ham.

Celebrate with this I Read Messenger Bag from the very literate CafePress.com Reading is Cool shop.

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Human

Today marks the birthdays of two notable African-Americans — writer and scholar Ralph Ellison (1914), author of Invisible Man, and singer, actor and social activist Harry Belafonte (1927). On this date in 1790 the first US census is authorized.

This smackdown of a census question, a Race: Human Women's Long Sleeve Dark T-Shirt — additional shirts along this line here — is from the Biracial Pride area of CafePress.com's racially proud Mo Said It — Now What? shop.

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Pocketful

Pockets were invented on this day in 1590.

Observe this earth-moving invention with a Pocket Protector Long Sleeve T-Shirt from the small but determined CafePress.com Pocket Protector shop.

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Take Two

Today we mark No Brainer Day. And, if your no-brainer happens to have a headache luckily you can remedy the situation with aspirin (a k a acetylsalicylic acid), the patent for which is received by German chemist Felix Hoffman on this date in 1900.

Scream your relief from the rooftops with this ASPIRIN Tablet Dark T-Shirt — more pain-soothing merchandise here — from the WACKY HUMOR, NON-CONFORMIST zone of the very large and often irreverent and naughty CafePress.com The Sticker Wizard shop — "candid, humorous, provocative."

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Notes from the Underground

On this day in 1870 the first New York City subway line opens.

Observe the occasion with this Vintage Subway Sign Mousepad, an example of the vintage transit designs found in the CafePress.com Take the A-Train shop.

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Bang!

It's Quiet Day. In an interesting counterpoint — on this date in 1836 Samuel Colt receives a patent for his "six-shooter" revolving gun.

This wittily designed Shh Women's V-Neck Dark T-Shirt — more Shh wares here (in the Black Tees corridor) and here (in the Attitude stuff, Part 1 area) — is from CafePress.com's The Shady Monkey shop. Shh! — don't tell anyone but it contains some adult items.

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White Teeth

LOOSE LIPS MAY
SINK SHIPS,
BUT WHITE
TEETH CAN WIN
A WAR!

KEEP 'EM BRUSHED
and brushed right!

Today in 1938 DuPont introduces the first commercial product to be made with nylon yarn — a nylon bristled toothbrush. And, from the Department of Propaganda, on this date in 1942 The Voice of America begins its radio broadcasts.

These two events are mysteriously intertwined via the whimsical and surreal design on this Dental Hygiene Tote Bag, capturing "the feel of a WWII-era propaganda poster" — the entire series can be found here — from the Wacky Words division of the stuffed-to-the-gills CafePress.com Barry's World shop — "Wacky Surreal & Wholly Unique Gifts" — whose work I featured on November 10, 2006.

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Doggie-Style

Why, thank you!
a treat would
be perfect
just about now!

We celebrate International Dog Biscuit Appreciation Day with this witty I would like a treat Dog T-Shirt — likeminded products for human beings here — from the Enter for Dog Merchandise dog run of the hiptastic CafePress.com Pocketlama Productions shop — some irreverent and adult humor wares to be found. Cave Canem!

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Nickel and Dime

Today in 1879 Frank Winfield Woolworth opens his first "5¢ & 10¢" store in Utica, New York.

Woolworth's is long gone but you can still pay tribute to the concept of affordable goods with this 10 Cents Each Jr. Baby Doll T-Shirt — more 10 Cents Each gear here — from the Novelty Tees zone of the CafePress.com Humor Slogan Shirts shop — "Design You Can Wear." Some adult humor products on board and things will run you upwards of 5¢ & 10¢.

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Plop Plop Fizz Fizz

The stomach-soothing, headache and hangover remedy Alka Seltzer is introduced on this day in 1931.

Commemorate that glorious and indispensable invention with this Pop-Arty looking Alka Seltzer Baseball Jersey from the petite but ever so stylish CafePress.com Drip Drip Drip shop.

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Hand Bag

On this day in 1872 Luther Crowell patents a machine that manufactures paper bags.

This cartoony Paper Bag Hand Puppet Infant Bodysuit is from the small but well-designed CafePress.com Fun Knee Stuff shop — speaking of paper, I especially like their Pencils Journal.

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HB2uM!

Today is cause for celebration — it's my best friend Marc's birthday!

Marc and I go back to when we both wore short pants. He is handsome, accomplished, brilliant, a creative genius, and one of the funniest people you'd be most happy to meet. He is a loving husband, a devoted father and a generous friend. He has always supported me, through thick and thin. Thank you Marc, for being my friend. I’m forever honored to be yours and ever grateful that we met. I love you! Have a groovy day! xoxoxo

This Super Marc Baseball Jersey — the entire Super Marc line here — is from the Super Boy division (you name him and he is there) of CafePress.com's chock-full of love and support Giggle Wiggles shop.

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Oh Yoko!

Today is the birthday of Japanese-born poet, performance/conceptual artist, happening-maker, experimental filmmaker, singer, peace and humanitarian activist Yoko Ono, known also for being married to John Lennon. Her seminal 1964 conceptual artwork Grapefruit, a book of instructions and drawings (reissued in 1971 by Simon & Shuster), was composed of surreal, Zen-like directives to be completed in the mind of the reader:

CLOUD PIECE
Imagine the clouds dripping.
Dig a hole in your garden to
put them in.

Pay homage to this influential artist with a Red Grapefruit T-Shirt from the small but sweet and juicy CafePress.com Red Grapefruit Fruit Art Painting Gift shop.

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Pay it Forward

It's Random Acts of Kindness Day!

Start spreading the word with the very young through this Be Nice Bib — more products conveying this sentiment here — from the B listings of the full, fun and very frolicking CafePress.com LabelMakers shop — "no introductions are necessary, when you're already wearing a label."

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Saluton!

I speak Esperanto like a native.

Today in 1905 the first Esperanto club organizes in Boston. Developed by Polish ophthalmologist Dr. Ludovic Lazarus Zamenhof, Esperanto is the most widely spoken constructed international language. The word itself means 'one who hopes' — Dr. Zamenhof's goal was to create an easy flexible language to be used as a universal second language, in the process fostering peace and international understanding. No country has officially adopted Esperanto though there are approximately one thousand native speakers.

This tongue-in-cheek I speak Esperanto like a native Yellow T-Shirt — other items on this theme here — is from the Work, School, Life In General section of the sassy CafePress.com T's Me NOW! shop — "Irreverent Imprints For Individuals."

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Dreams

On this date in 1967 Bill Carskadon of Chicago has the longest dream on record during REM sleep — two hours and twenty-three minutes. Speaking of dreamers, today in 1967 John Lennon passes his driving test. And, speaking of driving, on this day in 1936 Adolf Hitler announces the building of Volkswagens, which allegedly started the Slug Bug game — an in-the-car pastime of VWs and hitting: upon spotting a VW Beetle you punch everyone close to you and yell "Slug Bug! No returns!!" meaning the slugged party cannot return the gesture and if they break that rule you get to hit them again. The person who slugs the most people wins. Nice. I'm sure Mr. Hitler would have liked that.

I found this Dream about: Slugbug White T-Shirt — variations here — in the I Dream About area of the CafePress.com Hobby Hut shop, where you can dream about any hobby, within and well beyond the imagination. Have fun!

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Big Red Heart

Can I
DE"PEND"
on you
VALENTINE?

Today is Valentine's Day!

Celebrate with this sweet De"Pend" On You Baseball Jersey showing a romantically inclined and propped on his nib Mr. Fountain Pen with his sweetheart Miss Inkwell (Freud, anyone?) — more items with this beautifully colored antique postcard image here — from the VALENTINES FOR WRITERS drawer of the groovily retro writer-oriented CafePress.com Please Write shop — "Proclaim your passion with cool gear and gifts especially for writers!" I have featured their awesome output previously, on January 1, 2007.

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Going Up

On this day in 1935 a Flemington, New Jersey jury finds Bruno Hauptmann guilty in the 1932 kidnapping and first-degree murder of aviator Charles Lindbergh's 21-month old son. A key piece of evidence in the trial was a handmade ladder, supposedly used in the kidnapping, which matched wood and carpentry equipment found in Hauptmann's home.

This Ladder Journal 1, perfect for writing ransom notes — the image is also on a Green T-Shirt — is from the resplendent and well-designed CafePress.com Peacemeal shop.

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1 cent

Abraham Lincoln is born on this day in 1809. Not so coincidentally today is also National Lost Penny Day, where everyone frantically chases down small copper coins bearing President Lincoln's image.

Show you're made of money with this nicely designed Lincoln Wheat Double-Sided Baseball Jersey (heads on the front; tails on the back) — additional items with this coin-flip here — from the Lincoln Wheat Penny department in the Simply Coins division of the to-the-point CafePress.com NumisGear shop — "premiere products for the coin hobbyist." Save your loose change for their nice offerings.

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Wahhhhh!

Today we celebrate Don't Cry Over Spilled Milk Day as well as White T-Shirt Day!

Kill two birdies with one stone with this charming Cry Over Spilled Milk Infant/Toddler T-Shirt — other crying gear here — from the New Designs area of CafePress.com's Baby Core Clothing shop which does, in fact, contain some adult humor wares. It's also National Shut-in Visitation Day, if you'd like to come see me.

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It's Raining Men

Today is Umbrella Day. On this date in 1863 P.T. Barnum stages the wedding of Tom Thumb and his tiny bride, Mercy Lavinia Warren, in New York City.

This beautiful and surreal Rainy Day Tote Bag, depicting an umbrella shielding a house whose size befits Mr. and Mrs. Thumb — more items for a Rainy Day here — is from the super groovy and colorful CafePress.com Pop Krispies Pop Art T-Shirts shop which describes this image as "perfect for a rainy day visit to the Magritte Museum. Take an umbrella."

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Open Mouths

Toothache Fiends Move Out Quickly

Today is Toothache Day! Perhaps because this date also marks the founding of Hershey's Chocolate in 1894. Speaking of things going into or coming out of the oral cavity: On this day in 1891 the first shipment of asparagus arrives in San Francisco from Sacramento; Thomas School of Germany becomes the fastest yodeler — 22 tones/15 falsetto in one second — on this date in 1992; The Beatles make their first appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show today in 1964 and the Portuguese singer and movie star Carmen Miranda, of banana-hat wearing fame, is born on this date in 1909.

Celebrate with a Tooth Decay Devils Tote Bag — more like-minded products here — from the deliciously noirish, weird, fabulously cartoony and impossible to categorize CafePress.com 1947project Odd & Sundries emporium. I'm especially fond of their Suffocation Device Tile Coaster, too.

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Bang zoom!

A day of coinkidinks! We mark the 1828 birthday of Frenchman Jules Verne, Science-Fiction pioneer — known as the "Father" of that genre — author of From the Earth to the Moon (1865), among many other writings. Audrey Meadows, who played Ralph Kramden's tough but long-suffering wife Alice on the 1950s TV series The Honeymooners, is born on this date in 1924. Today in 1984 is the first time eight people are launched into space. That's several sets of Honeymooners.

This TO THE MOON ALICE! Ringer T, presenting the "sweet nothing" Ralph Kramden oft' expressed to his darling wife — variations here — can be found in the Just Plain Funny section of the vintage humor-oriented CafePress.com Retro Café shop. Their slogan: "This is the stuff your Grandma warned you about!" — '50s Offensive Humor T-shirts & Gifts.

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Today is Pinocchio Day, likely because on this date in 1940 Walt Disney premieres his movie of the same name — adapted from the well-known children’s book by Italian writer Carlo Collodi — in which a cobbler named Geppeto carves a puppet from a piece of wood, which subsequently turns into a real boy. Speaking of shoes, today in 1943 the United States begins rationing of same. Feeling stepped on? This day marks the 1870 birthday of Austrian psychiatrist Alfred Adler, who pioneered the concept of the inferiority complex.

Flaunt your neurosis with this Inferiority Complex Long Sleeve Dark T-Shirt — more such products here — from the Slogans G to L files of the CafePress.com T-shirt humor Store.

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Just a Number

On this day in 1911 the first "old-age" home is opened in Prescott, Arizona.

Express the sentiment of that event while wearing this I'm not 70 Long Sleeve Dark T-Shirt — additional items with this phrase here — from the Seniors, Retired & Aging wing of CafePress.com's Irony Design Fun Shop. Some adult humor products on board, and I don't exactly mean Senior Citizens, though they can enjoy them, too.

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Help!

It's Disaster Day!

Perhaps, not so coincidentally, on this date in 1663 an earthquake occurs in Canada and on the same day in 1783 earthquakes devastate Calabria, Italy, killing 30,000 people. Today in 1887 snow falls on San Francisco — disaster of a different scale, and on this day in 1952, perhaps to avert disaster from happening, New York is the first city to install a "WALK/DON'T WALK" sign for pedestrians.

Mark the occasions in style with this Help Me Baseball Jersey — more Help Me goods here — from the Wearable section in the Etcetera zone of the very lovely CafePress.com Cannibal Rose Creations shop. Some items for adults only. No disaster.

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The Color of Gumby

On this day in 1955 Art Clokey creates the clay humanoid figure Gumby via a theatrical short entitled Gumbasia, a surreal stop-motion animation of moving and expanding lumps of clay. Gumby immediately became a much sought-after television personality and was given his own series in 1957.

Today in 1998 Microsoft boss Bill Gates receives a pie in the face in Brussels, Belgium.

These seemingly unrelated events converge in this Gumby Faced
Mousepad where the simple facial essence of Gumby provides a smooth sailing surface for your computer's mouse. For optimum usage keep the cream pie away. More Gumby items in CafePress.com's The Official Gumby Website Merchandise shop.

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a rose is a rose is a rose...

Today marks the 1874 birthday of writer Gertrude Stein, who, among many pithy sayings, wrote the memorable a rose is a rose is a rose. It is also by coincidence Wear Red Day.

Commemorate both events with this attractive Rose 1 Kids Baseball Jersey — more Rose 1 wears and wares here — from the Kukat-Flowers area of the CafePress.com Marianne's Art Shop.

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Yes.

yes I said yes I will
Yes.

Today marks the 1882 birthday of Irish writer James Joyce, whose tome Ulysses was published in Paris — 1000 copies — on this date in 1922.

Ulysses' Molly Bloom's sexy soliloquy of carnal submission is the memorable last line of that famous novel and is here, appropriately, on a yes I will thong. Other wares and wear with this phrase can be uncovered in the small but certain CafePress.com Hellgate Astoria shop.

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Right on!

February is Black History Month and there are many related historical events which occurred on this very date. Langston Hughes, the African–American poet, novelist, playwright and newspaper columnist, is born today in 1902 and dies on the same date — his 65th birthday, in 1967. In 1865 on this day J.S. Rock, the first black lawyer to practice in the Supreme Court, is admitted to the bar. Today in 1871 Jefferson Long of Georgia becomes the first black person to make an official speech in the House of Representatives. P.H. Young is the first black pilot to fly an American scheduled passenger airline, on this date in 1957. Today in 1960 four black college students in Greensboro, North Carolina are denied service at a white-only Woolworth's lunch counter and refuse to leave, thus staging the first civil-rights sit-in. On this date in 1965 Martin Luther King Jr. and 700 other civil-rights demonstrators are arrested in Selma, Alabama and today in 1978 Harriet Tubman is the first black woman to be honored on a US postage stamp. South African president F.W. de Klerk announces plans to repeal all apartheid laws on this date in 1991.

Celebrate with pride by wearing this Black is beautiful Long Sleeve Dark T-Shirt — more products sporting this motif here — from the Special Issues department of the prolific CafePress.com Star Shop America.

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Today's offering brings together several notable events. It's Backwards Day (!nuF giB) as well as Brussels Sprouts Day! Speaking of a certain color, on this date in 1936 the Green Hornet radio program debuts on WXYZ Radio (and how perfect is that?) in Detroit, Michigan. And lastly but certainly not leastly, today in 1747 London's Lock Hospital opens the first venereal-disease clinic.

(We hope your venereal disease does not progress to the point where you need an ambulance - better to avoid getting VD in the first place.)

This Ambulance, backwards Green T-Shirt — additional wares with the same design here — is from the safety-conscious EMS/EMT/Fire Rescue area of the eclectic CafePress.com Terry Kepner's Design Oddities shop.

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...after the beep...

I'M NOT HERE
RIGHT NOW!
Leave a message and
I'll get back to you.

It's National Inane Answering Machine Message Day, a necessary holiday if ever there was one. Whoever invented it deserves a Pulitzer Prize, notification of which should not involve leaving a message on said electronic device.

To observe today's momentous occasion we feature this I'm Not Here, Leave Message T-shirt. More of these items for men and women can be plucked from the respective men's and women's Attitude (PG-13) sections within the abundantly arrayed CafePress.com Personali-Tees shop which contains some adult-only items.

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On the Road

Enjoy Your Travels

On this date in 1886 Karl Benz, of Karlsruhe, Germany, patents the first successful gasoline-driven automobile.

We honor his achievement with this stunning Enjoy Your Travels Tote Bag — more Enjoy Your Travels items here — an example of the delightfully retro offerings found in the Places to Go department of the colorful and delicious CafePress.com Our Krazy Kulture Shop.

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P-O-P

We celebrate the birthdays of two cultural icons today: Sesame Street's Rubber-Ducky-loving Muppet, Ernie (circa 1969), and the Swedish Pop-Artist Claes Oldenburg — known for his oversize sculptures of everyday objects — born in 1929.

This Pop-Arty I LUV ERNIE Infant/Toddler T-Shirt — the full panoply of Ernie-inspired wares here — is from the extensive Men's Names division of the CafePress.com Candy Heart Shop. Their adult themed area is decidedly not for Sesame Streeters.

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Eureka!

On this day in 1880 Thomas Alva Edison receives a patent (#223898) for his "electric lamp for giving light by incandescence." And today in 1948 the first tape recorder is sold. Two inventions that changed the world.

Commemorate these historical moments with this Future Inventor Kids T-Shirt — more products on this theme here — a discovery from the sharply designed (future) Occupations area of CafePress.com's The Odd Matter Gift Shop, whose goods were featured in the November 27th edition.

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Edelweiss

Mein Lederhosen bin at der Drycleaner

This date marks the 1905 birthday of Maria Augusta von Trapp, matriarch of the Austrian Trapp Family Singers, whose escape from the Nazis after the Anschluss served as inspiration for The Sound of Music.

This amusing Mein Lederhosen bin at der Drycleaner Long Sleeve T-Shirt — additional styles here — is from CafePress.com's Collisterwear! shop. The shirt would look very nice with a pair of lederhosen as well, once they came back from der Drycleaner.

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Down

Today is Opposite Day.

The theme is visually expressed most eloquently in this Up Logo Messenger Bag from the small but well-kept CafePress.com Drunken Jellyfish Co. shop — "Slightly off-key stuff for the slightly off-key person."

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Rushing

Two diverse events converge in today's offering: On this date in 1848 James Marshall finds gold in Sutter's Mill (Coloma, California) — marking the beginning of the Gold Rush — and on the same day in 1899 Humphrey O'Sullivan patents the rubber heel, a most useful invention.

This yellow Retro Empty Pockets T-Shirt with its beautiful vintage comic book style line drawing of a shoe moving purposefully forward at the expense of some very loose change — the complete Retro Empty Pocket series is here — can be found in the absolutely fabulous Retro Art section of CafePress.com's Digiart-Mall shop.

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