I was browsing through some of the headline t-shirts in the CNN headline t-shirt gallery and this one caught my eye last week - “Boy returns lost heirloom to WWII vet” - this is just one of those great stories that reminds you that there are some really nice people in the world.

You can read more about the story here at Omaha.com. Ted Mogil lost his prayer book 61 years ago, this year 12 year old Wil Beach found the prayer book at a used book sale and decided he had to buy the book and return it to Mr. Mogil. One of the most amazing parts of the story is that the book belonged to the first Mr. Mogil Wil called on the phone.

It is election day here in Pennsylvania and in a bunch of other states today. This morning, I tweeted a photo about my t-shirt today but I was thinking about election day and the fact that is has been a year since Obama was elected. We had a lot of fun following the 2008 election via t-shirts and putting together this post of 100 Obama T-shirts last spring. A few weeks ago I got to participate in a walk through of the Shepard Fairey exhibit Supply and Demand with Shepard Fairey (check out the write up of the walk through from the Pittsburgh City Paper) which just opened at the Warhol museum here in Pittsburgh - which got me thinking about the power of t-shirts and elections all over again.

So today I am wearing my “Gots to Vote” t-shirt by MNKR that I bought at the Unique LA craft market in May. This was just a few weeks after I had finished the 100 Obama t-shirts post and I just could not stop looking at Obama t-shirts. There were tons of amazing t-shirts at Unique LA and the reason I stopped at the MNKR booth was this Obama t-shirt - which Matt from MNKR was kind enough to send me a better photo of the t-shirt. I love looking back at all of the Obama shirts from last year and how many different designs there were.

Here is the t-shirt I am wearing today - I know this isn’t the best photo - and the shirt is a little wrinkled - which is funny because I just had a big conversation with the other Spreadshirt bloggers about ironing t-shirts yesterday.

I also wanted to show off the inside of the t-shirts because I really like how they screen printed the tag area - and marked the size with a little baby button. I think this is a really great example of an awesome one color design and nice use of font and spacing.

Want to see more from MNKR check out the nice post about their Fall 09 Collection from T-shirts Around the Internet.

Are you wearing a t-shirt for election day today? Share your election day t-shirts with us!

Mashable started it last week and there have been blog posts all over the web about balloon boy t-shirts. I love that the post on  MTV’s Buzz Worthy’s Blog includes a video of Phil Collins “In the Air Tonight.”

Check out these two Ballloon Boy t-shirt designs from Spreadshirt shop partner DonRobot.com (who has a very cool looking Spreadshirt shop too).

Last month I attended the Steel City Big Pour - which is an annual beer tasting fundraiser for Construction Junction. Construction Junction is a pretty cool non profit organization here in Pittsburgh, PA that serves as a clearing house for extra building supplies an architectural elements. Looking for an old door or a clawfoot bath tub then Construction Junction is your place. They resell the extra materials - keeping them out of the landfill and helping DIY home owners save some money on their projects.  Over 30 breweries set up a tasting tables and distribute samples of beer during the Steel City Big Pour. There are also lots of tasty food from some of my favorite restaurants in Pittsburgh.

One of the first things I noticed after we walked in to the event were t-shirts. Brewers and drinkers love to wear their beer gear.

So here are a few of the photos of Beer Gear I snapped at the event - there are some great designs, uses of text, clever word play in these shirts.

Erie Brewing Company’s Scare Up an Eerie Craft Beer

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Thanks to the Hungry Girl newsletter (Hungry Girl has a great daily newsletter with tips on how to eat better) on Friday I learned that September 12 is National Chocolate Milk Shake Day (also listed on this page of bizarre food holidays). If you are in the Atlanta area you can even get a free chocolate milk shake at this place.

So in honor of this esteemed holiday I did a little search of the Spreadshirt Market place for the word milkshake and found this super great t-shirt design from Teebagks.  I love the cartons of milk shaking hands!

What is your favorite bizarre food holiday?

I was browsing some of the recent CNN t-shirts and came across this headline - “Reverse pickpocket doles out money” from 8/25/2009. Rather than steeling money - these guys are putting money in peoples pockets.

A British phone company, TalkTalk, has hired some former pickpockets to promote thier lower rates by putting money in peoples pockets. Read more about the putpocketing at Adverblog and Walletpop.

Another great little video story about a twist on the pickpocket - Jeanne Moos (I do love her stories!) looks at the idea of put pocketing.

I saw this little clip on CNN last week and thought it was pretty cute.  Bubbles was Michael Jackson’s pet chimp and with all of the coverage of his funeral this was a nice change of pace and informative about the lives of chimps too.  Currently Bubbles is living at the Center for Great Apes in Florida.  You can read more about Bubbles on his extensive wikipedia page.

You can order the CNN headline t-shirt for this too “Bubbles the chimp lives the retiree life.”

Speaking of chimps, I did a quick search in the Spreadshirt marketplace and found some fun chimp designs…

Burgundy Cheeky Chimp Sweatshirt

Chimpanzee Trapezee

Kelly green Ape-el i-pod Sweatshirt

As you may know the Spreadshirt.com production facility is located in Greensburg, PA which is a short drive from Pittsburgh, PA - home of the Pittsburgh Steeler, Pirates and Penguins.  Tonight is game 3 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs and Pittsburgh is buzzing with hockey excitement.  I have been thinking about hockey t-shirts for a few weeks ever since a friend asked for a playoff beard t-shirt (he has since requested 4 more) - so I thought a post on some hockey t-shirts is in order.  Here are 5 hockey themed t-shirts that I found around the internet.  If you know of some other hockey t-shirts please leave a link in the comments so we can check them out.

1. Puck Off - Canadians are Serious about hockey (via Spreadshirt Marketplace)

2. Playoff Beard Octopus - its too cute not to include on the list (via Spreadshirt Marketplace)

3. Detroit Tote from a T-shirt (via Etsy)

4. GLORY by Escape RealiTees (via Etsy)

5. Malkin T-shirt by Cahmpyinz.com (thank to the IheartPGH fan who sent in the picture)

To mark the occasion of Barack Obama’s 100th day in office I have compiled a list of 100 Obama t-shirts from all over the internet.  Here are some t-shirts from Spreadshirt and other t-shirt blogs -  I have tried to include a link to where I found the shirt.  It is pretty amazing to see all the different designs. Are there any great Obama t-shirts that are missing?  Which design is your favorite?

1. CNN Headline T-shirt “Obama raises hand, lifts a nation”

2. Crazy Awesome Obama Shirt from Elektra via TRoundUp

3. Annual Apparel’s 2008 T-shirt via Taddict, Hide Your Arms

4. Llama for Obama via Spreadshirt Blog

5. Obama in the Sea of Hope from Chop Shop via Pop Culture Tees

6. Stuff White People Like T-shirt via Hide Your Arms

7. Run DC by Black Klown Clothier via Fat Seagull, Tcritic

8. Yes We Can T-shirt via T-critic

9. The Baracktopus via PW Style

10. Obama DriRelease Tee via Spreadshirt

11. Obama is the New Black via BuyThisShirt, Coty Gonzales

12. A More Perfect Union by John Sokol via Buy-Tees.net

13. Obama x Ziggy Stardust via Hide Your Arms

14. Vote for Barack via Shirtissimo

15. OSX Software We Can Believe In via @mtedsco, Laughing Squid,

16. Obama 08 Shirt via Spreadshirt Blog

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Rather than write about Friday the 13th t-shirts (are there any t-shirts about Friday the 13th?) I thought we could skip ahead a day and talk about t-shirts for February 14.

Hide Your Arms has a post on t-shirt for the day 14 Tees That You Should Wear on Valentine’s Day. My favorite from the list is the Heartris Tee, makes me miss playing Tetris on my gameboy. If Valentine’s Day isn’t for you - check out the Hide Your Arms post from last year “14 Tees That You Shouldn’t Wear on Valentines Day”.

Buy-Tees has a post about the lack of good Valentine’s Day t-shirts, but I have to say I kind of like this html t-shirt from ThinkGeek. Check out all of the user submitted pictures of this shirt here.

While this is not just for Valentine’s Day - The Heart Invaders t-shirt from Amorphia Apparel is perfect for the occasion. Check out some other heart designs from Amorphia Apparel here.

Another shirt that isn’t just for Valentine’s Day, but the pink heart makes it a good choice for Feb. 14 is this Have a Heart T-shirt from the Little City Design’s Etsy Shop.  Aside from the fact that I think this is a really cool looking shirt - all of the proceeds from this shirt are going to a foundation to support the artist’s godmother’s children.  Read the whole story here.

Some More Valentine’s Day Fun…

The Etsy blog has a post with some links to the history of Valentine’s Day.

One of the things I posted on the IheartPGH blog this morning is a glass flower making workshop. For $25 you and a loved one can make your very own glass flower at the Pittbsurgh Glass Center. If you aren’t near Pittsburgh check out this tutorial that I found on the Etsy Blog (also on the Craft Blog) - how to make roses out of ribbon. Now we just need some one to come up with a way to make flowers out of t-shirts!

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