Let's Roll! 1.05

I feel pretty darn stupid. I was supposed to bowl in the league tonight. I have been just terrible since the event but I expected to be better tonight because I have been seeing some improvement in the last few weeks and we were scheduled on lanes one and two tonight. I always bowl better on one and two and the games move along quicker because you only have to yield to the lanes on one side.

I think my excitement got the best of me because on my third practice frame I felt something pop on my approach. I wasn't doing anything weird or strenuous and didn't make any sudden moves or anything. I was just using my normal motion walking up to the line when was hit with a intense, sharp pain in my groin. I went ahead and followed through and, actually, rolled a pretty good ball, but that may have injured it more. I thought that I had it walked off, afterward, and tried to take another shot at it, but I was done for the night-- and maybe a few more weeks. Thanks to Bob for filling in for me.

Now I'm at home, sitting with a bag of frozen green beans in my crotch, watching the two-hour season premier of Survivor. It feels a lot better... as long as I don't move! Never again will I call a ballplayer a wimp for going on the IR with a groin injury. 

I'm a tool-- let's roll.

YearbookYourself

This one is a classic. I have seen similar applications but this one is user-friendly and produces some pretty cool results. Upload a picture of yourself, or a friend, spend a minute or two to make some simple adjustments and in a matter of another few minutes you have an e-album of your own yearbook shots in the style of the pop-high school styles for every couple of years from 1950-2000.

It's all free, however it is sponsored by someone-- I just can't tell exactly who! Anyway, the ads don't interfere with a few minutes or so of fun.

Squidoo: Shermer High School

For anyone that doesn't know about Shermer High School-- you should. Shermer, Illinois is the fictitious community that was the setting for many of, director, John Hughes' films, in the 1980s, including Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Weird Science, and the number one high school movie of all time, The Breakfast Club.

This lens has been getting a tons of visitors in the last few weeks and features a ton of stuff about Shermer, the flicks, John Hughes and the 80s. Anyone that was in their teens at that time is going to be able to relate. Along with custom Shermer Bulldogs gear, you can find YouTube videos, as well as, DVDs and other unique items available for purchase.

Palin Baby Name Generator

I posted this in a column earlier in the week but I find it funny and, with McCain/Palin ticket all over the news lately, I thought it would merit another mention-- besides, I got nothing else and I want to go to bed because my groin hurts.

Sarah Palin has picked an All-American set of names for her children with, Track, Trig, Bristol, Willow and Piper. Ever wonder what your name would be if the Vice Presidential candidate was your mother? Now you can find out with this simple, free name generator.

You can call me Chap Poach Palin as long as you... buy T-shirts. Peace.

Let's Roll! 1.04

In case anyone cares (Cox and Steepo) I am writing Friday's post late Thursday night so I can attend to the very important task of having the bowling team shirts embroidered at lunch tomorrow. Its doesn't really matter because I have a hard time falling asleep on the nights that I bowl in the league. It must be all of the pent up stress to do well for my team. The way things are going, I'm surprised I'm still a member. That's why I haven't gotten the shirts done yet-- once I hand them over they will be able to cut me.

I'm getting pretty good at this blog thing. This week, alone, I have figured out how to add hyperlinks to the stories and how to schedule drafts to be posted at a later time. This allows me to write when I have time and publish on a regular basis. It did take me a little while to figure out, exactly how to do it though, so yesterday's post was missed by most. If you didn't get to read it, make sure you check it out now as it is, by far, my favorite article I have done up to this point.

Top five keywords that resulted in visits to SkeetzTeez or SkeetzTeez Blog:

5. fantasy football

4. schweddy balls

3. land of the lost

2. shopkeeper designs

1. suck for a buck

Top five designs sold at SkeetzTeez

5. Coming Soon Maternity T-shirt

4. Suck It Trebek

3. I'm Cute Kids' T-shirt

2. McCain/Palin (McMaverick/Sarahcuda)

1. Big Brother (Sister) '09

The Big Brother and Big Sister designs took back the top spot this week. I guess as we get closer to the election, people start to lose interest. That's the problem with kids today. Let's Roll:

shopkeeperdesigns.com

A month or so ago, I think I mentioned that I had joined a blog exchange or crossover blog. The concept is pretty simple in that each member does one story per month in their own blog about a design in another shopkeeper's cafepress collection. They finally got it up and running and there is, definitely, a bunch of talented people involved. In fact, I am considering buying a shirt for MLW from the shopkeeper that I was assigned this month and wrote about in the Designs We Like article this week.

As you can see from the Statcounter report, the exchange drove a lot of hits to my sites this week. I thought I would do the group a solid and mention it for a second time this week in this forum. If you can't find what you are looking for in SkeetzTeez, maybe you can find it in one of the other shops. 

But remember: any time you have an idea for a design or want a certain concept drawn up, let me know via the comment section or one of my other portals. I can complete T-shirts just for you or if I create the design and sell it I will give you a portion of the profits.

teeblr.com

Another place to find talented artists and some wicked-cool T-shirts is Teeblr.com. As far as T-shirt ranking Websites go this is, by no means, the biggest but the quality more than makes up for the lack of quantity. I think there is only a few designers submitting shirts, at this time, although, by most similar sites' standards they are "smarter than the average sportswear".

Several SkeetzTeez are ranked as the Top Teeblr shirts, in fact the idea submitted by Maverick has been number one for a few days now. I don't want to stuff the ballot box so I'm not going to mention what designs are mine but, if you have a minute and want to check out some decent tees, visit and vote for your favorites.

squidoo.com/urbanprankster

Urban Prankster is hot. I'm not sure what is driving it but this Squidoo Lens is flying up the ranked charts. UPN is a spin off of the highly popular, and overexposed, New York group, Improv Everywhere. You've probably seen some of the public "scenes" they have orchestrated, accomplished, filmed and submitted to YouTube. Grand Central Station Freeze, New York City Subway Human Mirror, Best Game Ever and Food Court Musical are some of the more successful missions. 

Urban Prankster is coordinating similar networks in cities around the globe and you can participate in your community's next prank. This lens features classified links showing how to join as well as covert tools you can acquire to start you on your new clandestine secret agent journey and underground, undisclosed YouTube videos to give you an idea of what to expect of the undercover, confidential operations in your future. Virtual, invisible ink prevents non-members from compromising concealed information, but the encoded solution can be revealed with a stealth hand and sharp mind.

I'd tell you more, but I'd have to... well... you know. 

rickroll

You've been Rick Rolled. This is too, too weird to explain. If you want to waste another 3:31 of your life read the official wikipedia or urban dictionary definition.

Have a good weekend. I'm going to bed. Buy T-shirts. Peace.

Monday Morning Quarterback 1.0

The weekend is usually very busy for our family. We have a three-year old that needs a ton of attention, my wife is pregnant with our second child and we both work during the week so there is a lot of stuff that needs to be done on the weekend, not to mention that we need some time to unwind and get ready for the next week. This makes it hard to find the time to write in by blog or design anything for the shop at: http://www.cafepress.com/skeetzteez but I still have ideas over that two-three day period that I want to be sure to follow-up, on later in the week.

My intention behind the Monday Morning Quarterback column is to note a few major themes that I thought about during the busy weekend. I can come back to them later and blog in more detail. I figure it can only be an improvement. I will forget less than I did before and even if I don't get a chance to go more in depth on the subject, if anybody ever reads this blog, it might stimulate conversation.

• Michael Phelps is an incredible swimmer, but that may be the only thing that he can do well. Did you see the interview with him and Mark Spitz on Friday night? They are both idiots.

• Interesting conversation with Paulie on Saturday. Among the questions he asked: "Where does Jesus live?" and "can he fly". You can't answer a three-year old with, "Good Question!" 

• There may still be a chance for me in the 2012 Olympics– Think Badminton!

• Even my wife agreed that the female pairs diving competition looked like a lesbian porno with all the hugging and kissing and showering together.

• Note: remember the funny video: British Game Show MC: Name a kind of bean. Contestant: Les-bean!

• Joined a blog exchange to promote the cafepress shop. Look for a critique of another member's design in upcoming weeks. They, in turn, will write about one of mine!

• Summer's almost over. Bowling started up last week. Good news: look's like I have recovered from the stroke! Bad news: I still suck!

• Skeetz Teez may be the new sponsor of the bowling team. I hope this helps as sales are still off it seems. In addition to the sponsorship, I am purchasing a bunch of shirts at discount to wear around for more exposure.

You can help Skeetz Teez with exposure and it won't even cost you a dime. Visit these websites:

http://www.cafepress.com/skeetzteez, http://www.squidoo.com/cafepress/skeetzteez, and bookmark them, favorite them, digg them, etc.! Follow me on twitter at: http://www.twitter.com/skeeeeeetz and find other interesting lenses I have done at: http://www.squidoo.com/lensmasters/Skeeeeeetz