We’ve had a smorgasbord of hilarious pop culture crazy over the past few months. From tweetalicious tiger blood rants to the introduction of Gym, Tan, Laundry (GTL) and a celebration of t-shirts in the modern “stud” wardrobe, the CafePress community has been creating a multitude of cool designs to keep up (and upstage) the crazy.

Last week, we sent out an e-mail for a special T-Shirt Challenge – and had our CafePress community vote on their favorite t-shirt from five of our best-selling funny tees. Of course, some of these included the infamous “WINNING” and “GTL” monikers. And with the votes tallied, “I Do My Own Stunts” t-shirt is the winner!

And the best part about this challenge is that winning t-shirt above is now on sale for only $10*. And it will be that price for the next 48 hours…so snatch yours up before the deal dies!

What’s your all-time favorite funny t-shirt?

*Promotion ends June 21, 2011 at 11:59 PM (PST), while supplies last.  This offer may change, be modified or canceled at any time without notice. This promotion cannot be applied to past orders.

With St. Patrick’s Day celebrations in a few hours (it’s 5 o’clock already in Ireland), it’s time to get out your crock pots and beer steins. This is one of my favorite holidays, since it revolves around eating and drinking and getting pinched by complete strangers (unless you wear a green shirt or something, of course). Regardless of whether you’re full-blooded Irish, part Irish or Irish for the Day, it’s a great time.

For those of us who didn’t major in Irish History, the holiday celebrates the life of, oddly enough, St. Patrick. (He died on March 17, 461). Fun fact #1: The original color associated with St. Patrick’s Day was blue, but it evolved to green in the 17^th century. Fun Fact #2: Lore has it the St. Patrick used the shamrock (with its three leaves) to explain the “holy trinity” to the Irish people. Fun Fact #3: I’m having corned beef & Guinness tonight, while reading some Seamus Heaney poems and listening to the Irish Rovers sing The Unicorn. Aye, if it’s a nice night, I might even sit outdoors on me Paddy O’ Furniture.

Congratulations to IBM’s supercomputer, Watson, for winning the Jeopardy showdown. The specially-created hunk of metal, silicon and old parts from the Star Trek Enterprise easily defeated the show’s all-time top two human contestants.

However, proving that computers are not always right, Watson did have a few hiccups. Like in the category of “U.S. Cities,” answering (or is it questioning?) with the response “Toronto.” I guess they didn’t preload Yahoo! Maps into its software …

Still, it looks like it’s only a matter of time until computers start doing the thinking for us. I just hope my jetpack doesn’t erroneously take me to Canada.

Just kidding. There’s no pressure to buy funny tees, it’s just that we’re all punch-drunk giddy around here about our newest partnership. Yes, we’re proud to announce the Grand Opening of our new Funny Or Die shop on CafePress.

The Funny Or Die website (in case you don’t know – having some shred of good taste and can’t be bothered with sophomoric humor) was founded by Will Ferrell and his pals. The “concept” is that people submit funny videos, and users vote on whether they live or die.

As well as videos submitted by wanna-be-discovered comic directors like you and me, you’ll find videos from humor heavyweights (like Will, Judd Apatow and James Franco), plus ones starring A-list actors (from Ben Stiller and Zach Galifianakis to Lindsay Lohan and Paris Hilton).

At the Funny Or Die shop there’s gear celebrating some of the immortal videos, like The Landlord (starring Will and his buddy Adam McKay’s 2-year old daughter, Pearl). Also score stuff from classic videos like Bat Fight and the Green Team.

I dare you to watch these videos and not laugh.

You can also make your own Funny or Die designs, if you fancy yourself a comedic genius (or heck, just a good designer). I can think of a whole series of shirts just for Between Two Ferns alone.

Well, here it is October and the baseball playoffs are in full swing (although with the stellar pitching so far, there’s a lot more swinging and missing). If you’re a fan of the Giants, Phillies, Yankees or Rangers, you’ll be glad to know our collection of baseball-themed products go deep. And if you’re a fan of another team … well, there’s always next year (just ask the Cubs).

The four remaining teams seem to be pretty evenly matched, and it looks like each series may go pretty deep too. I’m a huge Giants fan, so it’s been quite awhile since October has had much significance for me baseball-wise (a painful 6-year dry spell). If you have any tickets for games, be sure to let me know. I’ll pay face value, plus include a free T-shirt (I’ll even pay for shipping out of my own pocket). Well, the next game is starting so I have to follow it on the desktop. Play ball!

I'm going to be thirsty just looking at them.

Doesn’t Dancing with the Stars just want to make you grab a sexy, hip-swiveling Latino partner, some glitter makeup and slip on those dancing shoes? DWTS is back this season, with 12 new stars and their amazing dancing partners to tango the floors off of their competitors and blow the judges and us away (hopefully?) in the process.

This year’s stars, which include David Hasselhoff, Bristol Palin and Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino, all came up with team names. Like Team Schmurgles. And Fox-C. And Florky. While I can’t help but chuckle at some of these team names, each dancer and their partner have created their own “Team Tee.” The cool part – their designed t-shirts will be for sale for you to snatch up to show off your favorites. The even cooler part – ABC and CafePress are donating $1 of each t-shirt sale to the charity Stand Up To Cancer. If the word Schmurgles doesn’t put a smile on your face, you can always smile and feel good knowing that you’re donating to a great cause (and getting a fun DWTS t-shirt out of it too).

So which team do you want to see as king and queen of the mountain and take home the sparkly trophy? Whatever the outcome, we’ll be at home watching, voting, cheering and shopping. And maybe bring that hip-swiveling Latino over for some popcorn.

Avast there, matey! September 19 is Talk Like A Pirate Day. So this Sunday when the bored girl at the fast-food drive-thru asks what drink you want with your #8 combo, be sure to brighten her day by growling out for “one noggin of ye’ finest rum.” She also may very well call security (it’s hard to tell how people will react), but that’s all part of the fun. You’re a pirate, after all. And on Talk Like A Pirate Day you’re not fearful of the landlubber’s laws and mores.

It’s hard to understand how this holiday has gained so much traction, when equally worthy celebrations such as Stand In Line Like DMV Customer Day and Comb Your Hair Like A Cocker Spaniel Day go virtually unobserved (except in my house … and wherever I take the occasions, like to fast-food joints).

As urban legend would have it, Talk Like A Pirate was first inspired by two men in Oregon who were playing racquetball. One got hurt and screamed out, “Arrrrrr” (to the amusement of both). And from there, it steam-rolled to humorist Dave Berry who spread the word in his newspaper column.

Naturally, as well as talking the talk, you have to walk the walk (and dress the part). That’s where CafePress comes in handy, with Pirate gear galore. So have some fun, and a-pirating we go.

For all of you out there who love to tweet, here’s something special for you to chirp about today. Introducing our Thursday sale – for five hours only, buy a dark t-shirt, get a white t-shirt free*! Use coupon code “YINYANG” at checkout and fill your shopping cart with something black, white, or red all over.

Besides, everything that’s good comes better in pairs; hot and cold (apple pie and ice cream), wet and dry (beach and sand), day and night (sleeping in and staying up)! It’s hard to deny a balance in life that makes people feel happy and they can be the simplest of things. Food, beach, sleep…honestly, what could be better?

As Mr. Einstein once said, “Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.” And like life, the clock is stopping for no one. Starting at 9 a.m. (PST), you’ve got until 2 p.m. (PST) to cash in on today’s “daily double.” All you have to do? Type in your favorite hobby, interest or topic into our search bar above, click on the dark t-shirt version, and you’re halfway there. Pick out your fav white tee to boot, because we all know opposites attract. Go to the checkout, and its easy as that apple pie we mentioned earlier. Now let’s go eat some.

*Buy any adult dark t-shirt and get a free adult white t-shirt, up to $22 value. Limit one free white t-shirt or one $22 discount per order. Free white t-shirt must be $22 or less, or you will only receive a discount of $22 off your total order. Must add at least one dark t-shirt and one white t-shirt to your shopping cart, and enter coupon code YINYANG at check out. Promotion starts on September 2, 2010, at 9:00 a.m. (PST) and ends on September 2, 2010, at 2:00 p.m. (PST). All orders must be from the CafePress Marketplace. Excludes CafePress Groups, Make and bulk orders. Offer valid online at cafepress.com only, cannot be combined with any other coupons or promotions and may change, be modified or cancelled at anytime without notice.

No, not like Buddy or Pepper or whatever you bark-out when it’s time for a walk. But are you curious about how different dog breeds got their names?

With it being National Dog Day today (woof, woof), masters are talking about the origin of their dog’s names. Some of them are pretty interesting.

Like dogs named after the region they’re from. Dalmatians (Dalmatia, where Croatia now stands) and Lhasa Apso (Lhasa being in Tibet, “apso” roughly translated to “bearded”). Or dogs named after their skills. Cocker Spaniels (the English hunters named them for their ability to track woodcocks). Not to mention dogs named after languages I personally don’t speak. Basset Hounds (from the French word “basset” which infers “low”), Poodle (a low German word “pudeln” roughly translating to “splashing” and Dachshund (think German again, with “badger dog” as the correct translation).

And of course, the unforgettably vocal Beagle. Its name is from the French word “becguele” for “noisy person.” And the Jack Russell Terrier, named after, oddly enough, Jack Russell – an 18^th century English clergyman who bred this special breed for fox hunting.

Whatever dog is your best friend, be sure to tell him/her about the old ancestral tree. And if you’re looking for pet bowls, dog t-shirts, or people t-shirts with dog-breed themes, you know where to find them.

Zebra had always been unsure of his heritage. Was he a black horse with white stripes or a white horse with black stripes? Why, oh why couldn’t he have been born a stallion? Or a tiger? Zebra was sad. Other zebras didn’t seem to care; they had other “important” things to worry about like water, food, mating and tigers.

One day, he snuck on to a giant ship to get away from it all. Zebra turned green from the seasickness, red from the sunburn and ultimately blue from the cold. “Where am I?” he wondered. He looked around and saw icebergs and polar bears. “Hey you!” he yelled out meekly below, “It must be awesome to be a polar bear; you’re not confused like me!”

Polar Bear stuck his head from the glacial water below, “Are you kidding me? Under all this white fur, I’m pink – talk about confusing!” SPLASH! And he was gone.

Zebra paused for a moment. Could it be that he’s not the only confused animal out there? Overhead, he saw a man pointing down at him from a helicopter. “I choose you!” the man yelled. Zebra felt a pinch in his neck and blacked out.

Upon waking, Zebra saw a man with sunglasses and people holding black umbrellas surrounding him. The sun tingled Zebra’s skin. It was warm again; there were trees everywhere and lush green grass. “Where am I?” Zebra asked, “And who are you?”

“I am Your Friend, OW!” then he struck a funny pose. “Welcome to my ranch! I couldn’t help but overhear your ponderings about who you really are, Zebra.” Zebra was confused.

“Your mom called me,” he explained.

“Oh.”

“Look , Zebra, it’s good that you think about more than just what ‘grown ups’ tell you. Here, you can ponder, wonder and wander all you want! In the end though-” he broke out in a falsetto voice, “It don’t matter if you’re black or white!” Zebra felt a smile tug at his mouth.

And with that, Zebra was content. For all he cared, he was a skinny, short-haired, vegetarian, albino tiger. Some days he wore a black t-shirt to match his black stripes. Some days he wore a white t-shirt to match his white ones. To celebrate his epiphany, he convinced us to give away a free adult white t-shirt with any purchase of an adult black t-shirt. You’ve got 5 hours, hurry now before the ship sails!

*Buy any adult black t-shirt and get a free adult white t-shirt, up to $22 value. Limit one free white t-shirt or one $22 discount per order. Free white t-shirt must be $22 or less, or you will only receive a discount of $22 off your total order. Must add at least one black t-shirt and one white t-shirt to your shopping cart, and enter coupon code BLACKWHITE at check out. Promotion starts on August 26, 2010, at 9:00 a.m. (PST) and ends on August 26, 2010, at 2:00 p.m. (PST). All orders must be from the CafePress Marketplace. Excludes CafePress Groups, Make and bulk orders. Offer valid online at cafepress.com only, cannot be combined with any other coupons or promotions and may change, be modified or cancelled at anytime without notice.