Fans of Deadliest Catch will be tuning in for an all-new, even more-dangerous season of crab fishing tomorrow. A great documentary television series, it showcases the events aboard a small fleet of crab fishing boats in the Bering Sea.

Viewers no-doubt look forward to seeing the intimate world of these crab fishermen (but we’re especially looking forward to seeing the Northwestern crew – yes, we’re playing favorites).  Why? Captain Sig Hansen himself started the official Northwestern T-shirt shop, where you’ll find t-shirts, Captain Sig Mugs, and framed prints of your favorite crew member.  Plus fans can watch in style, sporting the popular Shut Up and Fish t-shirt.

Season 6 of Deadliest Catch will premiere on April 13.

April is Autism Awareness Month. All month we’re donating a portion of proceeds from Autism-themed gear to the cause. Specifically, when folks buy products from the Autism Awareness page (through April 30), portion of proceeds benefit Autism Speaks.

Also, to really make sure we’re moving the needle on Autism awareness (and getting the word out on T-shirts, SIGG™ bottles, tote bags and such), we’re giving Free Shipping on Autism-themed orders of $40 or more. Just order by April 17, 2010 and use coupon code 4AUTISM when you check-out.

Going to an Autism walk? We’re making it super-easy to personalize your own Autism-themed T-shirts for fundraisers. We have special Autism Speaks-themed templates that let you add your own photos to tees in no time. So find a walk in your area and let everyone know you’re 100% behind those with Autism and their families.

As you can tell, we take the Autism cause seriously here at CafePress. Hopefully you can help too.

Ooops. I guess baseball jersey makers don’t have Spellchecker?

In yesterday’s game against the “Huston” Astros, Giants outfielder Eugenio Valez entered the game with a misspelled uniform. It read SAN FRANCICSO instead of SAN FRANCISCO.

Of course the story would be a lot funnier if anyone had noticed the typo. It wasn’t until the media called Valez well-after the game that anyone with a Giants uniform realized what had happened.

Apparently this isn’t the first time uniform makers have dropped the ball. Last year a couple of the Nationals players wore jerseys reading “NATINALS”. But then again, the Nationals are from Washington D.C. and you expect that sort of thing from anyone even remotely-associated with the government.

In all fairness, I watched part of the game yesterday afternoon (working from home, so get off my back!) and I didn’t notice anything. And last year, my son called me into the room during a Giants broadcast and asked me if I noticed anything odd about the Giants’ uniforms. After looking closely at colors and typefaces (and what not) for quite some time, I gave up. Then he told me it was Mexican Heritage Day at the Park, and their uniforms read “GIGANTES” instead of “GIANTS”. So maybe I’m more of the problem than a solution?

…on your arteries.

With April 1st pranks like Starbucks’ Plenta just having come out last week, the thought of a Kentucky Fried Chicken sandwich named the “Double Down” that consists of breaded fried chicken as the bun of a sandwich whose interior contains bacon, cheese and a sort of  mayonnaise sauce might sound made up.

But this is America, wherein batter-coated French Fries are considered a fresh vegetable by the USDA, and our obesity rates have been on the climb for 30 years.  Not to mention that KFC is owned by the same company that brought us the double-decker taco, the bacon-ranch tortada and stuffed crust pizza.  Which is to say that the KFC Double Down is real, it’s been test-marketed in Rhode Island and Nebraska, and it’s coming next week at a retail price of $6.99.  In fact, it’s already on the KFC nutritional guide, which lists the sandwich as having 540 calories (290 from fat), 32 grams of fat and 1380 grams of sodium, which is over half the recommended daily intake of sodium.  (Want fries with that?)

The Vancouver Sun, though, guessed that the calorie count of this sandwich is around 1200.  By their estimates, the sandwich on its own contains “more than the daily recommended allowance in fat (124%), saturated fat (117%), cholesterol (105%), sodium (125%) and protein (194%), as well as 61% of your daily recommended calorie intake.”

KFC spokesperson Rick Maynard disagrees with the Sun’s nutritional assessment of the sandwich, noting that the Sun used the wrong nutritional information on the chicken patties themselves.

If we add up the calories of the individual ingredients, here’s what we get:

(KFC doesn’t specify how much a “dollop” of Colonel’s Sauce is – nor what’s in it – so we used 1 TBSP of mayonnaise as an example, even though the pix of the sandwich would indicate that a “dollop” is a lot more than 1 TBSP.  If anyone has any guesses as to how much a dollop is or what makes a sauce orange and viscous like a mayonnaise, hey – holler.)

The point of confusion the Sun might be having is how two 3.5 oz breaded and friend KFC chicken breasts come out as only having 140 calories and 7g of fat each.  The breasts have the skin (we called and asked), and any other nutritional information found available on this amount of fried chicken is around 220 calories per piece, with far more fat.  Even a roasted chicken breast of the same size would seem to have more calories than KFC’s fried ones.  Curious.

Of course, anyone ordering a sandwich made entirely of fried chicken, bacon, cheese and a mystery orange sauce probably isn’t too overly concerned about fat and calories in the first place.  Although, breading aside, perhaps there will be some sort of appeal to folks on the low-carb craze, who might think about justifying this one as health food.  (Sorry, Dr. Atkins.)

With Michelle Obama focused on tackling childhood obesity and Jamie Oliver likewise trying to revamp the school foodservice system to, you, know, make changes like not counting french fries as a vegetable, we’ll guess that neither the First Lady nor the cheerful British chef will be in line for a Double Down next week.

And so we award a Fantasy T-Wearer Award to both Michelle Obama and Jamie Oliver today, with a virtual “hang in there.”  May they both enjoy the “I love me some veggies” apron, at right.

My how time flies when you’re sticking canary yellow reminders here, there, and everywhere (including on my children’s foreheads, so they don’t forget their lunch bags). In case you didn’t know, today is the 30^th birthday of the Post-It note. In terms of inventions, I put the Post-It note right up there with the wheel, the Clapper and chili cheese french fries.

For those of you who don’t remember life BP (Before Post-It), existence prior to 1980 was a time of lost phone numbers, forgotten dentist appointments, and grocery trips where mayonnaise was absent-mindedly not put in the shopping cart (dang, now I gotta go back!).

I personally go through a pad a week, jotting down “sticky notes” on everything from passwords and blog post ideas (I obviously don’t use up too many for this, since I rarely have a good idea) to CPR instructions and my wedding anniversary (don’t wanna forget that again).

So a tip of the cap to the fine people at 3M for their lightly-adhesive life savers. Keep up the good work.

Can you believe it? It’s been forty years since the first Earth Day celebration. To help commemorate the 40^th anniversary of Earth Day, CafePress is partnering with iVillage to host an Earth Day Photo Contest. It’s your chance to share why living green is so awesome (oh, plus get a FREE eco tote bag and enter for a chance to WIN an eco vacation!)  So inspire us and share why you’re green – just upload your photo to enter the contest.

Recycle – Reduce – Reuse.  It’s never to early to start being green.  And as mentioned above, for a limited time get your free special-edition eco tote by Studio Number One (founded by Shepard Fairey). Help us all do a world of good!

We at CafePress are so pleased to announce our newest technology breakthrough!  Being counted as a proud American resident is only a green T-shirt away.  Get dressed and be counted, America.