Friday, January 6, 2006

My t-shirt philosophy

At 18 months I proudly wore my first logo-ed t-shirt. It said "MIT class of 19??". This of course, was wishful thinking on the part of my parents, but it did begin me on a life time journey of t-shirt collecting. My father bought me t-shirts from the many universities that he visited in the course of his long teaching career, and my collection rapidly grew. From the years of t-shirt wearing, I have formulated a philosophy of t-shirts. It really has only one very short tenet, this one iron clad rule: never wear a t-shirt advertising a university or place when you are in said university or place. A London t-shirt is perfectly acceptable in Michigan, but don't wear it in London. And while I'd never wear a Texas t-shirt in Texas, I'd sure wear one in Michigan. I realize that this goes contrary to the way most of the world wears their t-shirts, but that is part of the beauty of it.

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