Ford That River

If you grew up when we did, playing Oregon Trail was pretty much mandatory.  At least we learned a lot of survival skills from our play:  ammo is more important than food; rabbits are impossible to shoot; and there is no way to get a wagon across a stream without potentially killing somebody.  In fact, you pretty much can’t do anything without potentially killing somebody.

Well, we made a series of designs reflecting some of our favorite Oregon Trail moments.  There’s the “Rampage” (don’t pretend like you haven’t done it):

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(available as a dark t-shirt, light t-shirtmouse pad, mug, notebook, bag, and playing cards)

The “Superman” (no human could manage such a feat!):

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(available as a colored t-shirt, white t-shirtapron, bag, and bumper sticker)

And the “Inevitable” (sorry about the cholera):

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(make and customize your t-shirt here)

Get yourself some classic Oregon Trail gear, and don’t forget to pour a little out for all those buffalo left along the way.

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Loose Seal!

[Ed. note:  We are enormous fans of Arrested Development.  We apologize in advance for the number of show references we are about to make.]

Caca-caca-caca-caw!

The Arrested Development chicken dance is one of its best gags.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zf2e8z7EoF8

We  love it so much that we made a design showing off each family member’s signature move, available on t-shirtsmugsmouse pads, and ties:

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Maybe you could wear a tie to your new job as Mr. Manager?  (We just say manager.)  Or even better, show up in this spiffy t-shirt with this spiffy mug.  You’re Mr. Manager now: the choice is up to you.

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And last, but not least, it’s The Final Countdown.  (Doo do doo do, do do doo do do.)  Wearing this shirt can give anyone the illusion of success, since it has the kind of style you otherwise can only get from wearing a $3,000 suit.  C’mon!  Buy one.

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And that’s why… you always buy Arrested Development products.

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I Wish…

We all have something about us that we wish was different.  Maybe you’re too tall or too skinny or too in love with sloths* to feel comfortable with yourself, and you just wish you could make a change.

That’s ok!  We’re dreamers too here at Nothing-Mundane.  That’s why one of our favorite old-school jams is Skee-Lo’s “I Wish,” and that’s why we made this design.

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Available on t-shirts or a mousepad.

 

* Just kidding, you can’t actually be too in love with sloths.  They are adorable.  We saw some at the Costa Rican sloth sanctuary and Jake’s mom made some Zazzle products out of the photos she took.  We’re like a Zazzle family band!

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In defense of the ‘stache

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The fake mustache trend. Those of you who know us personally know how we feel about this. We were early adopters, and used mustaches as seating cards for the guests at our wedding. We own BeerMo Bottle Mustaches. We have Mustache Magnets. We like mustaches. One of us has a real one (you’ll never guess who). We like being silly.

Sure, the marketplace maybe over saturated with mustaches, and this trend may be fading, but in our hearts, the fake mustache will never die. Heck, even Dada artist Marcel Duchamp knew the greatness of the fake mustache (see above), way back in 1919.

Why wouldn’t you want to look like you have a mustache while drinking your morning cup of coffee?

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Ah, much more distinguished. One might even say… presidential.

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OK, the fake mustache might not be mature, but who cares. Treat yourself to a mustache mug and tune out the rest, because haters always gonna hate.

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Wow. Such meme.

wow.

much funny.

so majestic.

Don’t know doge? Well, thanks to the strange place that is the internet we present to you Shibe Doge:

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An image displaying the profound thoughts of a Shiba Inu, written in comic sans.

such internet.

Now usually, I will never, ever, condone the use of the font comic sans in any design. Blue comic sans was my font of choice on AIM 10 years ago, and I regret it everyday. Comic sans is the worst.

But Shibe Doge makes it work. Maybe it’s the horrible grammar. Maybe it’s the neon colors. Whatever it is, it is so bad that it is good.

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However, this meme is more than an amusing picture. It has taken it’s popularity a step further than reddit and facebook posts, and it has spawned a legitimate cryptocurrency called “dogecoin.”  One man is even selling his vacation house for 100,000,000 dogecoins (approximately $135,000).

With that much clout, how could we not honor the Shibe Doge?  So we made some t-shirts. To the moon!

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