Geek Apparel of the Week: There and Back Again
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?Did you know Middle-Earth has its own, extensive Metro subway line? I didn’t, and apparently Sam and Frodo didn’t either, because I would imagine they would have chosen to ride it over walking through death swamps and over volcanoes and shit (although they probably would have run into Gollum-like people on the subway, too). This Threadless shirt is going for $18, and the bigger sizes are already sold out, so fly here, you fools, if you want one.
Bonus: For my fellow members of the E.T. Haters Club, today’s TeeFury shirt is both empowering — because it recognizes E.T.’s inherent creepiness — and terrifying — because it features E.T. bursting through a door Shining-style to kill you with his finger.
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Seriously, Jack Nicholson wielding an ax is like a Care Bear made of cotton candy next to that picture of E.T. I’m thinking about getting one just as a power laxative, because every time I see it, I shit my pants with terror. No thanks to David B. for the tip.
About The Author
Robert Bricken is one of the original co-founders of the site formerly known as Topless Robot, and its first editor-in-chief, serving from 2008-12. He brought the site to prominence with “nerd news, humor and self-loathing” as its motto, raising it from total internet obscurity to a readership in the millions, with help from his savage “FAQ” movie reviews and Fan Fiction Fridays. Under his tenure Topless Robot was covered by Gawker, Wired, Defamer, New York magazine, ABC News, and others, and his articles have been praised by Roger Ebert, Avengers actor Clark Gregg, comedian and The Daily Show correspondent John Hodgman, the stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Rifftrax, and others. He is currently the managing editor of io9.com. Despite decades as both an amateur and professional nerd, he continues to be completely unprepared for either the zombie apocalypse or the robot uprising.