You’re looking at an early birthday gift I just received from my friend Kirby. I guess it caught his eye on the Clutch Tees catalogue; the combination of green (my favorite color) and the Caddyshack referential (one of my favorite movies) doubtlessly triggered the purchase.

I’ll conveniently overlook the subtle attempt to prematurely age me by a whole month

It is a good-looking t-shirt. (I would have posted a pic of me actually wearing it, but I gave up after taking a half-dozen fairly crappy shots of myself looking gawkishly dorky.) The Bushwood Country Club logo (accompanied by the “It’s In The Hole!” crest) is hardly an officially-sanctioned symbol, but then, none of these ironically-hip humor tees are ever formally sanctioned. I wonder how they get away with using some of those unmistakable catchphrases and such; I’m guess there’s enough legal leeway in fair-use provision that the movie studios can’t (or won’t) sue.

Or if they do, they can do so after I cash in on my forthcoming free shirt from Clutch. Because that is the deal they’re cutting for any bloggage tossed their way, and that is, of course, what this post amounts to. I would feel bad about the quasi-shilling, but since I would be blogging about getting the gift anyway, my conscience is clear.