(A) Hilarious joke (B) tragic mountain bike accident or (C) naive commemoration of a guy named dick?

Seriously, I'd like to know because whatever it isit is either (A) kind of offensive (B) Seriously tragic or (C) pretty f-bombing naive

NB: You can click on the image to read the subtext, but if you are at all offended already, you probably don't want to.

Take a bow Enid

I know this has been a long time coming, but y'all knew the result anyway. In any case here is confirmation that Enid has officially won the DTMB T-shirt contest. It was a tight race and Graeme just might have won had Larlen not been too lazy to vote. But Graeme didn't win. Enid did and she is therefore better. Sorry Graeme, she just is.

Truth be told, neither Graeme nor Enid would have had a chance if this discovery had been made earlier:


Over the weekend that voting was wrapping up, I was in Campbell River. It was then that Robin and I discovered this under Mike Brown's sink. The full text reads:

"Please don't use on tubs sinks or showers
*It is abrasive on the finish

Thanks!
MB"

Classic! A stylized version of this photo would have definitely made a strong contender and, I am guessing, probably would have won. Oh well, Enid still wins and gets a shirt made up of her design. Fuckin' woo!

The 2nd Round of Voting

Graeme and Enid's DTMB entries have seperated themselves from the pack and emerged as clear leaders. Step aside Larlen, it's a Havelaar/Brown design off.

Enid has made a couple of changes to her entry. It was always going to be printed in black and white so we have changed the sample to be more representative of this fact. Also somewhere a long the line "Just givn'er since 1977" was dropped from her design. I blame her. She blames me (she always does.) In any case here it is:

Graeme's remains the same:

As promissed, in order to be declared the winner of this design competition Graeme or Enid's entry needs majority support, that's 51% or more (not 50% as previously stated.) You have until Saturday July 25th to make your choice known through the poll in the top left hand corner.

Submissions

The DTMB t-shirt contest submissions are in! I was going to keep the creators of each design private until after a winner was chosen, but I think most of us can recognize the artistic stylings of Leigh Greenius. Arlen's necessity to take it to the limit is also evident in his submission. I think Graeme and Enid's personalities also shine through in their work, in less hilarious ways. Here they are:

Eli Pees on Lamp Post (the street signs say Mike Brown Shorts in case you can't read it)
By Leigh Greenius
DTMB
By Enid Havelaar


DTMB
By Graeme Brown


WTF
By Arlen Tees

You can vote in the poll in the top left hand corner of this page. We will be doing it French style where the winner has to get 50% of the popular vote. So, if there isn't a clear winner in the first round of voting the top two candidates will move into the second round. I thought about using STV but alas, it is too complicated. I am not sure whether the poll will allow you to vote more than once, but don't do it. Good luck to the competitors!

DTMB T-Shirt Contest Deadline Extended

Hello fan base,

I am headed to Oregon today and will be away until July 5th. This means the contest deadline will be extended until my return. Get you submissions in by July 5th 11:59 PST and I will post the entries here next week for everyone to vote on.

Bye for now,

Eric

Extra Large T-Shirt Contest for an Extra Small Guy

The long anticipated Summer of DTMB T-Shirt Contest is finally here. This is a chance for you to toast or roast Mike Brown in t-shirt form. What is it exactly about MB that makes him stand out to you? Is it his propensity to perform regular check-ins with friends and family, or his love of household chores and home maintenance? Perhaps you are impressed by the plethora of certificates, tickets and other accreditation's he holds, or you quite simply marvel at his one million friends. Surely, there is no shortage of unique identifiers associated with Mike Clown and there is no shortage of fodder for this t-shirt contest.

Over the next month I will be accepting design ideas. Please send a design file to ericgavinbrown@gmail.com and at the end of June all of the submissions will be posted to this blog. A vote will be held to decide on a winning t-shirt, which will be printed twice, once for the winning designer and once for the home owner himself. So leave the clowning around to the professional and get down to work.

Eldorado Cabin

Here are some photos from my Easter Weekend trip to Eldorado Cabin in the Southern Chilcotins, northwest of Lilooet BC. It was a phenomenal four days of skiing.

The view from the front porch of Eldorado Cabin.

J on top of the Big One, which I nearly died descending.

Fresh tracks.