{"id":386,"date":"2008-02-27T12:09:40","date_gmt":"2008-02-27T12:09:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/ubalblog\/2008\/02\/27\/geekdom-needs-to-let-go-of-black\/"},"modified":"2012-10-19T04:49:28","modified_gmt":"2012-10-19T04:49:28","slug":"geekdom-needs-to-let-go-of-black","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/ubalblog\/2008\/02\/27\/geekdom-needs-to-let-go-of-black\/","title":{"rendered":"Geekdom Needs to Let Go of Black"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>[<\/strong>&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/bb\/images\/weblogs\/mood_amused.gif\" alt=\"Amused\" style=\"vertical-align: middle\" border=\"0\" \/> <strong>Mood:<\/strong> Amused&nbsp;<strong>]<\/strong><br \/><strong>[<\/strong>&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/bb\/images\/weblogs\/action_eat.gif\" alt=\"Eating My fabulous 1 serving of carbs breakfast\" style=\"vertical-align: middle\" border=\"0\" \/> <strong>Currently:<\/strong> Eating My fabulous 1 serving of carbs breakfast&nbsp;<strong>]<\/strong><br \/>So ThinkGeek sent me a lovely newsletter outlining some of its new offerings.  One of the things that caught my eye was this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thinkgeek.com\/tshirts\/popculture\/a188\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\">Heroes inspired t-shirt<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thinkgeek.com\/images\/products\/front\/what_kind_of_hero.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And my immediate reaction is &quot;Cool!  Whip out the credit card!&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>But it only comes in black.<\/p>\n<p>But that is the geek colour of choice, you tell me.  Well first, the art teacher in me tells you that black is a shade, not a colour, but I digress.  I am a natural blond.  I am very pale naturally.  Black washes me out.  I like bright, happy colours.  Would it kill geek merchants to offer a few reds, purples, and blues?<\/p>\n<p>I had the same problem when the Husband Unit wanted to order me <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thinkgeek.com\/tshirts\/ladies\/9b11\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\">Geek Inside<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thinkgeek.com\/images\/products\/front\/geek_inside_maternity.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Again, it only comes in black.  We contacted Think Geek and begged for pretty colours.  They have yet to respond.<\/p>\n<p>Come on people!  Colours don&#8217;t hurt!  Let&#8217;s embrace them!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[&nbsp; Mood: Amused&nbsp;][&nbsp; Currently: Eating My fabulous 1 serving of carbs breakfast&nbsp;]So ThinkGeek sent me a lovely newsletter outlining some of its new offerings. One of the things that caught my eye was this Heroes inspired t-shirt. 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