Quinn of Hearts by Tom Trager

Puddin', you need a new shirt. How about this one by NeatoShop artist Tom Trager?

Visit Tom's Facebook page then head on over to his NeatoShop for more geeky designs:

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Catom by Stephanie Jayne Designs

Well, cats are the nucleus of your atomic universe. Or at least that's how they think of themselves. NeatoShop artist Stephanie Jayne Designs drew up the cutest (c)atom design you'll see today.

Check out Stephanie's official website and Facebook page, then visit her NeatoShop for more neat and cute designs:

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Who You Gonna Call by Fuacka

If you're looking for neat and geeky designs, then it's easy who you should call: NeatoShop artist Fuacka, of course!

Check out Fuacka's Facebook page, then head on over to his NeatoShop for more awesome shirts. Your purchase helps support indie artists as well as this blog. Thank you!

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Ready to Roll Out by Aniforce

You'd love this neat shirt by Aniforce so much that you'd do a barrel roll! Don't leave Slippy hanging, head on over to Aniforce's deviantArt page and Twitter, then visit his NeatoShop for more neat designs. Remember: never give up and trust your instincts, especially when your instincts say "I gotta buy them shirts!"

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Darth Smoke by Donnie

The designs may be all smoke, but the T-shirts are very real! NeatoShop artist Donnie has created some of the most amazing smoke effect shirts you can wear.

Check out Donnie's Behance page, then check out his NeatoShop page for more Smoke Effect Shirts:

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These Aren't The Droids We Are Looking For by Wirdou

... but this is the T-shirt you've been looking for! NeatoShop artist Wirdou included the most iconic robots and droids from pop culture in this fantastic T-shirt. See if your favorite bot is there.

Check out Wirdou's website and Facebook page (give 'im a Like wontcha?), then visit his NeatoShop for more fantastic T-shirt designs. Your purchase helps support indie artists as well as this blog, so buy something, mmkay?

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Ultimate Alien Death Match by Stationjack

Yoda my money on. New NeatoShop artist Stationjack envisioned the ultimate alien deathmatch and came up with the cast of characters above. Who'll win?

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Dead or Alive by SilverBaX

Dead or alive, you're coming with me ... right after you get this awesome T-shirt from new NeatoShop artist SilverBaX. (Just don't say that you'll buy it for a dollar, mmkay?)

Check out SilverBaX's official Facebook page then visit his NeatoShop for more killer pop culture-inspired shirts:

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Train Job by Whitebison

Time for some thrilling heroics! And what better shirt to wear while performing said thrilling heroics than this awesome design by Whitebison? We're in love with Whitebison's marvelous silhouette designs, which you can get from the NeatoShop.

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Is California too large to be governed? Silicon Valley venture capitalist Tim Draper thought so, that's why he proposed to split the Golden State into six separate states.

"California as it is is ungovernable," Draper told ABC News, "It is more and more difficult for Sacramento to keep up with the social issues from the various regions of California. With six Californias, people will be closer to their state governments, and states can get a refresh."

Draper also noted that California, which is the most populous state in the United States, got only two senators representing it in Washington DC.

Draper's proposal includes splitting California into Jefferson in the far north, North California, Silicon Valley, Central California, West California and South California. Silicon Valley, some people pointed out, not only got to be its own state (how convenient!), but will also have the nation's highest per capita personal income. Compare that to neighboring Central California, which would have the nation's lowest.

Draper's plan is controversial, but he's got permission from Secretary of State Debra Bowen to start collecting petition signatures to qualify for a ballot. A total of 807, 615 registered voters need to sign Draper's Six Californias plan in 150 days before it can be put on the next state election.

What do you think? Should California be split into six? Or perhaps we should just wait for the big earthquake to tear California off the west coast into its own island nation?

In 1947, Kurt Vonnegut, then an anthropology student at the University of Chicago, wanted to write a master's thesis about how basically how every story ever told in history can be described. Vonnegut has a theory that every story basically belong to one of eight archetypal "shapes."

His thesis proposal was rejected, Vonnegut said, because "it was so simple and looked like too much fun." Soon afterwards, Vonnegut left school to work but he maintained the idea and later developed into "The Shapes of Stories" as shown in this 2005 lecture (yes, covered previously on Neatorama back in 2011, but it's worth a revisit):

Graphic designer Maya Eilam took Vonnegut's rejected master's thesis and turned it into this fantastic graphic:

[Embiggen] - via io9 and Open Culture

Take, for example, the "Man in the Hole" story, which explains a wide range of stories, from Arsenic and Old Lace to Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle, as shared by Lapham's Quarterly:

I want to share with you something I’ve learned. I’ll draw it on the blackboard behind me so you can follow more easily [draws a vertical line on the blackboard]. This is the G-I axis: good fortune-ill fortune. Death and terrible poverty, sickness down here—great prosperity, wonderful health up there. Your average state of affairs here in the middle [points to bottom, top, and middle of line respectively].

This is the B-E axis. B for beginning, E for entropy. Okay. Not every story has that very simple, very pretty shape that even a computer can understand [draws horizontal line extending from middle of G-I axis].

Now let me give you a marketing tip. The people who can afford to buy books and magazines and go to the movies don’t like to hear about people who are poor or sick, so start your story up here [indicates top of the G-I axis]. You will see this story over and over again. People love it, and it is not copyrighted. The story is “Man in Hole,” but the story needn’t be about a man or a hole. It’s: somebody gets into trouble, gets out of it again [draws line A]. It is not accidental that the line ends up higher than where it began. This is encouraging to readers.

Check out Eilam's pictogram at her website and visit Lapham's Quarterly for the synopsis of Vonnegut's lecture or just watch the video clip above.

Daughters of Antipathy by Manos pd

This T-shirt design by Greek designer Manos pd is so awesome, you could see it from space, as they say. Well, you don't have to marry six husbands in order to get your hands on this shirt ... just head on over to Manos pd's NeatoShop. Let freedom ride ... after you get your license from the department of motor vehicles, of course.

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It Also Travels By Balloon by perdita00

Good afternoon. Are you in need of any T-shirt today, sir? If you love pop culture mash ups, you can't go wrong with T-shirt designs by perdita00.

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Say it ain't so, Disney!

PUSH the talking trash can has been entertaining millions of guests to the Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida, for 19 years. It has even participated in marriage proposals and has even been a ring bearer in a wedding. But now, it seems that Disney has "pushed" the radio-controlled robotic trash can out of the Magic Kingdom.

And that, according to WKMG Local 6, has got fans in the dumps. "I think they should bring him back. We're pretty depressed," said one fan.

A few weeks ago, rumors circulated online that PUSH the talking trash can is getting canned. Back then, a Disney spokesperson denied the rumors, saying that PUSH "isn't going anywhere."

But last week, PUSH was nowhere to be seen. According to Inside the Magic, PUSH has been "permanently closed" due to expiration of its contract.

Now, PUSH fans are pushing back on social media. The Save PUSH the talking Trash Can Facebook page has gotten more than 10,000 likes. It's been collecting dozens of photos of fans and video clips posing next to the iconic trash can in an effort to get Disney to bring it back.

Image: Emma Leavitt

Some people just don't get bathroom etiquette (and they get punched in the face), so just to make sure that everyone's on the same page (and different urinals as far away from each other as possible), here are the bathroom rules:

• Do not make eye contact when using the urinals (warning: see story in the link above)
• No talking to people in the stall
• No running. Unless you accidentally clogged the toilet. Then get out before anyone sees it was you.
• No asking stall-mates for more toilet paper. If you run out, just accept your fate and weep silently.
• Please keep poop grunts and other noises to a reasonable volume.

The last one is put there after the infamous Chili Night of 2012 here at NeatoHQ.