On Thursday, CNN Money came out with a feature on the Top 10 Next Generation Entrepreneurs to watch. Included in the list of 10 was a Restauranteur, a Vending Machine Mogul, and Yours truly. What an honor.

We launched the brand in 2005, and have been working since then to build Crooked Monkey into what it is today--awesome t-shirts for awesome people.  When we started, we focused on the humor market.  Then we added the graphic market to our catalog.  Now we are the destination for awesome tees. The nomination is a thumbs up/recognition to everything we're doing here at Crooked Monkey--and all the loyal fans and supporters across the globe.

The piece itself is pretty funny and cheeky, check it out.

So what's next for Crooked Monkey? How are we going to continue to provide awesome t-shirts and build the brand?  Well most importantly we're relaunching/revamping our site.  Its an exciting and long process--right now we're going through the cosmetic changes. It's all about finding that unique Crooked Monkey voice and funneling that into the design.

We're super stoked to be on CNN Money's top 10 list, and we won't let them down.  Cheers to the next six years of Livin the Dream.

In Matt & Kim's "Block After Block" vid, I noticed a cameo by a rap group I really dig--Ninjasonik. They're good friends with Matt & Kim and once in a while appear in each other's videos.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2vO65MP0lc

True Story. I saw them perform in 2009 and when I met them, Matt stole my sunglasses. a few months later, I saw them perform at another venue and I actually confronted him about it. We both laughed.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hz8fuw5adc

Ain't nothing like celebrating the fourth of July in the nation's capital, Washington DC. Downing beers, eating hot dogs, and learning new drinking games--these are a few of my favorite things. Sprinkle a little bit of Federal fireworks, with a panoramic view of DC's citizenry launching their own fireworks, and you've got one hell of a night.

America. Fuck Yeah.