The Inspiration For My Freedom Rock T-shirt
WELL TURN IT UP, MAN!
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Rizzo Tees has one employee - me. My name is Chris, and I operate Rizzo Tees out of my basement (henceforth known as "Rizzo World HQ" or "ManLand"). I have a full-time job, so I work on Rizzo Tees at night. I print, pick, pack, and ship your order myself. I have four industrial shelves filled with 1,400+ shirts. My basement can hold a whole lot more shelving units, and my goal is to grow the business but never grow it out of my basement. I operate the whole business by myself on a MacBook Pro and a couple of printers.
I lied - I do have a little help. I use a local screenprinting company to print all of my shirts, I have a few graphic designers help me vectorize my ideas, and a local web design company built and maintains my site. And my wife sprinkles in the occasional brilliant tee idea.
I sank quite a bit of money into starting Rizzo Tees. But why? Alot of random thoughts pass across my brain (San Francisco has a Chinatown, does Beijing have an AmericaTown?). These ideas are what I think about day-to-day, and I wanted to be able to wear them around. I ended up buying myself some Busted and Snorg shirts for my birthday back in 2007, and realized that my ideas would fit on t-shirts. I learned alot by checking out other t-shirt sites, but these shirts are for the most part my own ideas. When they're not, I've put my own twist on them (like the Home Run King's "756" shirt but with syringes making the asterisk). I have another 500 shirt ideas in the queue, which means I think about t-shirts all the time!
Where did the name Rizzo come from? Honestly, the name appeared before me in a dream, as if some sort of Italian branding apparition. And that's all I needed!
I love interacting with people - customers, people on Twitter, Facebook, blogs. That makes this a very fun business to be in - email me, find me on Twitter and Facebook - talk to me, tell me what's on your mind. The more people I get to "meet," the better. I hope to put alot of shirts on alot of people's backs, but I hope I never have to hire anyone - it's fun being on my own.
Peace to all of you.
Chris
Founder, Rizzo Tees
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Real Live Poker Games - WOW
WARNING: some inappropriate language for those that have the ability to read English!
workin 2 jobs and running 2 cash games (holdem) weekly....
i play online now and then, but really dont have the time anymore. the games i run are live, at my poker room. i pull about 10-30 players every game. i manage a campground for my buddy (we're fuckin' packed!!), and also do bookkeeping, filing, etc for his asphalt company, which is also located on the campground property. the poker room is actually the old bait shop. its pretty big. makes an excellent poker room. we play 1-2 blinds, 200 max buy in cash game. so its a 200 max buy in, but u can rebuy all u want! the pots get pretty big. every once in a while we'll throw in a tournament, but everyone prefers the cash game. MUCHO FUNO!
I THEN SAID: "Whoa, that's crazy! You get real games together, in the flesh! If I was any good, I'd come join ya! Do fights ever break out?"
Dude, you're more than welcome anytime. It's a rush!!! We've had a couple arguments etc, but nuthin' too serious. Well, a guy threw a chair and shit, but i don't let him play anymore. My buddy, the owner, doesn't feel comfortable with him after he threw the chair. I also keep doors locked etc. From time to time I'll put a guy or 2 at the door. Games have been robbed in the area from time to time. Recently there was 1 i heard about nearby. 2 guys had guns. The grabbed the box with cash. it only had $1,150 in it, but its still a bad deal. everybody knows that ill blow mother fuckers brains out if they come in my place like that. the day after that robbery, i laid my pistol on the table at the beginning of the game and told 20 + people that were at my game what had happened. i also told um that if they ever thought about, to know ill be armed and will fuckin kill um. they knew i was serious, and i hope it never ever happens, but ill be ready if/when it does.
btw, that shit is mild. there are some REAL interesting stories out there. fuck, one game was robbed for 50k bro. some friends of mine were there. the guys took their pants and everything. now here's the funny part - one guy said "fuck you, im not taking off my pants, im not wearing underwear!!!"
I swear thats a true story bro. they let him keep his pants on btw, lololol. That job was done by a casino dealer that we know, but there's no proof that he was involved... there are alot of things that point to him though.
ANOTHER game that was robbed was at one of my regular players house. he had a weekly game a couple years ago that got robbed by a guy in a ski mask. dude came in and started hitting fuckers in the head with his gun and shit. he was really violent they said.
fuck that shit bro. i wont hesitate, like i said... the money isn't important in the least, its just the fact that im not gonna be intimidated by a mother fucker tryin to be a cowboy.
World Debut Of My Newest Tee - Let's Get High
Cheers!
Chris
Founder, Rizzo Tees
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