Jeff 40 T-Shirt design

It has at least three meanings.

First, it’s a Venn Diagram. The four dark dots represent myself and my three brothers. Three of them are now 40 or older, and that’s indicated by the circle enclosing three out of the four dots.

Also, the dots are zeros, and there are two ones there, too. 101000 is binary for 40.

There is a tail on the second Venn diagram circle, making also the number nine. The two circles together make 09, which is this year (2009) that we went to Yosemite together to celebrate Jeff’s birthday.

Bonus: the 9 upside down looks like a 6, and the two circles interlocking look like an eight — 68 is year Jeff was born.

Materials: JC Penny Tall T-Shirt, hand-dyed with 6 parts fire red, and one part yellow in high emersion. Freezer paper stencil and paint stick.