The very first time I donated blood (right after my 18th birthday), one of the other donors arrived wearing a sweatshirt with “Dracula” emblazoned on the front. Â (I think it was the logo from the 1979 movie starring Frank Langella, but thirty years on, I can’t be certain.) Â I shared my amusement and admiration with him, and he told me he always wore that particular shirt when he came to donate.
I’ve been a pretty regular blood donor for my entire adult life, and I have always wanted to have a special shirt to wear when I go in, like that young man from so long ago. Â Now, at long last, I have one, and here it is. I’m off to the Red Cross Bloodmobile later this afternoon.
And if you don’t recognize the reference, Mad Max: Fury Road is still in theaters.  Get out and go see it.  Seriously.  Go now.
And then, if you are able, get yourself down to the blood bank.