There is strength in numbers. And that makes Traws a very powerful species. Check back often for updates.
And if you see a Traw, TAKE HIS (or her) PICTURE and send it to us. Don’t bother explaining. They’ll understand when we invite them to the family reunion (date and location TBD).
Behold the TRAWS!
MATTRAW


notice Mattraw always wears glasses, usually wears a cap and typically has a fuller beard… and a taste for yummy cake and Guitar Hero!
SHATRAW


Shatraw is invariably the crazier looking one, usually with a more sparse tract of facial hair and no glasses
FASHIONISTRAW

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our flaming brother and winner of Project Runway, Jay McCarroll is a surefire Traw of the highest degree… and what style!
ROCKTRAW


solo artist and lead singer of Soul Coughing, Mike Doughty bears an uncanny resemblance to Shatraw himself… when Shatraw finds it necessary to go clean-shaven (which is never)
BLACKTRAW
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Dmitri Young is our brother. sure, there’s a race gap and maybe the family resemblance isn’t 100%, but his troubled past rife with depression and alcohol abuse give him the edge only a Traw can have. he’s also one of MLB’s feel good stories of 2007, having bounced back from his issues to bat .339 with the Washington Nationals (through 7/6/07)
COMEDY CENTRAWL
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you may know him from Mr. Show or The Sarah Silverman Program or The Comedians of Comedy; alterna-comedy sweetheart Brian Posehn is total Traw, falling just behind Mattraw on the Traw Evolutionary Chart. we’re pretty sure this heavy metal-loving Traw is a lock for the family reunion once we get the word out.
CATCHTRAW
Although Traws East and West have little love for the Atlanta Braves, they can’t help but feel that special Traw bond with Beardo Backstop Brian McCann. When he’s not raking doubles to the gap with his classic lefty stroke, B-Mac likes to kick back with his buddies Kevin Mench and Matt Murton and slug back a case of MGD over a few rounds of Farkle. Or so we like to imagine.
RANDO-TRAW #1!
Kudos to eagle-eyed Trawfriend Mike Zegen for this stealthy capture of a random Traw in the wild. Why does this Traw need two pairs of glasses you may ask? Shhh…that’s Traw Business!
KINGTRAW

while no man is KING of the Traws, John King (pictured with here with Julius Irving) gets the title because it just works so well! This talented producer of large live events is a former colleague of Shatraw… and something of a mentor when it came to temperament and dealing with completely insane boss-types. Long live the King!
TRAWFEREE

it should be no surprise that this Trawferee was spotted officiating a roller derby bout in sunny North Hollywood. Traws, as a species, are all-consumed with justice and fair play… particularly when they can manipulate it to their advantage. We can only assume he is schtupping one of the roller babes. And knowing Traws, she is probably the skinny mean one. Mad photo cred to Traw Photog Becca.
July 7, 2007 at 9:11 pm
Wait, can there be two Rocktraws? Have I ever showed you Eric Bachman, solo artist and former lead singer of Archers of Loaf and Crooked Fingers? Observe:
http://www.aversion.com/bands/ericbachmann/images/072406_bachmann_bonus2.jpg
http://thereader.com/read/data/upimages/ErikBachman_bw.gif
http://www.randybacon.com/blog/images/CrookedFingers4.jpg
He’s also the second hottest Traw ever.
July 10, 2007 at 4:12 am
This is all so true, it makes me want to eat patriotic ice cream.
July 10, 2007 at 3:42 pm
mythbustraws?
http://livingdoll.net/mythbusters.jpg
love the blogging. keep it up.
July 11, 2007 at 4:03 am
I spotted that Rando-Traw at an audition today. So maybe he’s “Act-Traw”?
July 12, 2007 at 12:07 am
Also, I LOVE CatchTraw.
July 12, 2007 at 11:05 pm
i’m eagerly awaiting the uncoverance of “darryl trawberry”, the “minis-traw of defense”, and perhaps a baseball that looks like a traw, entitled “traw-lings official baseball.” naturally i assume that last one will need to be actually made by rawlings.
July 13, 2007 at 11:55 pm
http://www.oobsports.com/files/aaron_harang_cant_spell.jpg
http://i.a.cnn.net/si/images/baseball/mlb/players/6936.jpg
http://cincinnati.reds.mlb.com/images/2006/02/24/iv36ZEnf.jpg
cincinatraw
August 9, 2007 at 8:23 pm
Hot Dog loving Traw:
http://www.animationarchive.org/pics/party05.jpg
August 31, 2007 at 7:03 am
TRAWS EVERYWHERE! CELEBRATE!
TODAY MARKS SHATRAW’S BIRTHDAY!
happy b-day! you rock.
December 23, 2007 at 5:42 pm
If there is one good thing about December 23rd, it’s that it is a certain traw’s birthday…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MATTRAW!
you’re too cool for COOL!
January 22, 2008 at 3:24 am
Yes there are Traw’s everywhere, even in California. Gotta be related somehow…
January 23, 2008 at 11:19 pm
woah, randall your last name is actually Traw! awesome!
see, my last name is actually Shatraw. Traw East is Matt but he got the nickname Mattraw because we look alike. Now we just refer to people who look like us as Traws.
But you’re a real, surnamed Traw… which really takes this whole thing to another level!
February 9, 2008 at 1:06 am
You now have just met one of the family historians, there are hero,s to outlaws, check out the U.S.S. Traw or the famous Traw-Carrol Cave. and the original spelling Traugh which are mostly in the eastern U.S.