Lovely. UPDATE

This is currently my TV screen while hooked up to my HD-DVR box.

(not the actual screen)

What the fuck? I have had this for a little over three weeks, and I have a pink screen. Audio is coming through fine, but no picture. Of all weekends for this to happen, it happens this weekend. Hopefully it will be an easy fix.

*UPDATE*
TV is fine now, had to unplug the cable box so it could reboot. Fucking technology. I can't believe that turning something off and then back on is still a cure all.

Is it Sunday Yet?

Longest.
Week.
Ever.

I'm ready for the Super Bowl day to be here. Come on! Hurry up Sunday.

Be sure to check out the prediction by Steely McGnome tomorrow. Next week I think the year end stats will be compiled, so you don't want to miss that either.

Introducing!

www.getfreshdesigns.net

Well, it took a few years but I finally broke down and got a domain name, actually two.

www.getfreshdesigns.org

Why not? We'll see how this goes. Hopefully it helps. The URL name just redirects you to the CafePress link, but you'll deal.

Honestly.

Analog to Digital Delayed

You fucktards. I mean estimated 6.5 million people are idiots so the rest of us have to pay?

Over 300 million people in the U.S.A. and 6.5 million fuck it up. I'm betting those people still use rotary phones too.



Look, there comes a point in time when you have to move forward and that day was Feb. 17, 2009, but you assholes in the government had to fuck that up. Sometimes people need to be left in the dust.

Look Kids

I won.

I will wear the t-shirt with pride. Probably while working out. Should I rip the sleeves off to more badass?? I don't know. We will see.

Such a lame story I submitted, worst part is it's the damn truth. I can't watch that game and I'm about half fearful of that this coming Sunday.

New Design for January

LAST WEEK

There is no family in Fantasy Football.
Only obstacles to overcome.



So enjoy the "new" design for January and be sure to check back often and go to Get Fresh Designs on CafePress and get yours today!!!

Featured Design for January

LAST WEEK!!

I am Awesome.



This is the featured design for the month of January. Go to Get Fresh Designs on CafePress to check the design out numerous apparel items and get yours today!! Maybe a belated Christmas gift, or holiday gift (whichever you prefer).

Show off your Awesomeness with this design!!

Heal up Hines

I wanted to do this image when I saw the story, but didn't get around to it.

Hopefully Hines Ward's Hyperbaric Chamber made it to Tampa in one piece.

Featured Item for the Month of January

LAST WEEK!!

Gnomes are the shit Thong.


This item is also on sale for $8.99, marked down from $10.99.

Gnomes are the shit Classic Thong is available here at Get Fresh Designs on CafePress.

For now, I will feature an item (any item) each month for 2009, this is the item of the month for January. This item will also be marked down, so enjoy!!

Awesome Image of the Week

Same thing here.



This weeks awesome image comes from the Manheim Farm show this past October. While viewing the prize pigs, all of a sudden a pig came running through. He got loose to say the least. It was quite funny, at least to us. Enjoy.


Why not share the awesome image and have it featured here on Get Fresh Designs Blog!!

Just send the image to tshirts@dugefresh.com and I will feature it here on my blog.

Come on what are you waiting on??

Awesome Image of the Week

This weeks awesome image comes from the Manheim Farm show this past October. While viewing the prize pigs, all of a sudden a pig came running through. He got loose to say the least. It was quite funny, at least to us. Enjoy.


Why not share the awesome image and have it featured here on Get Fresh Designs Blog!!

Just send the image to tshirts@dugefresh.com and I will feature it here on my blog.

Come on what are you waiting on??

Recipe of the Month - January

I like to cook, and try out different ideas for cooking.

So, I am going to try to do my best to post my favorite recipe or just items I have come up with over my life. We'll see if it continues each month.

First up.

Buffalo Lil Smokies.

This is easy, not too much for this one.

First up, you'll need a little crockpot. Let's face it, how many lil smokies are you going to make anyhow?

Ingredients
2 packs lil smokies (whatever flavor you desire)
1 23 oz bottle of Frank's RedHot Sauce
1 Stick of Butter

Melt butter and add to Frank's RedHot Sauce (Now you have buffalo sauce!)
Put lil smokies in crockpot and add sauce. Let warm, then serve. Stir occasionally.

Easy and good.

100-0

Article Here.

Wow, some girls team in Texas beat another team 100-0.

WOW!! What a shitty team that you can't even get one basket. Your team sucks and your school should just drop the basketball program at this point, because that's just horrible.

The article has some crap about parents whining and complaining they should have let up...blah blah blah, you raised a loser. Sorry. Your kid is a loser, maybe this will teach them to try harder next time.

Change!!

If you've been here before you will notice a change in the appearance. If you haven't been here before, well it is new to you and welcome.

I have added a new header, one that points to my Get Fresh Designs links. Trying as best I can to direct traffic there. Plus I changed the Dug E. Fresh Rants "logo", not sure if I like it or not. Still thinking that one over and may change it again.

See kids, change has happened this year.

No football weekend, yay.

Dammit

Fucking Circuit City, you assholes. I was going to get car stereo for my truck, but now I don't know what I'm going to do. Since Circuit City was close and I don't want to install it myself. BUT NOO!! You assholes just had to close shop and start liquidating. Bastards.

This is what you get when you take away commission jobs and put those jobs in the hands of pimply teenagers. It all went downhill from there. Bet you saved some initial money, too bad it's all gone now. Dumbasses.

This blows.

New Design for January

Ok, now I know I this is not "new" to Get Fresh Designs on CafePress. But I have not done any and wanted to kick off 09 with these featured items, plus this gives me all of January to get a new one done for February. So you'll deal.

There is no family in Fantasy Football.
Only obstacles to overcome.



So enjoy the "new" design for January and be sure to check back often and go to Get Fresh Designs on CafePress and get yours today!!!

Have an Awesome Image?

Why not share the awesome image and have it featured here on Get Fresh Designs Blog!!

Just send the image to tshirts@dugefresh.com and I will feature it here on my blog.

Come on what are you waiting on??

Howie Long Rant

Pussy.

First off, let's get this out of the way that truck Howie is promoting getting that great gas mileage is a 2WD. Not 4WD.

2WD are for pussies. There's no point in getting a 2WD drive truck, unless you live in a southern state and never deviate from the road at all. Other than that, you might as well buy a minivan. Oh and is that a manual transmission or an automatic Howie? I'm guessing an automatic because I'm sure your pussy ass doesn't know how to drive a manual/stick shift.

Now, there I have seen plenty of blogs complaining about the gas guzzling trucks. Here are two examples.

Example one.

Example two.

I own 4 door Nissan Frontier, V6 (I know, it's not a V8! OH NO!!) 4WD. I get around 17.5 mpg driving back and forth to work, fill up my tank once every two weeks. My previous vehicle was a 1999 Toyota Tacoma, two seater, 4 cylinder vehicle, got around 20 mpg doing the same thing. but was also a used vehicle (the nissan is/was new). Funny, they get similar gas mileage considering I now have a bigger engine, heavier truck.

And consider this, my wife drives a Saturn Ion, gets 28 mpg. WOW!! that's great fuel economy right there. Let me tell you. So I have a bigger vehicle, bigger engine and get 10 mpg less.

Don't get me wrong, that is a big difference, but not great. If you watch all those commercials saying that their car gets this great gas mileage. It's not, 31 mpg is not great for this day and age. Anything in the 30-40 range for any car out their is just bad. We should be in the mid 40s for sedans and 50+ for small cars considering all the technology in cars these days.

Why?

When I met my wife she was driving a 1965 4 door Chevelle. If you have ever seen cars from from the 50s/60s then you know they were battle tanks, big and heavy with engines to match. When that car was running in top shape it was getting 20mpg. So the car from the 60s was getting 20mpg, and the car from 2003 is getting 28mpg. Seems odd to me, but what do I know.

Bottom line, it comes down to money and taxes (I have a friend who is all into politics and what not, he tells me half of this stuff). If we have more fuel efficient vehicles, then we buy less gas. The gas is taxed, so buying less gas means less money for the government and god forbid they don't have money to waste on elaborate parties for themselves.

Featured Design for January

I am Awesome.



This is the featured design for the month of January. Go to Get Fresh Designs on CafePress to check the design out numerous apparel items and get yours today!! Maybe a belated Christmas gift, or holiday gift (whichever you prefer).

Show off your Awesomeness with this design!!

Featured Item for the Month of January

Gnomes are the shit Thong.


This item is also on sale for $8.99, marked down from $10.99.

Gnomes are the shit Classic Thong is available here at Get Fresh Designs on CafePress.

For now, I will feature an item (any item) each month for 2009, this is the item of the month for January. This item will also be marked down, so enjoy!!

HELL YES!!!

WOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!

Steelers going to the Super Bowl. Damn Straight. Although I swear they wanted to give the game to the Ravens. Too many dropped passes, but that defense stepped up when it was needed and that was the difference.

Awesome, is all I really have to say and I can't wait. Two frickin' weeks though. Hopefully Hines Ward is fine by then. He is just too big of a part of that offense for him to be out.

Oh, and final score.

Steelers 23

Ravens 14

Steely McGnome predicted Steelers 24 - Ravens 13.

Awesome Image of the week

Same thing here at the Get Fresh Designs Blog

Sorry for the small image, but this is from 2005 I believe. The cell phone I had only took smaller pictures. Best part about this is my friend on the right was sitting there asking my passed out friend about what he was up to. None of us knew he was about to pass out. It was all of a sudden he fell out of that chair. It's just awesome.

Awesome Image of the week

Sorry for the small image, but this is from 2005 I believe. The cell phone I had only took smaller pictures. Best part about this is my friend on the right was sitting there asking my passed out friend about what he was up to. None of us knew he was about to pass out. It was all of a sudden he fell out of that chair. It's just awesome.

One down, many to go...

After introducing that I was going to feature certain items each month this year, I finally got around to making an image to support them and added them to my shop. I think it fits the shop appearance and makes it seem more professional. This is just one of the many changes I have decided to do in 2009 to help boost my shop.

View my shop.

Happy Birthday Rants

Don't know how I missed it, but I have had this blog for a year now and I'm still posting. But I am a week late. So, my bad.

First Post 1/9/08

That cake rules, I want that cake. Maybe next year.

Thanks to all that have read this blog, I'm sure you left thinking: what and the hell is this guy talking about??

But whatever, I rule and this was a get out of an actual post.

Holy Christ Balls

It's cold outside, but why is it cold inside?? Damn metal framing around the office windows = my right is freezing.

Doesn't help the office building is located in the middle of a field with nothing really surrounding it.

Not a great picture, but the awesome metal frame is on the right.

Ah, Wednesday

I have so many things I want to do, but the lack of Photoshop at home really doesn't help. GIMP just doesn't cut it for me. I can get by with it, but it is just a different layout, the tools work different, no layer styles, I'm just not use to it. But it is free, so I have to deal with it right now.

It's hard to open up a photoshop document then realize all your styling is gone and you have no idea how to make them right again. Someone buy me photoshop, thanks.

One thing lead to another

No, not the song by The Fixx.

I have wanted an iPod since they came out, but never had the money to buy one. A few years ago when the shuffle jumped to 1 GB I purchased one. It served it's purpose, but transferring songs back and forth was a pain in my ass. Not something I enjoy doing.

So this year I decided to use my Christmas money to purchase an iPod. I just had to choose which one, since there are a variety out there and I must say the iPod touch was luring me in. But in the end it did not have the space I needed (well with in my price range $300). I could have only afforded the 16GB, but that is not enough space. I needed at least 30 GB, of course the only iPod with that amount of space in my price range was the iPod classic coming in at 120GBs, GREAT! nothing in between, 16GB or 120GB. Whatever, my catalog will grow.

Now, I bought an FM Transmitter for my shuffle. It worked, not the greatest, but it worked. I did not have the premium sound system in my truck which I got a year ago, just the base radio so no ports for an iPod. Back on track, I had hopes that the FM transmitter would work for my new iPod classic.

No dice.

It didn't work, and it randomly works. Needless to say, I was pissed off. I bought this iPod to take with me to listen to anything in my entire catalog whenever. BUT NO! So what do I have to do, either buy another FM Transmitter (which the quality just won't be there) or buy a new stereo (something I didn't want to do).

Well I am going to buy another stereo, it's going to cost me another $$200, but then wasting $60 on a better FM transmitter, but just a pain in my ass. So help me out a little: Get Fresh Designs

Damn son

Great game, the Steelers are heading back the AFC Championship game for a showdown with the Ravens. This should be another classic, when these two teams face off it's crazy. I love it, these teams hate each other and they should, let's just hope all the big hits go the way of the Steelers and not that goofy looking flacco. UNIBROW!!



that image may be doctored...

I have to say, I like seeing Philip Rivers lose. The guy is a total douchebag. I was pissed when Elisha Manning won a Super Bowl, but that has passed, I hope Rivers never even reaches the big game, fuck him. Let him put up big numbers throughout the season.

Rivers being a douche.

Awesome Image of the Week

This weeks awesome image is a present for my father in-law. He was always complaining he couldn't see the remote, so we got him a big remote. Now he can see it.

Same thing here.

Awesome Image of the Week

This weeks awesome image is a present for my father in-law. He was always complaining he couldn't see the remote, so we got him a big remote. Now he can see it.

Shirts for Valentine's Day

One of these should have been my featured item/design for January. My bad.

The links below take you to Get Fresh Designs on CafePress. The images are the design on one of the many varieties of apparel. So enjoy!

VD is the Bestest.

I love VD.

HDTV Rules

Not more can be said, I love it. So damn clear. Those other channels hurt my eyes.

As much as I didn't care, I had the GMAC Bowl on last night, it looked great! Although, I know I'm not alone, that game had no business being on last night. A #22 ranked team vs a non-ranked team?? Morons.

Anyway, HDTV rules. You don't know what you're missing until you can see it.

Steely McGnome Interview Exclusive!!

I may have issues.

Same thing here.

Tuesday Morning Waiting

Right now I am sitting at home waiting for the Gas man to finish cleaning the heating unit, then I will be waiting on the Cable guy to install my HD box so I can watch the playoffs this weekend in High Def. Only took a year to get it, although I saw the Steelers Playoff game last year in HD because the NBC HD was coming through unfiltered.

Last night I browsed to MSN and found an article on the Dangers of third hand smoke. Third hand smoke??? That lingering smoke smell a smoker has on their clothes/body when they finish smoking. (I couldn't find the MSN article, but this one will do.)

The Dangers of Third Hand Smoke.

Wow. What a bunch of bullshit.

First off, let me tell you something. I am going to ruin the movie for you (aka your life).

YOU FUCKING DIE AT THE END!

It's all about how you get there, isn't it. If you live your life as healthy as can be or not so healthy. You're gonna fucking die. Sorry. Hate to ruin it for you. Even if you follow every rule some guy with a lab coat says you should follow, you're going to die. It's all about living your life how you want to, be happy, live life.

Besides, have you ever been in a new car? That new car smell isn't that toxic.

Hope you never drove a car, sat in traffic or anything, because those exhaust fumes won't kill you.

What about all those cleaning products you use that have produce a lingering smell, they have to be good for you.

Oh, and the soap you use to clean yourself, then those lotions you put on you to keep your skin healthy or for you to smell really good. They don't have any nasty chemicals in them at all.

/sarcasm

Then while looking for the original article I came across this one:

Beware Third-Hand Smoke and Junk Science

Totally agree.

I use to smoke. I do not anymore, after quitting I felt a lot better. Do I regret getting hooked? Nope, it was part of my life. Plus it went great with drinking and I almost always went outside and got to enjoy the day, instead of staying inside all of the time.

But here is the reality. Cigarettes are taxed, heavily in some states now. Want happens when less people smoke or everyone stops? Taxes go up on lots of other things, first up alcohol (fuck, I like to drink) then other things. Smokers help keep revenue to the states, that's why they get pissed off when people go out of state to buy stuff for use in their state.

One final thought even if you're going to listen to every douche in a lab coat.

Time to get back on track.

Well, 2008 is gone. I am happy, but also sad.

You see, 2008 turned out to be a bit of a bad year for one aspect of my life. I stopped watching my intake of food/beer and regained the 15 pounds I never wanted to see again. Back up to 200 lbs folks. That's not where I want to be, I didn't stop working out, I just shoved more food and beer into my mouth. A case of beer a week is not what I want to do, unless I'm on vacation then two cases of beer for the week. I hide the weight kind of well, but I can feel it and it sucks. Just a flat tire around my belly. It needs to go, because I got rid of all my fat clothes. Today starts the day I really start watching my intake which will hopefully get me back down just in time for the summer, pool and beach time.

Plus if I cut back to a case of beer every two weeks, I can buy more stuff. I like buying stuff.

Don't forget, Awesome Image of the Week.

Introducing...

Larry the Gnome's YouTube page, with his very first video. Larry the Gnome vs. the Million Dollar Man. Now, these are just a photo montage, so technically it is more of a slide show than a video. But you'll deal. More videos to come and they will be featured here on the Get Fresh Designs Blog.

You can buy Larry items here at Get Fresh Designs on CafePress.

Awesome Image of the Week

Two blogs, the exact same post, well except for this line. Also posted here at Get Fresh Designs Blog.

Well, it's a new year and it is time to try to jump start traffic to my blog more importantly to my shop. So I will try to bring you an awesome image of the week. I don't even know what it will be, but it will be awesome, at least to me.

First up, the Millennium Falcon Snow Sled. You can buy it here at Amazon.com. $34.99 is kind of expensive, but would be totally worth it, you know it would be. Saw this bad boy and Walmart and took the picture. Go get yours today.

Awesome Image of the Week

Well, it's a new year and it is time to try to jump start traffic to my blog more importantly to my shop. So I will try to bring you an awesome image of the week. I don't even know what it will be, but it will be awesome, at least to me.

First up, the Millennium Falcon Snow Sled. You can buy it here at Amazon.com. $34.99 is kind of expensive, but would be totally worth it, you know it would be. Saw this bad boy and Walmart and took the picture. Go get yours today.

New Design for January

Ok, now I know I this is not "new" to Get Fresh Designs on CafePress. But I have not done any and wanted to kick off 09 with these featured items, plus this gives me all of January to get a new one done for February. So you'll deal.

There is no family in Fantasy Football.
Only obstacles to overcome.



So enjoy the "new" design for January and be sure to check back often and go to Get Fresh Designs on CafePress and get yours today!!!

Ah, 2009

I never sleep right going to bed late. Went to bed at 2 am, woke up around 5am, was hot, not comfortable, but didn't get out of bed until 10:30. Which sucks, because we have to rush around to get to New Years Lunch, pick up the kid too. Staying up that late was never for me, I'm not just getting older. Midnight seems to be my limit, oh well I'll survive.

Anyone else see Dick Clark's Strokin...Rockin' New Years Eve crap. The guy has to wrap it up, sorry man, you may be feeling better, but it's just sad and reminds me of the Simpsons episode where everything went wrong and it was revealed that Dick was a robot. I think you're a robot running Windows 98, time to shut you down for good and upgrade.

Seems to be rambling thoughts here. Last night I drank some Sam Adams beer, it was the holiday collection or whatever that is. Six different brews, I liked the Cranberry Lambic (was great after dinner, but not so much a little later) and the Cream Stout. The others not so much. Boston Lager, was ok, not great for me. Holiday Porter I just didn't care for. Old Fezziwig Ale I didn't like either. Winter Ale was ok, I could deal with that. I was happy I tried them, but the way I drink, I don't really care for all those flavors. Just not my thing, sorry.

Damnit. Reality is setting in, I have been off of work since Christmas eve, and I have to go back to work tomorrow, granted it's just for one day then the weekend, but the holiday fun time is over. This vacation was nice while it lasted, but back to work.

Happy New Year.