Updating Old Designs: Hot Dog Shop

Since the beginning of the year I have been updating some of my designs from my CafePress and Zazzle shops, slowly. I do not necessarily hate them, just thought they could use a bit of revamping. I started with my gnome designs, and have worked my way into the Off-Beat Humor section. I figured that I will start to highlight them on a weekly basis here on my blog. 

First up is my Dug E. Fresh's One-Stop Hot Dog Shop. I liked this one, but it needed to be updated. First I had to recreate the hot dog since the first one I was off a little, plus I used illustrator instead of photoshop to create the hot dog. Then I changed the name of the bogus restaurant from Dug E. Fresh's One-Stop Hot Dog Shop to Plump and Juicy's Hot Dog Shop. The colors I kept relatively the same, toned down the yellow a bit, but I kept the red text outlined in white. 

Check out the picture below to see the new design, let me know what you think.

Find Plump & Juicy's Hot Dog Shop on CafePress and Zazzle.

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Gnome of the Day

Oh the images you can find on the internet. I have to say this one was a long shot, but internet you did not fail me. As I am draining my hot water heater today to flush out any sediment that is in there, I thought a gnome and a hot water heater image would be appropriate. 

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Weekly Weight Loss Update

Last Week: 191.8

This Week: 193.4

Grrrrr. Up 1.6 pounds. I guess, that's lame. Not really sure why, I'm kind of baffled at this weight gain. I know I was at the family fish fry this past Saturday, and ate a lot of fried fish. I have to say, I could have eaten more. Did not think that I overate while I was there, considering I stayed away from the dessert table. I mean I did not even have any raspberry pie, RASPBERRY PIE! My favorite, and I passed it up. I only had one lemon brownie that I made just to test it out. Hell, I did not even have any other beer other than Miller Lite, there were a few weeks I went up a little when I had a different brew. I get that, since Miller Lite is lower in calories than most other beers I have drank the past few months. When I go up a little those weeks, I understand I took in more than I normally do, but this week, really. I mean really?

Workouts were roughly the same, except that I upped my running on Monday by running a longer. I walked on the treadmill on Saturday and increased the incline while walking. I do not know if you have done that, but that is a great workout. Lifting was the same and I started doing 15 minutes of yoga a few days this week.

I'll try harder this week, better be down like 3 pounds next week.

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Gnome of the Day

 

Laptop power cord is broken, so I'm on the desktop. I feel exactly like that gnome.

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Gnome of the Day

Looks like someone had a rough weekend.

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Gnome of the Day

Where is his other hand, you know that gnome is up to no good. 

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Gnome of the Day

Holy crap!! That looks like Larry, my gnome!!

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Some Commercials are just dumb - Fancy Feast The Engagement

Wow. Just Wow.

I saw this commercial the other night, and thought it was some diamond company commercial. Not an ad for Cat Food. I guess they're appealing to the crazy cat ladies out there, or that some guy is going to make a room just for a cat. Funny, I do not ever see that happening and if it does, well, I'm betting the guy doesn't have a girlfriend to begin with and is a crazy cat man.

Maybe it's just me and my hatred for cats, since they are the devil and make my chest start to tighten up and breathes become shorter. No, this commercial is just bad. Sorry it is. I mean it really seems like one company makes a lot of commercials since this commercial has nothing to do about cat until the very end. Just like that Fage yogurt commercial I did a post on. Nothing to do about yogurt until the very end.


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Weekly Weight Loss Update

Last Week: 192.0

This Week: 191.8

Down a little, which is good considering I ate a little more crap this past weekend and we also updated our scale. Good to know the scales were close. Other than Friday/Saturday I thought I ate fairly the same, nothing too bad. Still need to add some more vegetables in my diet, but that's on me actually buying them at the store. 

Working out, fairly the same. Some added yard and garden work helped me out. Also on Free Rita's Ice day we walked up to the store to get one. Weightlifting is back on track and I changed my routine and was not too sore. I am planning a new goal of trying to do 15 minutes of yoga in the morning for at least 3 days during the week. I know I can do it, I just have to.

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Gnome of the Day

Uh.Yeah. I don't know what that is suppose to be, but I'd stay clear of this gnome.

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Gnome of the Day

Man, this picture just makes me want to go to the beach even more. 

Daily Rant

After a decent amount of sales in January and February, March was a disappointment. Thought maybe this year I would have consistent sales each month, still early yet.. 

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Gnome of the Day

This is Sven, a new gnome I picked up over the weekend. Thanks to tinyraisins for the name suggestion.

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Some Commercials are just dumb - Fage Yogurt

First time I saw this commercial, I had no idea what was going on until the end. You know when they showed the yogurt container. Check it out for yourself if you have not already.



Did I miss the point or something? Kind of lame if you ask me. Why don't you just tell me about all the wonderful flavors you have and how nutritious your yogurt is compared to the other yogurts. Not some artsy crap, with an even worse poem. Make better commercials, I mean if you are just throwing away money, send some my way. Thanks. 

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Gnome of the Day

I'm betting this is how most gnomes should look this morning.

Daily Rant

Oh man, I've seen some really bad commercials recently but I need to have the laptop right in front of me do rip on them. 

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Gnome of the Day

Sweet gnome holding a clover, you know because it's St. Patrick's Day. There was another gnome, but it had all sorts of different baseball teams on the hat of gnome when I did a search. I do not really follow a specific team, so I didn't post any of those.

Daily Rant

Eyelid is twitching, it sucks. 

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Gnome of the Day

Bet that gnome makes some sort of flower alcohol.

Daily Rant

800th post for me, for a while I split this blog into two. I found that trying to post to those two blogs was somewhat pointless, since I am trying to push my t-shirts designs. 800 posts seems like a lot, but over 4 1/2 years and most of the posts are not really that long. It could be a lot more. 

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Weekly Weight Loss Update

Last Week: 190.6

This Week: 192.0

What the?? Up? Frick. Not really sure why I am up this week. I did not gorge myself with food this past week at all, unlike previous weeks where I normally had a day or two of eating a lot. Maybe I did not eat enough? I do not know, one thing I hate about being close to my goal weight is that I seemingly can not find a good rhythm with working out and eating. I need to get back on the vegetable train I know that, fruit intake has been decent, but I have not eaten my vegetables at all. That could be it, no frickin' idea.

I started lifting again this past week, cardio has been about the same.

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Gnome of the Day

This is Gnacho TheGnome. Gnacho started following me...er Larry the Gnome on Twitter, check out Gnacho he's bad ass.

Daily Rant

I posted my Magic Hat Spring Mix review yesterday, check it out if you have not already. 

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Yay Beer. Magic Hat Spring Fever Mix Review

In the fall I purchased my first case of Magic Hat beer, it was their Night of the Living (or fall) variety pack. Well, I skipped the Winter pack, because for some reason I just did and I just realized this. Probably since I bought the fall pack late. This past weekend I picked up the Spring Fever Mix, I really enjoyed the beer and here is my review of the beers within the case.

Vinyl Lager

Probably my favorite out of the pack. I thought this really tasted like a porter or stout (I'm a fan of both and get them mixed up all the time). The Vinyl Lager had a really good taste in my opinion and is definitely case worthy.

IPA on Tour - Demo

Meh. Not a fan of the IPA type beer. Don't get me wrong, I'll drink them but I still have not found one I can say I like. I mean the alcohol content normally is a plus on these so one is good enough for me. Not case worthy, not even six pack worthy, it's someone buys one for me worthy.

Circus Boy

I've had a few Hefeweizen beers over the past year, and this is probably the top one. Had a really good taste to it, I'm guessing the lemon grass. I couldn't really tell you, the unfiltered nature of these beers caught me off guard at first, but I have come to be able to enjoy them a lot more than an IPA. This one is six pack worthy.

#9 Not Quite Pale Ale

Love this beer, this one could definitely be in the weekly rotation if I had more money (or a job). It is a smoother beer and tastes great. Someone put this on tap for me, at my house, for free. Thanks.

Overall, this was a very good variety pack. I would get this pack again, not next week but in the near future. Still bummed that I missed winter pack, I'll have to wait until next year. Stupid me. 

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Gnome of the Day

Right on Gnome.

Daily Rant

I got the Magic Hat Spring sampler this past weekend, good stuff. Either today or tomorrow I'll review the four beers within the sampler case. Just a reminder, don't expect anything to thought provoking. Words can elude me.

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Gnome of the Day

Whoa. I need a bigger yard so I can grow this.  

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Gnome of the Day

Someone get that gnome a boat, he's kind of doomed. 

Daily Rant

Lots of rain today, which is fine by me considering it is still March and had it been colder this would be a lot of snow. A lot of snow. Thanks for being warmer out.

Still excited I finished my site, dugefresh.com

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Gnome of the Day

I don't like these punk gnomes just hanging around, they're up to no good.

Daily Rant

I finished updating my Web site, and turned it into a portfolio site. Yes, I know. I should have done this well over a year ago, but I never thought I was going to go this long being unemployed. The site is done now, check it out and let me know what you think. dugefresh.com

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Weekly Weight Loss Update

Last Week: 191.7

This Week: 190.6

Nice. Two weeks in a row with a reduction in weight, gotta love that. I have to say, I did a better job at watching what I eat this past week. Although, I did indulge a little with a 4 piece fried chicken meal from Twin Kiss in Manheim. That didn't hurt me in my weight loss effort this week, and I do not eat there all the time. 

As for working out, I stayed off the weights again this past week. I may go back to lifting on Monday, give myself one more workout day off from them. Had a few days of walking around the neighborhood mixed in this past week, since the weather wasn't extremely cold. Other than that, treadmill, elliptical, stationary bike for the cardio workout.

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Gnome of the Day

We'll try a picture of the gnome that resides above my microwave again today, expect no mobile phone post today. That's Benson. 

Daily Rant

Downfall of buying brawny paper towels is that I have Lean on Me song running through my head each time I use them. Not cool. 

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Gnome of the Day

This picture is from my cousin Casey, you rule. 

Daily Rant

Well, I tried to post a gnome of the day earlier in the day using a text message, well it did not work. I recently switched to t-mobile and people had this issue like 5 years ago with them. Guessing it's not resolved or something I don't know. I'll look into at some point. Keeping up the old post, just because I can. 

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Gnome of the Day

	This is benson, he lives on top of my microwave. Daily Rant Without power today, so hopefully this works. Texting to blog worked at one time, and I won't know if it did until later today. Fingers crossed.

Gnome of the Day

I didn't find another gnome in a video game, I searched the internets for this. It's from the game Fallout 3 or something, whatever gnomes in video games rule. 

Daily Rant

It's Friday. I got nothing today. 

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Gnome of the Day

While playing Modern Warfare 2 at my friends house he notice a gnome. Of course I got killed, but the gnome was still there when I went back and I was able to snap a pic. Later in the game the gnome had disappeared. 

Daily Rant

I've missed out on all this Charlie Sheen stuff. I kind of just ignored. I really wished I wouldn't have, man it is just too funny. I don't care if it's real or an act it makes me laugh. Bi-Winning. Haha.

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Gnome of the Day

The gnome on the right is missing the top of his hat and possibly an arm.

Daily Rant

Again. I need some more content on this site other than Gnome of the Day and Weekly Weight Loss Update. Anytime I think of something I am nowhere near the computer.

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Weekly Weight Loss Update

Last Week: 192.6

This Week: 191.7

The constant up and down with this one pound is making me crazy. But that just means I'm making myself crazy since I am doing this to myself. Didn't shove as much food into my mouth this past week helped me out. As I said, after a year of doing that sustaining that just sucks at times. Something I'll have to watch the rest of my life given the genetic code given to me.

I stayed off the weights this past week, and will continue that until Monday. Needed a break, plus I'm pretty sure my left tricep was a little sore from something and it feels all better now. I did run again, walked a quarter mile, ran half a mile, walked half a mile, ran half a mile, walked half a mile, ran half a mile, then did a quarter mile cool down. Except for the cool down, I ran on an incline. Yeah. I was sore and beat up from that. Good workout.

On to next week. If I can get down in the 190.x range. I'll be happy.


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Gnome of the Day

He's watching you. Judging you. While you poop.

Daily Rant

I have to finish my updating my web site. I downloaded Dreamweaver CS5 trial so I could put one element in the site. So I only have 30 days to finish it up. I have to say for the most part it is complete. I just need to work on the guts of it. 

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