The entire time I was making this shirt, I had the biggest grin on my face. Everything about this shirt is RIDICULOUS. A toddler strutting around daycare wearing a shirt with Patrick Swayze on it….priceless. Well, not priceless, but $15.00!
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I haven’t been doing a lot of beer reviews as of late. The craft beer market is saturated. It’s not a bad thing, in fact, it’s a fantastic thing to be a consumer. The choices are ridiculous. There are so many beers now that I enjoy and so many that I dislike, blogging about all of them just gets boring. I’ve decided to save any beer reviews that I do for truly unique experiences. Whether a beer is good or bad, if there is something truly unique about my encounter with it, I will share the experience. This beer was one of them.
The “Campfire Stout” is not a fantastic beer….but it is good. The reason I wanted to write about it, is because it does something that other gimmicky stouts fail to do: It actually tastes like it’s suppose to. It actually tastes like it smells.
It’s one of my biggest pet peeves about stouts. Breweries will create unusual stouts with flavors that spark intrigue. Almost all of these things usually smell terrific, and almost all of them leave a disappointed beer drinker standing there with a glass full of mediocrity. I had almost completely stopped trying them.
The Campfire Stout is supposed to taste like S’mores and is actually brewed with Graham Crackers in the mash. I’m not going to sit here and tell you that the beer tastes just like S’mores, but it does have a smokey, sweet flavor to it: worthy of praise. It’s not a surprise to me that this is High Water’s top selling beer.
If you are a fan of gimmicky stouts like this, I suggest you give this a try. Finally, a stout that tastes like its meant to taste.
Cheers
Here is the second release in the October Toddler Tee Explosion! This Jesse and the Rippers Shirt has always been a hit in the onesie and adult version. Now its time to let your toddler rock this. As of now, this is only offered in pink specifically catered to the ladies. However, I will have this in grey in a few weeks (probably.)
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I have been too relaxed in rolling out new toddler shirts. I realized this a few nights ago when I was on line browsing for cool toddler shirts for my daughter. She is not quite a toddler yet, but soon. Once I realized that there wasn’t really a great selection of totally awesome toddler shirts, I had to get a move on. Everyone has the same stuff. Nobody has this! Let your kid make his name known in daycare by sporting this Serpico shirt. All of our toddler shirts are printed on super soft, American Apparel shirts.
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I will be rolling out toddler shirts over the next few days. Stay tuned!
Holidays are approaching quickly! As you can see from this sweet picture, its already October. I have been busy in the lab pumping out a few last minute designs before the holiday season kicks in and all new designs come to a halt. This new shirt came out sweet, inspired from an alternate movie poster of “Repo Man.” This shirt is pure punk rock. Any fan of this cult hit will love this. This is now available in our Etsy store, eBay, and supersweetshirts.com.
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The draft was the most fun. You had the predictable choices go first in the beginning rounds…but I decided to be ridiculous. Or was I? I didn’t understand the logic of picking random players from different teams. So what if they are the best players. I looked at the Buffalo Bills roster this year. The defense was looking great, the offense has impressive weapons with two starting running backs, and the quarterback (at the time) was supposed to be decent. So in my eyes, EJ Manuel is either going to pass it to his two top receivers, or to his 2 running backs….and if hes not passing it to them, they will be running the ball with those two running backs. Its almost double the points every play! Right!? The people I ran this by before the draft laughed at me…but nobody really told me “why” it wouldn’t work. The only drawback I saw was the bye week. My goal was to make the playoffs with this method, so sacrificing the bye week was something I was willing to do.
Of course I kept this a secret from everyone in the league accept my friend Pat who was pretty excited to see how this would work as well (although laughed at it as being ridiculous.) I had my draft board laid out, 6 overall pick, and determined to get all my players.
My first pick:
C.J. Spiller
I figured, out of all my players, he would be first to go if someone where to take a Bill.
My second round pick:
Sammy Watkins
He has gotten so much hype in the off season, I didn’t want to chance losing him/ I wasn’t really worried about losing Manuel at this point. I figured I could snag him in the 3rd round (like the Bills probably could have done…)
My third round pick:
EJ Manuel
My fourth round pick:
The Buffalo Defense
In the end I got everything I wanted:
EJ Manuel
Robert Woods
C.J. Spiller
Fred Jackson
Scott Chandler
Mike Williams
Buffalo Defense
Backups for bye week:
Ryan Fitzpatrick
Brian Hartline
Mark Ingram
Delaine Walker
DeAndre Hopkins
The Bye week will be tough to get through, my best shot at points is Fitzpatrick because he doesn’t have to win, he just needs to get me those garbage stats hes known for.
So how have I done? I’m 2-2. I should be 3-1. I lost the first week by only a few points because I forgot a player when setting my line up. I didn’t know “w/r/t” was basically an extra player to use. What was once a laughing stock during the draft…is now raising eyebrows. Nobody wants to lose to my team. Nobody.
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I wanted Amelia to have a room that would hopefully spark her imagination. I wanted a room that she would want to play in. Nicole and I started brainstorming this room even before she was born. This newest addition was something she had come up with that really put the final touch on her bedroom.
A freakin’ Tee Pee with a little fake animal skinned rug! We got this on amazon for $130.00, I was able to use my amazon points and got it half off. They have it in 2 sizes, we opted for the 6 ft size which was the smaller. It fit perfectly.
Her face is always priceless when I show her something new. This was no different, and for a little while she wouldn’t go in it. She just looked at it. Eventually I convinced her to go in by going in it myself with her favorite book, “Harry the Dirty Dog.” She followed me in and seemed to like it.
The quality of this thing is really nice. The reviews on Amazon from everybody had said it was nice quality, but that it had a gross fishy smell. It actually didn’t at all. Maybe they fixed the issue. I’ll have more pictures of her room once we finish the clouds that we want to paint on the wall.
1) We are already into September! Less than 4 months until Christmas! Every order we have been sending out since the summer has has an included coupon code as a “thanks.” Keep these handy as they can be used this holiday season!
2) Years ago we used to do a yearly holiday Indie shopping show in Rochester, NY. I haven’t done one in a few years now because we have been so busy each holiday, but this year I might be squeezing one in, which will be in Buffalo, NY. I’ll know more on this if we get “accepted” into the show. It’s not something I need to do, and I’m sure I’ll kick myself for doing it because it gets so busy, but it’s great to get out and see the people who buy from us! I miss it.
3) It’s 2014, and yesterday I watched “Kill Bill” for the first time. I’m not sure why it took me so long to see it, but I’ll definitely be working on some Kill Bill shirt art, hopefully soon!
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Well, I have to admit, this most recent trip to a comic convention was a lot better then the last. Also, the overall experience in Toronto, Canada was more enjoyable as well. Up until this point, I never really had a great time in Toronto. Don’t get me wrong, I am far from saying that I “love” this city, in fact, I barely like it, but this time around was quite pleasant.
We didn’t get a hotel, as these days, you can get a way better room for a fraction of the cost using Airbnb. If you are unfamiliar with this site, its basically people that rent out their apartments or other properties they own. In this case, we rented an apartment on the 34th floor of the Tiff on Widmer St. right in the heart of downtown Toronto. It was a one bedroom apartment overlooking the city with a nice balcony. A pretty awesome deal.
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| View off the balcony. |
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| View off the balcony at night. |
When we arrived, we unpacked our gear and head out to the streets in search for some food. We were right near King Street which was loaded with places to eat/drink. We didn’t put much effort in to researching for this particular meal as we were both pretty hungry from being stuck in shitty Canadian traffic for way longer than we should have. We choose a restaurant called “Hush” which advertised a rooftop patio. It didn’t really feel like a rooftop patio. It just felt like a patio, mainly because it actually wasn’t on the roof of the building. False advertising. The drink menu was slim with only a few beer choices and some mixed drinks. We went with some hard ciders called, “Somersby.” I got the regular and my friend Pat got the blackberry. I should have figured they were going to be horrendous when the waitress asked if we wanted them on the rocks. She said they were “meant to be on ice.” I don’t know, maybe it’s just me, but if you brew something that tastes the best when you dilute it with ice, its probably terrible. We opted out of the ice. And we were right. Terrible.
We ordered burgers for dinner where we were reminded the hard way that you really don’t get to choose your temperature in Toronto when ordering a burger. They just bring you a well done patty. Thankfully it somehow was still juicy, but I will probably never order a burger in Canada again. I did other research online about this topic, and this is apparently just how things are there.
When cashing out, I was reminded of another really obnoxious Canadian thing that we actually encountered a lot when we were in Montreal. The dreaded credit card machine. Here in the states, you order your meal, they bring the check, you give them your card, they take your card, the bring it back for you to sign in privacy were you pay your bill and calculate whatever tip you want to leave. In Canada, they give you a device that’s about the size of a Zack Morris phone, they swipe your card, and then hand the machine over to you to cash yourself out and enter your tip. The entire time you awkwardly do this, they stand over you. It is awful. I jokingly mocked the device at the table with our waitress who told us that the US is “behind” on this restaurant technology. I am going to disagree.
After dinner we headed outside and noticed a ton of people in Blue Jays gear heading to the stadium. It was a really nice night and we didn’t really have plans to do anything specific, so we said “why not?” Off to the Rogers Centre , off we went for a random baseball game where it happened to be against the NY Yankees. I really don’t care about baseball anymore, although I did when I was a kid. This made the game a bit cooler to see, especially because I got to see Derek Jeter play before he retires. It was kind of cool.
A few awkward things about Blue Jays baseball. First, the drinking age in Canada is 19. Second, the marketing for Blue Jays gear is based around the slogan, “I Love BJ’s.” Third, the $17.50 seats are a nice bargain, but its pretty much the section of the stadium that’s just packed with 18-19 year old kids. So basically your sitting in a section full of 18-19 year old girls, all drinking heavily, all wearing shirts that say “I love BJ’s.”
The excitement of the game only lasted until the 7th inning, then we were ready to get the hell out of there and go find a craft beer place. Upon doing some research, we settled on “Bar Hop” which touted 30 taps, over 100 bottles, and 2 casks. That was enough for me to make my decision. We headed down to this place, which was walking distance from the stadium. This is were Canada falls short with their beer. The entire list was 5% ABV beers, all from Canada. There was on 7% Imperial IPA from North Island which I started off with. It was actually pretty decent. We then had a wild cider on cask which sort of smelled like urine, but tasted better then it smelled. The overall experience at this place was pretty good. Nice vibe, great beer selection (probably the best your going to see being in Canada), and a nice crowd. After our beers, it was time to head back and get some rest before FanExpo!
We got to FanExpo around 11 after having some breakfast. The line was gigantic to get in, but moved quickly and we were inside in less the a half hour. We were pretty shocked at how fast it was. Once inside, it was nerd insanity (with a lingering scent of B.O.)
With my only prior experience of one of these things being the Niagara Falls Con, I was blown away at the size of this. People from all over wearing their favorite costumes and merchandise for everything nerdy imaginable. Celebrities line up along the outer perimeter signing autographs for ridiculous prices, some with lines of people, some with no line or people at all.
The second section of the convention center was the best. It was the section with all of the comic book artists and other random artisans from all over. People selling custom shirts, artwork, cosplay weapons, etc. It was very cool and we spent the most time here. I was trying hard to find my daughter a Tardis Dress, but was unable to. Actually there was hardly anything there for babies/toddlers. It really made me think about looking into a vendor slot for next years show, but I’ll probably pass.
Overall this trip was decent. I would definitely go to FanExpo next year, and although I still sort of hate Canada, this recent trip to Toronto was decent.
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