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Fitting

Ken Drab — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 04:00:02 +0000

In today’s comic, Rick discovers what it feels like to fit in – finally. But apparently that’s not enough…

Inter-pee-yews

Ken Drab — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 04:00:51 +0000

Happy humpday! More color goodness. This is my favorite color strip of the week. Just the way it turned out. I wish I could fit in color every day, I think it brings everything to life. Sigh.

Thanks for all the comments this week – I really appreciate your support!

Thanks for dropping by!
Ken

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Smoke Screen

Ken Drab — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 04:00:07 +0000


	Today I got tackle a fire. Kind of. Actually, things didn’t go according to plan – much… or at all…

Good morning!

More wallpaper – I got really behind on the strips this weekend (despite working on the comic all weekend long), so here’s another wallpaper I did to commemorate coming up on 450 Rick the Sticks next week, or the week after… Anywho – let me know what you think!

Not really relevant, but I wanted to have another movie poster up there as wallpaper. You understand…

Thanks for dropping by!
Ken

Bored Room

Ken Drab — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 04:00:05 +0000


	I’m bored – despite helping out this community I think I failed to see the forest for the tree fire…

Good morning!

Man, that was a quick weekend! After everything is all said and done, I didn’t even get the site upgraded. Technical issues prevented it. Ugh. Regardless, today’s and tomorrow’s strip took me twice as long to complete. The good news is they’re done. The bad news is, I’m not happy with them. I think overall, they’re okay, I was just hoping to astound you today!!!

I also threw this together. ‘Who’s Watching the Stickman’

In case you're not aware, this is a spoof of the movie 'Watchmen'

I’ll resize that for different formats shortly. Hope you like it!

Thanks for dropping by!
Ken

Knocked Around

Ken Drab — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 04:01:01 +0000

Good Friday morning!!

Hope everyone is ready for an awesome weekend!

Ken

Rememory

Ken Drab — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 04:01:59 +0000

Good morning!

The strip is chugging along – I’ve started advertising on some other sites and it’s working out swimmingly! Traffic to the site is up exponentially and it’s not really costing me a ton of money. Woohooo! So if you happen to see other people happening around the site – let’s be cordial. Share the mediocrity!

Hope you had a chance to check out yesterday’s blog post regarding the Rick the Stick Diet. It’s just one ingredient that’s gone into my magical weight loss.

Thanks for dropping by today!!
Ken

Saving Time

Ken Drab — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 04:01:58 +0000

Good morning!

Happy humpday! Hope your week is going well – and I mean that sincerely. Not that you’d hit me up and be all like “you know what! it’s not going good? i’m not having a good week;” and I’d be like “Hey friend, I noticed you didn’t capitalize some of your letters there and your punctuation is a mess – having a good week starts with making sure your sentences are buttoned up. Think about that and get back to me.”

Riiiiiiight. Anywho, I’m continuing on the Rick the Stick diet (I’m down 34 pounds in three and a half months*) and here’s the key to it: water.

Water.

I was feeling listless, tired and unmotivated to do some of the things I wanted to do when I started another weight loss contest in the beginning of March with a coworker. I saw that trainer on the Biggest Loser with a tip during the show that said drinking water increases your metabolism. I used to have a high metabolism and was tall and skinny. Age pretty much took care of that and now I was tall, dumpy and my weight was topping out at 276 (when I started the contest I weighed in at 274 so I use that weight as my official starting weight).

I also wanted to live a longer life now that I had a child – I want to watch him grow up and I wasn’t convinced on my current path that I’d have that opportunity. Something needed to change. Starting with consuming more water seemed like a good start.

What I’ve read is that if you’re dehydrated your body can mistake that for hunger. STUPID BODY!!! I AM THIRSTY!!! The problem for most of my adult life was that I hated drinking boring old water. So I downed Diet Cokes like they were my life’s source. STUPID DIET COKE!

I now drink two 1.5 liter bottles of water per day. I usually will have a cup of coffee (I still need caffeine!) and a liter of seltzer – ALL BEFORE I LEAVE WORK! Drinking a lot of water in the evening usually makes for a lot of trips to the bathroom. For some great tips on water consumption check out this article.

Back to Diet Coke or other diet sodas. Aside from the fact that they aren’t part of a healthy “DIET”, the chemicals in them actually hurt your metabolism. So while you may not be adding calories from your beverage, you’re killing your metabolism which helps your body burn more calories. If you’re drinking a diet beverage or anything with ASPARTAME or any other artificial sweetener in it, slowly put it down and back away from it.

Want more information for yourself? Fine. Click here (NY Times) Keep in mind that I was addicted to Diet Coke – sometimes drinking 4-5 20 oz. bottles per day. Ugh. I’m proud to say I have not “BOUGHT” a Diet Coke in 2009 – I’ve had a few (my wife sometimes brings one home) but despite the intense cravings on occasion, I don’t drink it anymore.

Added benefit: when you’re feeling hungry, drinking more water helps those little hunger pangs go away.

So there it is. Water. Lots of it. Quench the thirst you probably didn’t know you had, increase your metabolism and lose weight. Simple right? Yes. But you need to do more. Start today. Even if you drink just one more glass than you normally would – do it – and keep doing it.

Thanks for dropping by!
Ken

*I’ve averaged losing 2.5 pounds per week without going hungry (all the time). You can check in every Monday for my results from every Friday’s weigh-in. I’ll also be including more of the things that I’ve done to get there.

Safety Bench

Ken Drab — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 06:00:20 +0000

Good morning!

Hmmmm, reading this one back, I’m not so sure about the punchline. Safety gum? Not really sure if I should let it ride or change it. I’ll let it ride – feel free to booo this strip or let me know your thoughts!!! The good news is that I feel great about next week’s strips. So there is progression – and tomorrow’s strip is an indicator of what is to come…

You know what else should ride? Your mouse pointer onto the ShareThis button and send this to a friend! If you’re like me, you realize sharing is caring. It also can work the other way around! Why not waste a coworker’s time by sending this strip to them. While they’re reading it and just before they reply to you in disgust, you can sneak up behind them and snap a picture of them on the site – slide it into the boss’ inbox and get that promotion you’ve been trying to get. Let Rick work for you! Do it now or end up working for that sniveling coworker!

Oh and congratulations on your promotion!
Ken

Out of Mind Experience

Ken Drab — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 06:00:18 +0000

Good morning!

Happy Humpday! I’m excited because there’s another plot twist – right around the corner. There’s evil on the horizon. I’ll leave it at that. Softball tonight so tomorrow’s post may be light like this one.

You know what’s not light? Sharing the incredibly not watered down taste of Rick the Stick with a friend or family. That’s right share. It’s the right thing to do.

Ken

Calling Spiderman

Ken Drab — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 06:00:10 +0000

Happy Friday! I took the day off today so I’m already enjoying the weekend. neener-neener-neener!

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Good night Kenaston, North Dakota
Ken