Winfield School Students Promote Mercedes Benz

Either the kids at Winfield 'intermediate' School are the worlds biggest Mercedes Benz fans (suprising given that Winfield has no economy) or they have a peace sign fail. (someone submit to failblog...)

My Not-So-Epic Quest To Find The Elusive Verizon Droid Line

Droid Launch Fail:

My Not-So-Epic Quest To Find The Elusive Verizon Droid Line: "A few minutes later I was joined by two new Droid fans. Unfortunately, my excitement over my new friends was rather shortlived — the newcomers turned down my offer of free TechCrunch T-shirts, and informed me that they weren’t actually waiting in line, but had come to witness it for themselves too. As it turned out, they were members of the Android team, who were also apparently let down by the sad turn out.

"

Everyone in line was a reporter. LOL.

Web sales comparison

Saw an interesting ad on a blog for some kind of gore-tex cordura suit. Coudn't tell if it was a new motorcycle suit or what. Turns out it's a mountaineering suit from North Face. A full $1,000. And what do they offer you on their site to buy it? Two columns of (tm) and (c) laden buzzwords and a fancy flash rollover thing. That's it. I'm going to drop a grand on a suit knowing nothing about it. Fail.

Side note - the advertisement for the suit didn't even take me to the suit; dropped me to the wrong product category overlay page. Fail 2. Had to toggle between windows and search for the damn thing in their hidden search field.

http://www.thenorthface.com/catalog/sc-gear/mens-haines-tuxedo-suit.html?parent_category_rn=&cm_vc=Search

Interesting contrast by another company that makes a Gore-Tex lined cordura suit - for $200 less.

http://www.aerostich.com/aerostich-suits/roadcrafter/roadcrafter-one-piece-suit.html

A full fuckoff full afternoon of reading on that page if you include the links, customer reviews and time fiddling with the sizing and options available. You get to know that suit. You own that suit while you're reading about it. You become invested in it. You dream about it. It's part of you after you read that page.

That's what it's supposed to be about.

Not marketing bulletpoints(tm)(reg)(c).

Alec playing Bakugan

Alec playing Bakugan
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Alec in St Louis at Bakugan tour

Alec in St Louis at Bakugan tour
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Page Nine: SPECIAL REPORT: Black Man With Gun Harms No One

Page Nine: SPECIAL REPORT: Black Man With Gun Harms No One: "in the U.S., people have guns, use guns, carry guns, buy and sell guns, it’s normal. “The only thing odd about any of this is you and your reaction.” “But why wasn’t he arrested? Don’t you realize the president was there?”

Actually, the president was not there, inside his own protective Secret Service bubble, but that didn’t register either. “Is the AP saying you don’t have your civil rights when the president is around? The right to speak, assemble, keep and bear arms -- these go away out there on the street during a peaceful protest?”"

Summer

Summer
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Alec playing in the hose. (Click for pic)

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Cubcamp!

Cubcamp!
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Alec building a toolbox

Alec building a toolbox
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At CubCamp! Click for pic.
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