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2011-07-25T13:48:00.000-07:00

teeki Independent Sales Rep, teeki, Multiple Territories | Malakye.com

Ok so I am going to start blogging again and for no good reason other than twitter is not long enough for my rants.

Here is a great example of simple lack of planning and execution when it comes to a product launch. This brand had an ad on Malakye (which by the way is a great site, good job Chad) they were looking for a sales rep. I curiously clicked on the company link to see what they were all about and I go on the site and it is hosted by a company called www.wix.com

Now first of all I like Wix, I actually use it for several of my personal and client projects. It is easy to navigate and easy to manage. Sure it is flash so all you iPad users can shut up now and just go buy a Galaxy tab 10.1" and all will be solved.

The main problem here is that they are so cheap that they couldn't even pay the $9.00 a month to remove the Wix ad on the side of the site. Really? $9.00 a month and they can't even cough that up? Makes me feel confident that they'll be around in the future to pay my commission checks.........

Word of advice to all. Find a high school kid to at least do your site. If you don't look at least somewhat professional you need to get out of the game.

As always I am open for abuse so carry on......

Bean

Jacobs First Moto Practice

2009-05-14T11:12:00.000-07:00

Well this could be a long story but I will try and summarize it.

Jacob has been ripping around the fields on our property as well as my inlaws propoerty for about a week now without training wheels on his PW50. I was actually suprised at how well he took to it, getting the pegs down to the ground as he put his foot out around the corners. But that is on grass and as we went to Baja MX on Wednesday afternoon he learned that a good tire is essential on mud.

Here is how the day went.

Gets out of school at 3:00, packed up and went to Baja.

Get there by 5:30 with Hannah in tow and packed with plenty of treats.

5:45 - Jacob is pretty excited, he heads to the track (via porta potty of course)

5:52, on the track and headed out. Without waiting for me he heads out, not a problem since the track has no real jumps per say and it has little to no elevation changes. Pretty much like home but dirt and some turns.

5:53, hits his first muddy turn and lays the bike down. Not hurt but startled, a kid on another older kid rides by and stops to help him up (moto kids are a great group). I see him and run out and of course he is crying because he is scared.

6:50 - After several talks, telling him we can go home not pushing him. Fruit snacks, crackers, drink boxes, more talks, a little more crying a little more snacks, explaining to me that the track is to slippery, me telling him to ride slower, more crying, a little more crackers...........long story short he did not want to leave but did not want to ride. So we sat until almost 7:00 and he decided to brave it one more time.

After a cautious lap, a near breakdown again he completes a lap.

Tears are gone, smile all the way and he was off and running. Sun came out and dried the track so it was not muddy anymore, he even braved the "big" hill (see video) and had the time of his life.

Gave him a hug and told him I was proud and of course Hannah was cheering on the side, spilling the crackers all over the back of the Saturn.......

The Training Wheels are off.

2009-05-05T07:49:00.000-07:00

So after my successful weekend (read previous post) I had taken off Jacobs training wheels at the track so that we could use his bike as a pit bike to get around. Jacob was convinced that his bike was bigger than the other kids PW50's, this is due to the fact that they look smaller when you are 50' away watching them on the track and also since his training wheels make the suspension taller it seems bigger to him.
Well, after watching his friends ride and talking to them he decided that he did not want to wait till he was 6 to ride without them. I told him it was totally up to him and he could keep them on as long as he wanted but he insisted and we gave it a shot.
No matter what I did myself, nothing compares to watching you kid do something for the first time. I think it's time I retire.

My moto Quest for Greatness

2009-05-05T07:21:00.000-07:00

Last weekend was the Loretta Lynn Qualifier for District 14. If you don't know what the Loretta Lynn event is look it up.

So anyway, I decide by some great wisdom (and not calling my older brother for advice) to enter the qualifier in the 30+ B/C class, which is full of riders who used to be really awesome and now have gone down to just plain awesome by my standards. Basically I was getting ready to have my ass handed to me.

How would I decide to get ready for such an event you ask? Train, eat right, hit the gym or possibly do some warm up sessions on the bike weeks prior to the event? No that would be silly. Better to just show up and race that way I am nice and fresh and I can recover on Monday.

I head up there, for business of course with the 2XL / Nitro Circus / Slednecks trailer in tow loaded with merchandise to support Brian Keselowski and the #26 NASCAR Nationwide team and I've got my pit crew Jacob Bean right at my side ready for a weekend of racing and selling some goods. Thanks to Patrick at Baja for the hospitality all weekend. He is a first class dude.

Friday practice went alright. There had been terrible rain up to this point so the track, which is pretty much all sand on some crazy up and downhill terrain, was pretty loamy at best. 12” deep lines covered the track and it was slick as hell. Perfect training grounds for me I guess. I kept the bike running hard for my practice session hanging it out for all 4 laps of my session. Felt pretty good and I was optimistic looking into my qualifier on Sunday. I had Saturday to rest up so I got this in the bag.
Saturday was great, windy and had to clean out the trailer several times but all is good and thanks to Shelby and Michelle who came out and kept the goods moving all day. Jacob was having the time of his life at the track, pretty much having free range to go where he wanted with his moto hero Tucker Vest and his gang or mini moto riders.
He was not happy to go home on Saturday night but after 3 days of being at the track he needed rest for school.

“On any Sunday”

I came, I saw, I realized that I am not a top contender for 30+ B/C Loretta National Champion.
Ok, so I knew that from the beginning but who can blame me for trying right? I mean everyone knows that snocross is my game right?
I went out for the first moto and had a bad holeshot but I was on a RMZ250F and everyone else was on 450’s including Jonathan Blain who I sponsor for Skullcandy. So he had better beat me or he’s cut from the team. Actually he was the only one who lapped me so he is in the clear. Dude is a machine for sure.
So on the first lap of my first moto I come across the finish line and head to the front doubles, nothing big, maybe 30’ or so and I hammer the gas and say to myself “oh ya, I got this” totally underestimating my speed and as soon as I left the ground I realized I don’t got this……… No problem right, I’ll just suck up the landing which I did but the bike kicked sideways due to my weight difference between me and Chris Vest who’s bike I was on (and yes due to lack of bike control) and when I came down again I went right over the bars and straight to my head.

Thanks Kali for the nice helmet, saved me from a concussion and a lecture when I got home.
I got up, looked over and saw Chris at the fence shaking his head in despair wondering if he was going to have to carry me off the track. BUT NO I say, I got up kept the bike going and finished the moto in 14th out of 15 riders.
Second moto, bike stalled before the first gate drop, got it started for the drop with the 50+ guys so now I am in dead last but I am not giving up. I need to finish I tell myself. I hung on, posing along the way for some action shots

(thanks Corey from Lockjaw Racing!) and I ended up finishing 12th this time. So I actually improved, or actually I think the other guys pulled off so I held on longer than them. Slackers!
All in all it was a good weekend, in my eyes I won because I did what everyone said I could not do and all those on the couch can say what they want.
Thanks to my good bro Chris for the bike and help when for the first time in my life for racing I was actually nervous. He kept it real for me and told me to have fun.

Which I definitely did.

Snow Fantastic!

2009-04-06T06:21:00.000-07:00

Hey Al Gore...................

Uh anyway, so here is what I woke up to and had to drive to work in this morning. Awesome huh? Yesterday I was outside raking leaves and having lunch on the picnic table with the kids, riding Jacob's motorcycle and all that.

Thankful at least for indoor skateparks right!

Cool.

Boys got skills

2009-03-20T07:25:00.000-07:00

Check out Jacobs moves. I asked him where he learned to dance and he said "the moves just come into my head."

Tum Yeto in the house

2009-03-10T14:27:00.000-07:00

Check out the Tum Yeto Dekline vids!

Victory Again!

2009-02-28T15:07:00.000-08:00

Yes, I am once again undefeated in racing. This time going 3 for 3 at the Mt. Brighton Sled race in the Father son 8 and under division. Check out the vid, the secret to my speed you ask? Notice the pictures of Jacob next to his sled and you'll notice the snowboard binding discs that have a Bataleon Goliath 160 mounted under there. We got some air on the jump and destroyed everyone even letting them get a head start.

Nothing like setting up your kid fo dissapointment in life. Now he things he is going to win everything.

Craigs list scammers

2009-02-19T09:43:00.000-08:00

So I have my parents Thompsonville book case tv unit for sale on craigs list in detroit and within 15 minutes of posting I get the following email through craigs list

"Hello, I came across your item, i want to know if this item is available, tell me the price you want the item to go for and the present condition.I need you to understand that i am willing and ready to purchase it right away.I would be on the look for your Email reply.

Aaron..."

So I reply that it is $500 just like it says in the ad and about 5 minutes later I get this email.

"Thanks so much for the update,i have called my bank and they made me understand that they couldnt release the funds since it has taken more than expected to get the check cleared......Please dont sell the bike to another buyer and i would instruct my secretary to issue another payment out to your name so you can cash it immediately and get the left funds on the payment straight to my shipping agent and they would contact you to schedule the pick up on time cos i dont want any delay this time......I am so sorry for the delay of this transaction and make sure you ignore all other buyers and keep the bike very well for me till my shipping agent come for the pick up. Thanks so much and do have a wonderful time,hope to read from you soon so i can instruct my secretary to go ahead and issue the payment out to you soon as possible.
Aaron..."

Now first of all who in the hell is looking for a bookcase that has a secretary and has to release funds from a bank. WTF man. Also I made sure that I replied promptly and told this a-hole to take his scam somewhere else and he needs to learn to keep track of the spam mail that he is sending out because I am not selling a bike.

What a turd. Just so everyone knows here is his (or possibly hers) email - arronaldoa1@gmail.com and the name was Aaron Ronaldo

Send him some love mail.

Freeze X Fest

2009-02-04T07:02:00.000-08:00

So the Freeze X Fest is starting to shape up pretty nicely. Check out some of the features that the crew put up yesterday in the freezing cold. Pretty nice huh?

Nice Mac

2009-01-09T12:55:00.001-08:00

Apple Introduces Revolutionary New Laptop With No Keyboard

Damn Selfish kids

2009-01-09T12:52:00.001-08:00

Child Bankrupts Make-A-Wish Foundation With Wish For Unlimited Wishes

Walk In Fridge

2009-01-07T07:04:00.000-08:00

My friend Christine sent me this one from Germany. Soon to be an addition in the house!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1ZZreXEqSY

Star Wars Book

2009-01-01T16:28:00.000-08:00

So I got a sweet one that I found in my archive. I scanned in the cover a few pages from this original print star wars hardcover picture book. Published in 1978. Pretty cool. Any bidders HAHA!

Pass Collection

2009-01-01T16:00:00.000-08:00

OK so I have to admit it, I love collecting passes from events that I go to. It is my way of cataloging all the stuff I have been to in my life. I am going to start to post some of the passes I have kept for nothing more than my own amusement.

Red Bull Fuel and Fury, 2005 - Chris Burandt won this event. Old Pabst Blue Ribbon plant in Milwaukee. Cool ass event. Cyndy and I found out that we were having Hannah a few weeks after this event.......hmmmmm.

A total classic. Three Drunk Guys Productions premier of Input, a film by my bro Craig Mearns. I actually produced these so not really that cool. Other than the fact that I was in the film.

Formula D Soldier Field - we supported and filmed these guys way before drifting got huge then Ryan Sage and his crew decided that we were not "big" enough to film there anymore and G4 (A video game network?) gets the exclusive rights to film. Once again, put aside for the almight dollar.

Palmer Vs Woodstock

2009-01-01T15:54:00.000-08:00

So there was supposed to be this huge fight in Vegas, I think it was like 97 or something. Shaun Palmer and Simon Woodstock both had this "clown" thing going on and I think it went like this. They both showed up at a skate park with clown gear on and someone said "one clown must go down" or some shit like that. Anyway people got the idea that they should box for publicity in Vegas at the snowboard trade show. The fight got more hype than anyone could have imagined and I had dealers changing flight plans just to be there for the fight. Then we're in Vegas and Jurg Kunz - the owner of Palmer, yes someone else actually owned Palmer what a shock - Jurg shows up and is like Palmers hand is all busted up from punching some mexican dude who was messing with his box van in his front yard. Now he can't fight. So now Vans is pissed because they have a shit ton of money into it, Shaun is pretty much over all the hype and BS of this so ling story short they get Mike Muir from Suicidal Tendencies to step in for Shaun. Mike gets his ass handed to him because Simon has been training with a welter weight champ of something for like 3 months but it was fun none the less. We had VIPS and it was a good party.

Classic Shaun Palmer style - fuck everyone else and do what he wants to do.

Retro Snowboard

2009-01-01T15:18:00.000-08:00

So I am going to try and get a bunch of stuff on my blog here about some old school snowboard shit. Here is a good first run. I scanned in the catalogs from the first company I used to rep for Famly Snowboards - yes I know it is spelled wrong, that was cool back then - Geoff Falzone was the owner and a first class dude. Still lives in So Cal and owns an off road truck fab and race team called Giant Motorsports, look him up for all your needs.
First Year Catalog was pretty simple

Outside Cover and here is what was inside. I still have the 136 Model and would kill for a 147 Citrus board. I know who has one but he won't give it up.

The next year it got way bigger - for us at least. Multi page, multi color but originators in the ultra clean department. These boards never made it to full production unfortunately and Geoff folded up the operation. Before he did I left for Palmer Snowboards that year - first year for Palmer - and worked with Bob Klein who is the man today.
Check out the catalog from 1996-1997

Your Friendly Neighborhood Police Officer

2008-12-23T07:39:00.000-08:00

Having several family memebers and friends who are law enforcement officers I have a great amount of respect for the job that they have to do, especially for my cousin who works in a rough part of Michigan. They take a lot of danger head on with the job and have to put their life on the line to protect us. But this dude driving his mini car is nothing more than a pissed off fat man looking to show people who is boss. There is no excuse to act like this in front of a 14 year old kid who is going to grow up and hate cops who are supposed to be there to protect you.

Nice.

Skullcandy Boom Box

2008-12-17T13:13:00.000-08:00

Pimpin huh?

BLAH

2008-12-13T14:51:00.000-08:00

My good bro Phil sent me a pic of this classic shirt that I did about 20 years ago. I think it was one of the first "companies" that I ever did. It was created in the car after a blown out knee and a car ride with Chris Vest, the first time we ever me and it was called Blah Board Wear. Blah was an acronym for Bull Lickin A*% H*&#s. Which is the name I came up with for a few people that we were sandboarding with that weekend.

Classic

Yes the rumors are true.....

2008-11-17T13:00:00.000-08:00

So yes, it is true. I had a small part of Hollywood history when I worked with Steven Spielberg. During our time together I gave him quite a few ideas, including several high dollar type movies like Independance day and stuff like that. He was thankful and unfortunately I never got paid but I was only 17 and did not have a written contract at the time. Oh well, maybe some day he'll ask me to do a movie again.

Novi Snowmobile Show

2008-11-03T12:51:00.000-08:00

It was a pretty cool show this weekend. Hung out with some friends old and new, Chris Burandt came into town to sign some autographs for Slednecks and he is a super nice guy. I got him together with NASCAR driver and Sledneck Team Member Brian Keselowski and they talked cars for a few hours. Chris tried to convince Brian to let him drive his car but Brian was having none of it HA! Chris pretty much flew in Friday night and was out Saturday night, pretty crazy schedule for him but he's off to Idaho I guess for more work. When he found out that we wee going to go to Kart 2 Kart for some indoor cart action on Saturday night you coud tell he was disappointed but duty call right Chris!!! Make sure you check out his video, you can get it here - http://shop.slednecks.com/prodinfo.asp?number=SNV+CB1 or at you local Slednecks dealer. Support his backcountry adventures is you really want to know how to ride!
http://www.chrisburandt.com/
Here are a few photos from the show.

Brian is trying to explain to Chris how much easier it is to get sponsors with a larger chest.

Would they trade rides?
I think Chris would easier than Brian!

Brian myself and Chris

this one is for my brother Kevin

2008-10-27T14:02:00.001-07:00

He's a full time dad and he rocks out to this.

Sorry, I'm on a roll today

2008-10-27T09:08:00.001-07:00

Ante Up People!!!!!

2008-10-27T07:34:00.000-07:00

There is no way to describe how funny this is.

Representing Detroit

2008-10-27T07:20:00.000-07:00

OK so I am sorry that this video has offensive language but it was waaaaaay to funny not to post. So sad that this dude they are singing about probably actually died but pleeeeeeeease someone tell these people that this is the worst song ever and make Detroit look not bad but worse. Nice having the little kid there with you also.

This Morning

2008-10-23T07:01:00.000-07:00

I had a few visitors, tried to feed them nacho chips from last night but they decided to eat some grass instead. I guess Costco chips aren't good enough for them.

Julie and Cyndy checking out my blog

2008-10-22T17:11:00.000-07:00

An they love it.

Yet another reson not to put kids in weddings.

2008-10-20T10:55:00.000-07:00

See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor.

Craig Mearns

2008-10-17T11:14:00.001-07:00

Craig is my homie from Pogo Skate. He can out skate and drift your ass any day of the week.

Eagle Scout

2008-10-15T12:36:00.000-07:00

Believe it or not, I am (and I say "am" and not "was") an Eagle Scout. Call my mother if you don't believe me. But if I had known that I was able to do projects like this when I was doing my community project it would have been a lot more fun.

12-Year-Old Boy Scouts Volunteer To Give Women Breast Exams

Pat at Town & Country

2008-10-15T11:23:00.000-07:00

Pat loves my blog! Call him at T&C and tell him you love him. 810-227-4420

Slamdunk Time!

2008-10-14T16:56:00.001-07:00

Jacob working on the slam!

John Kight in the House

2008-10-14T15:37:00.000-07:00

For a little bit that is. Stopped by to see him and Dion working away at Skaters Advocate! Check 'em out! www.skatersadvocatemi.com

A bird

2008-10-14T14:58:00.001-07:00

There is a bird on my desk.

Clowns

2008-10-14T08:26:00.001-07:00

Jacob with his pumpkin pose.

Hannah would rather drive.

Children In Trees

2008-10-14T08:19:00.002-07:00

Everyone went to the apple orchard with her brother the other day and I guess that kids are growing on trees now. My brother in law picked up a granny smith kid out of this tree.

Ladies and Gentlemen......drumroll please.....

2008-10-14T06:12:00.001-07:00

Yes it’s is true, I started a project around the house and I finished it to the end. Roofing a house is a huge task and I had a pretty easy roof to do. Nice pitch and no corner’s at all.
I want to thank my few, and I mean FEW friends that actually showed up to help me with the project – you know who you are.
Everyone else who I asked to come out and bailed……….don’t ask for free shit anymore just because you think I will give it to you. It’s a two way street and I realize now that no one can really help when the time comes.
Here are some good pics of the whole project.
I did pretty much the whole thing myself including the picture of myself when the roof was finished.

Getting ready with the tearoff. Here's the cray hole I fell through when tarping
the roof before the tearoff started.

Hafway done....... Jeremy on his way up wondering how
with the tearoff at least. he got sucked into this project.

Ready to replace some boards. Getting ready to shingle.

thankful for Monster Slurpee.

The man and his roof.

Fun

2008-10-07T10:38:00.001-07:00

This is quite possibly the coolest picture ever.

And yes, this is quite disturbing

Ton's of Stuff!

2008-09-19T12:02:00.002-07:00

Hittin the streets with the new Slednecks Gear! Check it out.

Nick Visconti

2008-09-19T12:02:00.001-07:00

My boy Nick has a new blog and I told him that I would spread his poison to the world.

Check it here

http://tahoedangerzone.blogspot.com/

Go get 'em Nick!

Captain Safety

2008-09-19T12:02:00.000-07:00

So I am usually a pretty safe dude, since I work in a steel mill quite a bit and have to always look out for things that will kill me at anytime. This is more of a reason that I should be safe at home but it usually never translates to that right?
I am getting ready to replace my roof next weekend - should be fun - but I have a few spots that started leaking and had not fixed them yet. With the horrendus rain that came last weekend I finally decided to get up there and place a tarp over the house to keep my drywall ceiling in the garage and kitchen from getting damaged. I go the my favorite store - Home Depot - and buy a 30x50 tarp and decide that I can spread this out myself on my roof. It is pretty flat and no angles, just a ranch so I figure no problem. It is pouring rain and I am trying to figure out a chinese oragami tarp that has been folded 37 times which could never be placed back into the package without a friggin robot. Anyway, the wind is blowing and now I am soaked, by the way did I mention I am home alone with the kids in the living room? Ya right, so I am near the ridgeline of the house about 2' down and all of a sudden like Tom Hanks in the money pit I am up to my armpits and have fallen through the roof. Went through like a sack of potatos! Yup, I am an idiot.
Pull myself up, huge hole in the roof now. Lucky that I didn't go right through to the kitchen floor. Leg bleeding, my 4 1/2 year old comes out and is giggling in the driveway and I tell him to go inside.
Life is fun.
Oh, yes the hole is covered and now my roofing project has been moved up to next weekend.
Pics to follow.

Bean

Wow

2008-09-05T11:24:00.000-07:00

This dude rocks.

Cool

2008-08-26T05:27:00.000-07:00

This is cool, forwarded to me by Brett Butcher - Bataleon Snowboard OG

Heading to Bristol

2008-08-20T14:27:00.000-07:00

I worked on trailer this week over at the race shop trying to get it looking a little better for the road. We took off most of the graphis and will have to do the rest when Brian gets back from Bristol. We're looking to do a full wrap on it but the cost for that is pretty substantial.
Here is the trailer now

Looks muh better than it did before with the picture of someone else's car on it.
Brian's been getting the car ready all week and Kathy and Eddie (Long time friends of Brian's) bustedd their butt's along with him to get the trailer ready. Everyone pretty much volunteers for Brian and we all do the dirty jobs like cleaning the grill (Thanks Kathy!) and dismounting the tires and taking out the inner tires from the superspeedway tires. Yes, that job sucks

Brian has the car all set to go so we'll have an update as soon as he gets done with practice.

NASCAR at MIS

2008-08-20T09:04:00.000-07:00

Michigan International Speedway was a great showing for Brian. He had a great qualifying run on the second lap which secured him in the show without a problem. Qualifying in the 34th position and with the race starting strong and pit stops running at a good pace the team held on and advanced 10 positions for a 24th place besting some of the best full time drivers and managing to keep the car clean and ready for Bristol this coming weekend. The temperature outside was not to bad but a little bit of heat inside the car caused a bit of a burned heel for Brian. Limping back to the car a little we could tell that he was sore but in true Brian Keselowski fashon he still managed to get the hauler loaded up and continue to work on everything until the last piece was loaded and the car was off the chassis dyno.Brian will be hard at work this week getting ready for Bristol and will be leaving on Wednesday night to get there in time for the Friday night race. So that means there is STILL plenty of time to get some new sponsor logos on the hood of the car! Thanks to those who have supported Brian and continue to do so. Just to show how much Brian’s fans love him and the attention he brings here are some quick Monday morning web stats from www.thehotlap.com which if you didn’t know is the official “unofficial” Nationwide series coverage page.
Here is a link to the gallery from the shots at the race - http://www.thehotlap.com/modules.php?name=BGNPhotos&op=album&id=206

Brian still gets more hits consistently than any other driver week after week http://www.thehotlap.com/modules.php?name=BGNPhotos&op=album&id=206&min=32

No other driver (except for some guy that had 909 hits but that is thanks to a refresh button I’m sure) has more hits than Brian and in fact the only images that really get all the hits are the girls http://www.thehotlap.com/modules.php?name=BGNPhotos&op=photo&id=19254 – over 200 views http://www.thehotlap.com/modules.php?name=BGNPhotos&op=photo&id=19261 – 189 views But that is ok, because she was with us anyway! Even our pit girls get more hits than anyone else.

Here are some more pics from the race

On this pit stop the right rear tire was stuck in the wheel well so the front tire changer helped out and got the lug nuts off before the rear buy got there to help out - TEAM WORK!!!

Sean Conely catching tires

Brian getting swamped by the fans.

One week till the running man

2008-08-14T06:33:00.000-07:00

This has been tough for sure. I weighed in today at 182, which is not much of a weight loss and it means I went up a few but considering that I was at a golf outing on monday and did not run that day or Sunday either it makes sense. As far as the running goes I am down to a 9 minute mile and running 3 miles a night. I usually come back sweating like someone who just got out of a lake but hey, that's physical fittness for ya huh? I figure at this pace I could do 10 miles with about a 12 minute mile average finishing in 2 to 2 1/2 hours. Not bad I guess but considering that last year some dude from Kenya won it in 44 minutes that is pretty sad. That dude is gnarly, that is like running 10mph for the entire race or faster - yes my math sucks so you figure it out.

B.

Running Man

2008-08-07T13:59:00.000-07:00

So in the last few weeks I have lost a solid 7lbs and I am running a consistent 9 minute mile. Not bad for someone who was never a runner I guess.
That is all.
Sorry, not to exciting.

Last Winter

2008-07-20T15:17:00.000-07:00

this is another old one but thought it was worthy of putting up there.
This is Jacob last winter on his first fun box.

Official Weigh In

2008-07-20T14:29:00.000-07:00

So I did the official weigh in thing today. 186 is what I am going with and that was at 3:00 today after eating lunch. Not that it matters really.

Here are the sweet digs that are going to take me to fame fortune and a trip to the hospital.

Yes, I know, pretty damn cool.

camping

2008-07-15T17:34:00.000-07:00

So as I said earlier I went camping over the 4th of July. Had a pretty good time except for this kid hitting me in the head with a plastic toy.

Of course during the photo review I came to a scary realization. Shit I am a fat bastard and really white.
So it is officially on. I made a promose to Paul Walters, my good friend for a long time and owner of Skaters Advocate that I would run the Crim www.crim.org with him this year. I hve 38 days from now and have NEVER run a marathon in my friggin life. This could possibly be the one this that kills me but I have to do it. I'll keep it updated here on my progress.

Shit, I am so screwed.

Tigers Game

2008-07-15T17:24:00.000-07:00

This is a little older but had to publish it still.

There is nothing more rewarding than seeing your kid attend their first ball game.

Always a clown.

Updated NASCAR Pics son!

2008-07-15T17:13:00.000-07:00

Here are some old pics from the Nashville race. Totally hot and sweating my ass off but fun as hell.

HIYAMAKARATE!!!!!!!

2008-07-15T17:06:00.001-07:00

I don't really know what the hell I am saying there. Anyway, Jacob had his karate ceremony in the park on Friday July 11th. Pretty cool. The kids have about a 10 minute attention span before they start to throw grass and mess around but he is usually pretty good when he does this stuff. He looks so cool in his karate uniform. Can't wait until he can kick my ass right...
He is now a yellow belt in his kids group. They don't just do kicks and stuff which is pretty cool, they teach balance, positive thinking and well being. So I approve.

2008-07-12T13:03:00.000-07:00

So not sure if you have ever heard of Levi Meeuwenberg but this dude is off the hook. He's from Ann Arbor and competes on Ninja Challenge. Not much more that you can say other than holy shit.

Great Customer Service!

2008-07-08T14:16:00.000-07:00

So I got a good one. I went to Lowes today and had to but some utility blades to scrape my contractor sticker off the inside of my car window. Simple purchase, there was a 5 pak of blades for $1.08 ($1.14 w/ tax just to make the story accurate) and I go to the self checkout line to pay for them. First, I love that there is a self checkout line with a person there to make sure you actually self check out. Don't get me started on the research that I did on items of larger value that weigh the same amount. Anyway, I scan the first item and then hit finish and pay. My next option on the screen is where I was asked if I wanted to pay $2.94 for a one year customer protection plan on my item being purchased. So let me get this straight. I can buy purchase protection on a 5 pack of utility blades for basically $3.oo? That would mean that I would have to have a total of 3 packages of utility blades fail (mechanically or from defect, not just getting dull mind you) 3 packages fail in total in less than a year just to make up for the investment I made to make sure that I am covered in case of a "mechnical failure in the cutting operation"

Awesome. I love Amerika.

Tuesday morning

2008-07-08T05:33:00.000-07:00

Rain, rain sucks. That's all I have to say about that. My boy decided the other night when I was shaving my head that he wanted the same thing. So now he looks like dad. Kinda scary.

snowboards

2008-07-07T09:43:00.000-07:00

Working on some cool projects for snowboarding this winter. Looking at taking a trip to Utah with the OG crew. Jeremy, Vest, Bobby dog, Hunt, Foster and whoever else goes. Only thing is Jeremy has to take his own plane this time so we all don't loose our luggage.

Poor fool

Another one is going down

2008-07-06T10:54:00.000-07:00

No just kidding, I am heading to my friends wedding today.Paul Walters from Skaters Advocate in Howell is getting married today. Probably right after he "busts out a couple more lawns" as he always says. Dude is the mad lawn cutter in addition to owning a killer skate shop in downtown Howell, MI check it out if you're ever in the area. Wedding is at 3:30 and I think it is a non-alcholic park they are getting married at.....

I'll be back quick.

NASCAR fun.

2008-07-03T09:26:00.000-07:00

Went to kenucky a while back, figured since I am sitting here I can update my new blog. Brian (Keselowksi) did decent in practice but when it was time to go out for quaifying he spun out.First time he did not qualify for a NASCAR race. Pretty bummer out but that is part of racing. We're working on some new sponsors for him and things are looking pretty good. I'm trying to get a new website up for him soon, his old one for him and his brother is a little outdated and needs a refreshed look so I'll post when that comes up soon.

My life is now officially starting

2008-07-03T09:17:00.000-07:00

Rained last night during camping and the camper leaked. 30 years old so what did I expect. I'll post some pics when I get back if I don't get overrun by skeeters.

B.