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A bit of customization for the Grand Cherokee, courtesy of the Bellevue Square Parking garage!

National Cupcake Day!! October 18th

Little Debbie, the Little Ho of Snack Foods, is at it again, tempting me with chocolaty & partially hydrogenated goodness! The 18th of October is National Chocolate Cupcake Day & in honor of this day, the Little Chocolate Temptress is giving away 1M cupcakes!!! I will go to New York Cupcakes  for real cupcakes, but there is something about Little Deb and her “Nutty Bar” that calls to me!

Enjoy!!  BC

Aquarium Video - Do Otters Dance? | Insight & Ingenuity

In addition to being cute, funny and having otters, this story talks about using social media to further your business and create traffic/awareness of whatever you are peddling!  I have a soft spot for otters as we have otters who play on the dock when we have morning frost!  They are adorable and hilarious, the girls and I love to watch them sliding on the frost.

Aquarium Video - Do Otters Dance? | Insight & Ingenuity

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New show to check out…

Dime Mag gives me something else to do!

Harlem Heights is the name of a new reality show tonight at 10 pm on BET.  Not my normal cup of tea, but it features a columnist from my favorite basketball website, www.dimemag.com.  The columnist, CHRISTIAN GRANT-FIELDS, is one of the main characters and it sounds like it will be a good view.  Check it out and let me know what you think.

I read their basketball column called “Smack” first thing everyday and it catches me up with the latest news, scores and highlights.  Always a good read and it gives a good laugh and a great start to my day!  I threw a bit of support to Christian through the comments on the blog:

“Very cool, good luck at the Premiere and you’ll get ratings from me up here in Seattle. Not my usual show, but because I am on Dime an hour or so a day, I figure I can give the show a try!”

I hope the show does well and is fun to watch, Christian seems like a good guy and Dime is definitely a great website!

BC

Golf carts hit the road - Business - The Olympian - Olympia, Washington

This reminds me of my teenage years in Union, MI (100 miles +/- outside of Chicago), where golf carts are a common mode of transportation.  There are many carts, a lot of them with not only custom exteriors, but with regulators removed or modified allowing carts to hit speeds in excess of 50 mph! 

We used our cart for everything from riding to the store, taking up trash, to hauling skis and water toys back and forth between the different houses.  This also led to one of the scariest moments as a father I have ever had.  I was taking a small group of kids to play in the woods and upon arriving, I stopped to assess the situation.  I didn't like the spot, so I hit the accelerator quickly...  not knowing Skylar had stood up in the back!  Wham! Pow! WAAAHHHH!!!!  She flipped out backwards, landing on her head causing a concussion and her "ability" (its a feature, not a bug) to see bright flashes of light (she described them as being similar to a camera flash) for the next 3 -4 months.  She did get her very first MRI though!

I like golf carts; they can be a good alternative short distance transportation option and will probably get one in the next couple of years.

Golf carts hit the road - Business - The Olympian - Olympia, Washington

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