Ok, despite my witty and eloquent title, I stumbled upon a post on Gizmodo about a tour of the LEGO’s Vault of Secrets. Ok.. maybe its not so much of a secret, but it is where they house almost every Lego set created, in pristine condition.

Check out the video, and the post commentary. Yes, its a bit geeky, but… well, chick dig geeks… so deal with it.

Lego Secret Vault Contains All Sets In History

Tiger Woods upset a lot of people in the hockey world a few weeks back when asked about who he was rooting for in the Stanley Cup finals, by saying, “I don’t really care. Let’s talk about the Dodgers. I don’t think anybody really watches hockey anymore.”
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This is possibly the best video ever on YouTube… And everyone must agree because it has 28,702,606 views. You just can’t plan this kind of thing… believe me, if I could, I would have taped my kids doing something like that..

Yesterday, as I was running out to my car, in my gated community garage, late for work, I first noticed Police cars in the area. This is quite strange, so thinking, “those poor OTHER folks… wonder what happened to them…” 

Sure enough, when I got to my car, I realized why the Police were on the scene. My window was shattered, and glass, mixed with all the articles in my center console were strewn about the front of my car. Apparently someone did a smash-n-grab session in our garage, hitting approximately 6 vehicles. 

The only thing they stole from my car (and the only thing even remotely valuable) was my old Ipod Nano. Suckers, there is no way they can get any money from that.

But that really wasn’t the worse part. While I certainly don’t like the idea of some punk kids smashing windows and stealing stuff, what I really hate is the aftermath. The clean-up, the scheduling of auto repairs, the confusion with the insurance company… All of that.

I’m still trying to get someone out to put a window in  my car, all the while I’m hoping it doesn’t rain. Thats way more frustrating than losing an Ipod.   

As most of you know, I’ve been flying kites for quite a long time. I’ve flown at Sea World, around cruise ships, and even in Tienanmen Square in China. For the past 6 years, I’ve been running a kiting website called Kitestop.com.

When I started, it was predominately an e-mag/forum site… then I tried to monetize it by selling kites. I even opened a “brick and mortar” shop in Cocoa, FL, but had to close it when I got divorced.

Anyway, I was sitting at home one day and realized that it was a pretty dumb idea to not do something I really enjoyed, so I sat down to re-design the online shop for Kitestop.

I’m proud to announce that I’ve finally completed building out the shop and it is now available at : www.kitestop.com

I’ve added a subscription newsletter, a community forum, and have even been blogging. Please stop by and take a look (even better would be to buy something there). Kiteflying videos and an interactive game are in the works.

My younger brother Michael has now taken the title of “Most Educated Person” in my family.

This weekend, he finally graduated from the University of Florida’s MBA program. 

As I watched him walk across the stage to accept his diploma, I finally realized how much effort and dedication it took for him to complete this two-year MBA program while working full-time and sacrificing his weekends and evenings.

I am extremely proud of him. 

For some reason lately, I haven’t had the urge to put pen to paper (er… fingers to keyboard in this internet age).. Sometimes, I can go days/weeks/months without any desire to write.. then BOOM, I’ll go on a creative spurt and write a bunch of articles.

I’ve been on a writing drought for awhile now, and I’m finally forcing myself to post an entry today. 

Blogging kind of sucks sometimes, because you write and write, not knowing if anyone is actually reading it. Sure, I know my folks get on here occasionally (because if I post something about my life, they call to check up)… But aside from family members, its hard to say if anyone even gets on here. 

I guess thats the mark of a good blogger…. to blog, regardless of visitors. To get online every day, and express yourself without anyone being there to watch. 

As you’ve probably noticed, I’ve been pretty bad about posting… But in my defense, I haven’t had an internet connection at my new home for over a month. Sure, I had access at work, or through my cellphone, but …. well… whatever.

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