Bailout needed in Detroit!

We suck. The first team in NFL history to go 0-16. Sure the Buccaneers lost all their games in their inaugural season, but there were only 14 games back then.

It's not even as if many of our losses were close. In only one game would a field goal have sufficed (12-10, Minnesota). 3 more games we could have won or tied with a touchdown. Everything else - absolutely blown away.

We've got one of the best receivers in the game (Calvin Johnson) who, like Barry Sanders of the Lions' 90's teams, has no supporting cast.

We're going to get the first pick in next year's draft. But even the entire first round of picks won't fix Detroit's problems. We need some congressional intervention and maybe an Obama-esque spreading of the wealth from the hardworking, well-organized teams to allow our underachieving, mis-managed program to have some success.


Post-script: Here's something interesting: we lost to Minnesota two times and by a total of 6 points, and they won the division (and beat the NY Giants in the process).

Another note - the Lions won all four pre-season games: the NY Giants, and then both Ohio teams (with 8 combined wins and a tie this season), and the in-famous Buffalo Bills.

There's always next year.

Super-size me? Eunuch-ize me.

No, seriously, why would McDonald's do a whole marketing scheme to rename McNuggets "Nuggnuts"?

They even have a facebook page for the newly-re-christened breaded-processed-meat-parts.

The new name does not suggest that I am "Nuts for Nuggets" as I suspect they're aiming for. It suggests to me that they're no longer the same nuggets, and that - perhaps - they are now made of - well - um ... something besides assorted chicken parts and just some particular parts.

In my neck of the woods (the Rocky Mountains) we already have this product - oysters.

Anyway, I'm hesitant to log on to facebook as a friend of Nuggnuts, as I've seen the episode of the Simpsons where the German kid disappears and the cafeteria begins serving a delicious new sausage called Uderbraten. I'm not so nuts about nuggets that I'm eager to eunuch-ize myself in order to serve the public at large.

30 Stores!

The PaceWheel is now for sale in 30 stores across North America!

Made in the USA

Struggling with supporting our own economy or supporting my own economy.

As the PaceWheel's success continues, we are expanding our product line to include Strengthwheel - a weightlifting calculator. But, as we approach the final design phases and move toward production, I'm in a bit of a quandary.

I can cut my production costs by nearly half AND produce in plastic (for more durability) by outsourcing. Alternately, I can produce it Stateside for what PaceWheels cost me (in UV-Coated cardstock) or for about 50% more than PaceWheels cost me (in Plastic).

The bottom line is: is my bottom line the most important thing here? How important is "Made in the USA"? How valuable is "Made in the USA"? I certainly can't just look out for number 1, but it is an important factor. Weigh in, and let me know what you think.