Winding Road

Stepper: A Portable Shoe Rack from Quirky

The Quirky community has rolled out its latest product:  Stepper.  It is a lightweight shoe rack that folds flat for easy storage and transport.

 

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Portotrash by Quirky

Portotrash is a very cool way to reuse those plastic bags.  It will be at home in the kitchen, garage, virtually anywhere.

 

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Bobble Bone by Quirky

The newest in dog toys, check it out

 
 

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Verseur: Wine Lover's Multitool by Quirky

Check it out, here is one of the latest products that I have been working on.  I hope you like it.

 

"Verseur is a wine lover’s multitool, combining everything you need to open, serve, and save your favorite wines. In addition to an easy-to-use corkscrew, Verseur also includes a foil cutter, a pour spout, and a tight-sealing stopper for keeping your opened bottle fresh."

 

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Despicable Me - Mini-Movie 'Banana' Preview

This makes me smile everytime

 

Quirky at the Consumer Electronics Show: Perch

Quirky is unveiling their newest product, Perch, at the International CES in Las Vegas.  PERCH will be showcased at the Pepcom's Digital Experience.

"Perch is a portable, wireless speaker that’s designed for use with mobile media players.
Use it at home as a speaker and mobile device charging dock, or charge it up and take it with you anywhere you want to play some tunes."

 

Order and reserve your Perch today!

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Smoke, Mirrors and Stimulus

I cannot take credit for this story.  It was posted as an anonymous comment on an investment board, but sums up the BS that has been happening for the last two years perfectly.

SMOKE and MIRRORS
 
It is a slow day in the small Saskatchewan town of Pumphandle, and streets are deserted. Times are tough, everybody is in debt, and everybody is living on credit.
 
A tourist visiting the area drives through town, stops at the motel and lays a $100 bill on the desk saying he wants to inspect the rooms upstairs to pick one for the night.
 
As soon as he walks upstairs, the motel owner grabs the bill and runs next door to pay his debt to the butcher.
 
The butcher takes the $100 and runs down the street to retire his debt to the pig farmer.
 
The pig farmer takes the $100 and heads off to pay his bill to his supplier, the Co-op.
 
The guy at the Co-op takes the $100 and runs to pay his debt to the local prostitute, who has also been facing hard times and has had to offer her "services" on credit.
 
The hooker rushes to the hotel and pays off her room bill with the hotel owner.
 
The hotel proprietor then places the $100 back on the counter so the traveler will not suspect anything.
 
At that moment the traveler comes down the stairs, states that the rooms are not satisfactory, picks up the $100 bill and leaves.
 
No one produced anything. No one earned anything. However, the whole town is now out of debt and looks to the future with a lot more optimism.
 
And that, ladies and gentlemen, is how a Stimulus package works.

 

Broom Groomer at Bed Bath and Beyond

So cool, this is one of the first products that I ever worked on with Quirky.  It is now out in stores.

 

Bed Bath & Beyond

Buy it from me for the same low price at my Quirky site

 

 

 

 

 

The Definition of Inflation

We must educate everyone (even many of our politicians), starting with the definition of inflation

Monetary Inflation is the act of printing money or the debasement of the currency (loss of purchasing power) through increasing the money supply.

The result is higher prices and a lower standard of living.

Catch that: Inflation is the printing of money. The result is the higher prices.

So if we learn that, we would never let our politicians print.

The printing is the inflation. The result is higher prices, the robbing of our purchasing power.

The dirty little secret that our politicians, govt and debtors do not want the average American to learn.

Learn this, teach it to your children, teach it to everyone.

 

Politicians need to keep their hands off our money.

Seth Petreikis - Help Save Him

Dear World,

Hello, this is Mike.  I have a cause to share with you. 

Last night, I was watching the 10 o’clock news and saw a story about a young boy, Seth Petreikis, (4 mos old) who lives in a town near me, Dyer Indiana.  I have never met him or the family, I do not even know them, but was moved by the story.

I decided that for my Christmas wish, I was going to help that boy live.  I have no major wealth to speak of, so my gift will be drawing awareness to the story.

The boy only has a life expectancy of 1 year.  He is 4 months old now and needs 2 months to get the full experimental treatment.  There is one place in the United States that does the procedure that is Duke University.

 The program is available.  The boy qualifies.  But, the state of Indiana’s Medicare program will not cover the cost.  The estimated cost is 300-500,000.  The success rate is 73%, so his odds would be good with the treatment.

Here are links to help familiarize you with the story:

 Complete DiGeorge syndrome

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DiGeorge_syndrome

NBC Chicago

http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local-beat/Medicaid-Denied-Parents-Seek-Help-to-Save-Babys-Life-111518334.html

 

The family has also set up a fund to raise money for the procedure. Contributions can be made at any Citizen's Bank to the Seth B. Petreikis Fund, account number 2847677. Also, the family has set up a fundraising website here, which allows donations through PayPal.

Check out the story.  Due your due diligence as you must.  But I respectfully request your help in this matter (political, financial, prayers, whatever you deem best) and save Seth’s life.

Please forward this to everyone you know and help create awareness. (twitter, tweet, email, facebook, etc.)

Sincerely,

 

Michael Kloeckner