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Sing Along with the Game of Thrones
On Sunday nights, I know you do it. Don’t deny it. Yes, I do it too on Sunday nights, any Game of Thrones fan does. As soon as you see the opening to the show, you sing along right? Even the Stark kids sing along as witnessed.
Found Retro Kicks
Remember these Nike Air Max Uptempo III kicks? I think Bulls’ Scottie Pippen rocked them back in the day before he had his own signature line. So I was somewhat surprised to see a few pairs albeit in an odd colorway at Ross Dress for Less.
And the best thing is the sizes. There were actually wearable sizes in stock. These in the pic are a size 10 for $60.
Kickstarting the Pebble
Kickstarter has yet another great project that you can back – the Pebble. This watch connects wirelessly with your smartphone (aka iPhone) and acts like a small gateway to your phone. Watch the video below and you’ll know what I mean.
Week 4 Faves from Dancing with the Stars
Rock Week was a little off with some dancing slip-ups, but again overall, the DWTS cast in Season 14 is a talented group. Â I thought Roshon Fegan had a breakthrough with his Viennese Waltz.
Donald Driver’s crazed paso doble with Peta Murgatroyd received the highest marks from the judges this week. I can’t tell if Donald’s supposed to be a rock star or a flamboyant pirate. And his partner, Petra Murgatroyd? She has the best name.
Updating History
Just because they asked nicely, I’ll comply… sorta. You see, before there was Farmers Insurance Hawaii, the organization was known as AIG Hawaii. I blogged about both names in the past, but since the AIG Hawaii online name is being phased out, Farmers has a renewed focus on branding their current name. As such, they asked me to update my historical posts linking to aighawaii.com.
But instead of changing these historical posts from 2008 and 2009, I merely appended an update stating that AIG Hawaii changed to Farmers Insurance Hawaii in January 2010. Somehow, I just couldn’t alter the historical context of these posts since at the time, they were accurate. It’s like changing all my posts referencing Liberty House to now say Macy’s.
Anyways, history has at least been updated.
The Whole Foods Market Marketing Machine
With the grand opening of the Whole Foods Market in Kailua coming up in a few days, its marketing machine has been busy. Here are just two promotional materials that have come my way.
And don’t forget about the (sold out) Preview Tour on Sunday, April 15.
Updated: DWTS Week 3 Videos
Updated my DWTS Season 14, Week 3 post with some videos. Heck, since the performances were THAT good, I’ll also post them here. I might have to include Cheryl Burke and William Levy’s performance as well. Can you see this season’s DWTS championships featuring these three previous Mirrorball winners (Hough, Ballas, and Burke)? Now, THAT would be good!
March Madness 2012 Kicks Analysis #8: The Champ
Too many Cats – Miller, Jones, Lamb, Kidd-Gilchrist, Teague, and some freakish freshman named Davis.
Congratulations to the Kentucky Wildcats for their victory over the Kansas Jayhawks. This year’s Nike-clad Cats were just too much for the Adidas-striped Jayhawks.
Rolling it back to 1999, the championship kickscape looks like this:
- 1999 Connecticut (Nike)
- 2000 Michigan State (Reebok Answers)
- 2001 Duke (Nike)
- 2002 Maryland (Nike Shox Stunners)
- 2003 Syracuse (Nike Shox)
- 2004 Connecticut (Nike Lebron Zoom Generation and Air Force Operates)
- 2005 North Carolina (Nike Retro Jordan X)
- 2006 Florida (Nike)
- 2007 Florida (Nike)
- 2008 Kansas (Adidas)
- 2009 North Carolina (Nike)
- 2010 Duke (Nike)
- 2011 Connecticut (Nike)
- 2012 Kentucky (Nike)
That’s 12 out of the last 14 NCAA Men’s Basketball Championships going to Nike sponsored teams. Not a bad percentage (86%) at all. The most recent Adidas championship belonged to the 2008 Kansas Jayhawks. But the message is clear. If you want an excellent chance of winning your March Madness bracket, be sure to pick a Nike team.