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Must Be a Midlife Crisis – Scion FR-S

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It must be the proverbial midlife crisis. How else can I rationalize wanting to drive a new, sporty Scion FR-S? The car is totally impractical for my lifestyle, yet the allure is there.

Maybe I’m trying to recapture my former Toyota Celica days. Maybe I’m remembering way back to small kid time when my family of five rode around in a 1984 Celica coupe with me perched on the center hump. Whatever it is, it is still there.

And here we are… Scion Hawaii started their Social Media Superstar Search contest a few weeks back to test drive a Scion FR-S for one week, and I entered. But it’s only for one week you might be thinking. Yeah, so? Ultimately, I know I can’t buy this car since it’s just not realistic – two doors, a tiny back seat where I would have to cram two kids’ car seats. Can you see this situation playing out over the years? So one week? Heck, yeah, that’s doable! 🙂

Getting back to the contest, the top two vote getters wins the FR-S for a week. Voting ends on 11pm, Friday, August 31, 2012. Since this is a social media contest, well really a Facebook contest, there are a few things you got to know in order to vote.

  1. First you need to have a Facebook account.
  2. Then you need to “like” the Scion Hawaii page in order to see the contest.
  3. To submit your vote, authorize the (trustworthy) Offerpop app to your Facebook timeline. While it might sound scary, Offerpop is legit.
  4. At the contest voting page, you can now vote for any of the finalists but only once in a 24 hour time period. Hopefully, you vote for me! 😉

Yes, I realize I’m waaay back there in the contest, and there are very qualified drivers who can better put the FR-S through its paces, but… this is a social media contest, and it’s all in fun so why not have fun with it? I’m not saying my Sienna van high revving its engine to enter the H3 freeway isn’t fun, but I’m sure the FR-S experience would be fun-er.

So go ahead, have some fun, and place your Scion FR-S vote. Random voters can also win a Scion backpack and $25 in credit at Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse.

While you’re voting for me, follow along with Scion Hawaii’s latest on:

Image from Autoblog

Thanks for your support!

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“The Eagle Has Landed” LEGO Moon Landing 565

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While cleaning up my desk, I came across some old LEGO instruction sets. One of them was for set #565 Moon Landing. I scanned in the old, tattered instructions and posted them here to remember NASA astronaut Neil Armstrong.

While you’re reading up on the history of the Apollo 11, check out CNN’s story about the Navy SEALs who recovered the Apollo capsule and the astronauts from the Pacific Ocean.

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A LEGO Surprise, Part 1

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Look what the mailman brought! In a little nondescript brown package, these fun items were revealed.

Olympic LEGO Minifigures
Olympic boxer
Olympic weightlifter, gymnast, boxer

I only managed to find these three available from a vendor on Amazon.com, but they’re pretty cool. It looks like the vendor felt each package and then labeled them. The gymnast’s bag was actually cut open and taped closed. No matter though since the minifigures were intact and as promised.

Hopefully, this doesn’t end my Olympics LEGO search with possibly a few more packs coming in. 🙂

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