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Moving On.

There's Not Too Much Going On Here. I'm Planning Another Idahoan Excursion, Got To See Some Of My Peoples Recently, And The Baby Is Getting Close. A Guy I Went To School With Passed Away On Memorial Day. He's The 11th Person That Graduated In 2002 From Our High School To Do So. Pretty Crazy...This Is Not A Big Town.

I'm Pretty Sure I'm Still Dropping Some Inches, But Haven't Lost Any Weight On The 4 Hour Body Diet. However, I Am Convinced I'm Building Muscle. How, I'm Not Sure. I'm Eating Good Six Days A Week And A Cheat Day Has To Be The Greatest Idea Ever. I Tear It Up Every Time.

I've Been Playing WWE 2K14 On 360 Recently. I Haven't Owned A Wrestling Game Since WWF Wrestlemania 2000 On Nintendo 64. This One Is Pretty Good, But I Still Like 2000 Better. Nonetheless, My Tivo Is Getting Full Between That And Doctor Who On Netflix... 

I Won A Contest On Instagram A While Back. These Guys, Vapers Summit, Had A Contest To Get Some More Followers. Ended Up, I Won, Which Was Pretty Cool Because I Rarely Win Anything. So, A Week Or So Later I Get A Package From Utah. They Sent Me Their Whole Line Up Of Drip Tips, Which Is Currently Three. I Dig "The Grant" The Best.  It's An 18mm Tall Brass Tip With A 4mm Bore. It Doesn't Match Anything I Have, But Definitely Still My Favorite. It Fits Everything And Is A Perfect Size For My APVs. 

I Have Killed Off The Starship 1, But Still Haven't Got Into The Derailed. I Have Recently Finished The Bottle Of Alice In Vapeland "Twas Brilling" That I Picked Up While In Utah. It Was A Sad Day. I'll Be Reordering Quickly. That Shit Is Delicious.- BB

Currently - 

Listening To Dashboard Confessional - The Places You Have Come To Fear The Most 

Vaping 100 Grand by Gemini Vapors

Defunct

Most Of You Guys Know That I'm A Hockey Fan. What You Might Not Know, Is I Am A HOCKEY Fan. I'm A Fan Of The Players, Of The Leagues, Of The Teams, Of The Sport As A Whole...

What I'm Wondering Is, Why The Hell Is There Not More "Vintage" Hockey Gear?

The Atlanta Thrashers Played Their Last Season In 2011. I Liked Those Guys. True, They Never Did Much, But It Was Always A Good Time Watching Hossa, Heatly, And Kovalchuk. That's Where We Were Introduced To The Now Dallas Stars Goalie, Kari Lehtonen. Good Stuff.

Any Way, I'm Looking For Some Thrasher Fan Gear And There Is Little To None To Be Had. You May Find A Hat Or Two In Not Your Size, Maybe A Mouse Pad, Stuff Like That. No Player Stuff, No Logo Stuff. Is It Too Much To Ask For Somebody To Print Some Thrashers Shirts? There Has To Be A Market For Merch From Teams From The Past. 

Teams Like The Minnesota North Stars, Hartford Whalers, And The Quebec Nordiques Get Gear. Sure. Their Clubs Are Smart. The North Stars Are Now The Dallas Stars. The Nordiques Are Now The Colorado Avalanche And Hartford Is Now The Carolina Hurricanes (Who Just Cleaned Out Their Coaching Staff, BTW).

The Thrashers Were Relocated Due To Financial Difficulty. They Are Now The Winnipeg Jets. (And Seriously Winnipeg, Does Every NHL Team You Get Have To Be The Jets?) You Would Think They Would Be Capitalizing On A Brand They Now Own. You Would Think They Would Be Selling The Shit Out Of Thrashers Gear In Atlanta. I Would.

Other Examples Of Missing Merchandise Opportunities:

NHL:

St. Louis Eagles

Kansas City Scouts

MLB:

Buffalo Bison

Cleveland Spiders

Louisville Colonels

New York Highlanders

Seattle Pilots

NFL:

Boston Bulldogs

Brooklyn Lions

Dallas Texans

Evansville Crimson Giants

Houston Oilers

Milwaukee Badgers

Newark Tornadoes

St. Louis Gunners

NBA:

Buffalo Braves

Dallas Chapparals

Seattle SuperSonics

Vancouver Grizzlies

There's More. I Just Thought These Were The Coolest Ones I Could Find Without Trying Very Hard. This Isn't Even Taking Into Consideration All The Minor League Teams That Are Now Defunct Or Have Been Relocated, Who Generally Have Way Cooler Mascots And Logos. Look, I Don't Know If There's A Market For This Stuff Or Not. I'm One Guy. Mitchell And Ness Comes Up With A Couple Of Somethings Every Now And Then, But Would I Like To Take A Stab At Reviving The Seattle Pilots Logo? Sure. What About The St. Louis Eagles? Why Not? I'd Probably Give Someone $30+ For A Midland Angels T-Shirt With The Texas/Halo Logo On It. For Real. I Used To Love To Watch Warren Moon (Oilers) Or Gary Payton And Xavier McDaniel (SuperSonics) Play As A Kid. I'd Love To Have That Jersey. I Wasn't Alive When The Chapparals Were In Dallas, But I'd Rock That Shirt. Dallas Is My Neck Of The Woods(-ish) And That Roadrunner Logo Is Cool As Hell. If Spurs Fans Know Their History, They Might Want One Too. (The Chaps Moved To SA In '73 To Become The Spurs, In Case You Were Wondering.) A Lot Of These Things Not Only Represent Memories For People, But Franchise Pride, And Area Or City History.

People Are So Quick To Forget About Things. I Think Reminders Of The Past Are Essential To Remind Us Of Times And Places...And People, But More Importantly, To Remind Us That Atlanta Just Can't/Won't Support A Hockey Team. The Thrashers Was Strike 2 Guys. 

On A Seperate, But Related Note, I Was In Idaho For Work Last Week. Once Again, I Have Proven Myself Right On These Missed Opportunites. I'm In The Idaho Steelheads Office Trying To Get A Couple Of Shirts Or A Hat Or Anything Really To Take Back To Texas. The Steelheads Are A Minor League Affiliate Of The Stars (And Are In The Conference Semi-Finals Right Now). They Have No Merch. Maybe 15-20 T-Shirts Total, A Couple Of Scarves, And Roughly A Box Of Velcro Caps. All The Designs Are Horrible, Besides One That They Didn't Have My Size In. Merchandising Should Be Run For What It Is, A Business. It's An Alternative Income...And If You Can't Handle Your Own Branding, Their Are Companies That Do Only That. Your Team's In The Playoffs And You Have No Fan Gear? For Shame. For Real. Not Cool. - BB

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Listening To The Nerdist Podcast

Vaping Starship-1 by Space Jam Juice

Home, Home Again...

The Wife And I Left Our Cozy Little Home, Flourish And Blotts*, On Friday The 25th Of April To Go To Her Parent's In Central(-ish) Texas, Not To Return Until May 2nd. So, We've Been A Little Out Of Pocket. The Lady Stayed With Here Parents And I Was On Business In Idaho. Yep. Idaho. There's Actually Industry There...And It's Also Absolutely Gorgeous. They Call The Area "Treasure Valley" And I Dig It. When It's Warm, Of Course. Winter Up There Is Pretty Brutal. One Of The Guys I Work With Got To Experience A Little -17 Action This Year.

I Was Able To Visit A Couple Of Vapor Shops In My Travels And Had Some Mail Lined Up When I Got Home, Which Is Always Cool. I Got To Visit Aggieland Vapors In College Station, TX, As Well As Vaportec And Vapor Lord In Boise, ID. I Picked Up A Little Something At Each Of Course.

That List Looks Like This:

Aggieland Vapors
Derailed by Suicide Bunny
Starship-1 by Space Jam

Vapor Lord
'Twas Brilling by Alice In Vapeland

Vapertec
Ramune by Vapor Crane
Mango Unchained by Vapor Crane

The Suicide Bunny Juice Doesn't Come With A Dropper, So It Didn't Make The Journey North. The Space Jam Juice Is About Half Empty As Of Now. VL Was The Next Stop And I Had All But Resolved To Carry My AIV Find Back Unopened, But That Didn't Happen. It's Freaking Delicious, In Case You Were Wondering. On The Way Out Of Town, I Stopped At Vapertec And Picked Up The Vapor Crane Juices, Which Were Actually The Reason I Went To Vapor Lord. The Vendor's Website Said They Carried It, But They Didn't Pick It Up When Guys Across Town Did. I'm Glad I Went To Both And I'm Really Pleased With All My Purchases. I Have Yet To Get Into The Derailed Or The Ramune, But I Sampled Them In The Shops. So, I'm Pretty Excited.

I Got Home On Friday Night And Had My First Mech Waiting On Me. It's Just A HCigar Nemesis Clone, But It Does The Job Well. Then, This Morning When I Got To Work, My Nirvana Vapor Sampler Came In. All The Juices Smelled Fantastic And Were Packed Really Nicely. I'll Let You Know About Those...

The Nemi Clone Is Sweet. I'm Loving That AIV Juice In A 1.1 ohm (Respun) Kanger Tank. I've Messed With The Dripper A Little More As Well, But Still Haven't Got The Hang Of It...I'll Keep You Posted. - BB

Currently -
Listening To The Nerdist Podcast
Vaping Honey Pearry by The Vapor Chef

*Yes, We Are Giant Nerds And Yes, That Is Actually What We Call Our House. If You Don't Believe Me, Search #flourishandblotts On Instagram. The Pics Not Taken At The Wizarding World Of Harry Potter Were Taken At Our Place.