Day Trip from Kansas City – Atchison, KS
Posted by tjkimberly in Awesomeness, My Life on August 20, 2010
A couple weeks ago Erin (my fiancee) and I were able to sneak away for a little day trip out of town. We really didn’t have time to go far but we wanted to see something new so I did some researching.
I remember a friend’s father saying that the trip to Atchison was a beautiful one and there were some pretty cool sights. After some research I settled on a plan, told Erin to mark most of her afternoon off the calendar and relax.
We hopped in the car about 1 in the afternoon after Erin’s hair appointment and headed North. The drive was nice because we took the relatively small highways and it was far enough we felt like we were getting somewhere but not so far we got tired of driving!
It was an hour and 15 minute trip one way to our tasty lunch at Paolucci’s off 3rd street. After that we went for a walk down by the river and enjoyed the pleasant weather, the nice view and the Memorial.
We went to leave Atchison but on the way out of town we came across the Atchison Santa Fe Depot Visitors Center & Museum. On a whim we stopped and found a really cool Santa Fe train museum there!
The museum was all outside and with all the cool old trains we had to get the requisite conductor looking photos.
All-in-all we had a great time and it made for a very nice day trip out of Kansas City to Atchison.
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ZAP Car found where it belongs!
Posted by tjkimberly in Awesomeness, Funny on August 1, 2010
The other day I was scouring the city in search of an obscure part for my car. One of my stops was the local Pick-N-Pull. A “you pull it” style junkyard. Or salvage yard, whatever you word you want to describe it’s the same thing, a bunch of junk dead cars with some parts on them that may, or may not be, good anymore.
Lo and behold I was on my way out into the yard when I spotted this beauty!
This is a ZAPCar Xebra.
Now let’s be honest, this is exactly where this car belongs! 3 Wheels in the most unsafe arrangement and a top speed of 40mph and a range of 25 miles??? That has to be the least appealing vehicle on the planet.
The sad part here is that ZAP used to have a good name in the Electric vehicle field and stood a fantastic chance of being the FIRST major manufacturer of electric vehicles. Unfortunately they categorically trashed their good name and their business’ future. In fact, Wired wrote an intriguing and telling article about them here.
So ZAPCAR, we laugh at you. With derision and a little sadness that you could’ve been so much but you were so little. (pun intended)
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Posted by tjkimberly in Awesomeness on July 17, 2010
This is quite possibly the most Awesome Star Wars improv on the planet!
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Posted by tjkimberly in Uncategorized on April 18, 2010
I don’t even know what to say, this is IMPRESSIVE in such a competitive league. Congrats to Maicon of Milan
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Posted by tjkimberly in Business, Family on April 12, 2010
OK, so I’m not really a model, but the benefit of being a business owner’s brother and a photographer’s son is that I get the chance to do some really cool things!
Here are some pictures of a recent photo shoot we did with my nieces Katie and Mary for Erin Kate Creation’s awesome baby slings!
We all had a lot of fun and carrying Mary in the sling freed up my hands to do other things. I was able to move things around in the garage without putting her down, even the motorcycle! I couldn’t believe how convenient it was.
A big thanks to Erin Kate Creations for the use of the sling (and the babies).
And a big thanks to Penna B Photography for the shots!
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Posted by tjkimberly in Family, My Rules on March 31, 2010
I’ve written a post for my business blog at TonyOnBusiness that I’d like to expand on here.
I’m always trying to stay at the forefront of new business ideas but this doesn’t fall in that category at all. In fact this might be one of the oldest, most significant rules for ANY social situation. As in, any time you interact with another human being.
That rule is:
Provide Value
Not only is this an excellent rule for your business blog but if you provide value in any social setting you’ll find people are much more likely to want to spend time with you – because doing so helps them in some way.
The value you provide certainly doesn’t have to be anything huge – you don’t have to give away your life’s savings to become friends. It can be as simple as being the funny person in the group, or providing an excellent recommendation for a place to eat when no one can decide. You can even do something as simple as sharing the name of your awesome accountant.
Although this should never become a ‘will you always help me’ kind of friendship it can certainly become a mutual partnership if that other person provides value too. If you start to pay attention you’ll find yourself drawn to those who provide value to you too…
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