Don't Let Me Near Your Boxed Up LEGO

There’s 3 distinct types of LEGO collectors.

The first type is the hobbyist. This the type I am. I enjoy building the sets. In particular cars. Because I am a car guy even though in real life I so far only buy practical cars. But because I run a LEGO Facebook page I also buy more variety of sets for photos.

Next there is the minifigure collector. These people only care about the figures. Which makes sense because they take up less room. And they are more unique than the actual sets. Even when they rerelease sets the figures are almost always updated.

But the ones that boggle my mind are the ones who don’t open the box. LEGO was meant to be played with.

And when you are building or reviewing your collection you need to be wearing one of my shirts:






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Here Lizard Lizard

20 years ago Taco Bell had a commercial series with a talking chihuahua.

This included a bit where he was laying a trap for Godzilla. Because the first reboot was coming out & Taco Bell had a tie-in.

I saw that movie with Mathew Broderick on my wedding day. We had a very small wedding. Got married in the morning. Had a nice lunch with family.

Then needed to kill time until we were hopping on a plane for our honeymoon.

I’m reminded of this because I saw a story of a family in Florida who is trying to capture a giant lizard in their backyard.

I of course had to see the video. And whoa! It looked like a Komodo Dragon. I don’t know what it is but it’s a big Lizard.

And I can see why they want it relocated.

Meanwhile it would be awesome if you checked out my t-shirt designs at




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Sticks And Stones And Scallops

I like scallops. They’re a tasty seafood.

And then there’s this story I read online about a “war" between England and France about them.

I don’t know what the fight is about. I know that fishing is very competitive and there’s a lot of international law to keep the peace.

But I still laughed when I skimmed the sentence about the fishing boats were throwing rocks back and forth at each other.

This is why I keep a variety of shirts for sale.



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Samantha Fish Is The Best Musician You Have Never Heard Of

I discovered Samantha Fish via Facebook viral. It’s hard to miss.

Beautiful blonde woman in leather pants, red lipstick and holding a cigar box guitar.

So you press play.

And she takes over.

I tell people she sings like Adele and plays guitar like Slash.

It’s remarkable. And thanks to YouTube you can really dig into her stuff. She plays a lot of blues. Some of it with a country twist and some of it with a rock flair.

Whether you like stories in your songs, great vocals or amazing guitar solos she has you covered.

I don’t have a good segue.




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Electric Scooters Will Be The End of Civilization

In the summer of 2018 there is a belief that electric scooters will be the solution to our travel problems.

I first heard about them because I follow the venture capitalist who invested in one of the firms. Of course he is located in Santa Monica, California.

Where I could see scooters being a fun way to get around tourist areas. The weather is always nice. And you have the beach. Plus it's California. Of course they think scooters are a way to revolutionize travel.

When I was 12 my friend Matt had a scooter. And while Waco is mostly flat. His street was on an incline. So we did what every 12 year old 1980s kids did.

We rode that scooter down the street on the incline. And tried to see how fast we could go.

And I wiped out. Hard. How I didn't break anything, is still surprising. I don't think I've shared this story to even my mom before.

But if you think that is crazy - my father in law tops me (Pappa Freddie).

He used to ride bulls on the ranch for fun. Not in competition. Not with a helmet or kevlar vests like they do now. Just hopped on the bull in the pen and rode. Because they were bored.

Fast forward to 2018. I watched on the news last night. And there was a story about the scooters in Austin. And the increasing number of accidents.

I was expecting how people were getting seriously hurt. People ride them crazy. They’re going fast on sidewalks with pedestrians. They’re on roads with cars!

Instead I got a guy talking about how he scratched his ear once. And it made him say "ouch" when he put on his shirt.

Speaking of shirts you should check out the ones I designed at:




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Electric Scooters Will Be The End of Civilization

In the summer of 2018 there is a belief that electric scooters will be the solution to our travel problems.

I first heard about them because I follow the venture capitalist who invested in one of the firms. Of course he is located in Santa Monica, California.

Where I could see scooters being a fun way to get around tourist areas. The weather is always nice. And you have the beach. Plus it's California. Of course they think scooters are a way to revolutionize travel.

When I was 12 my friend Matt had a scooter. And while Waco is mostly flat. His street was on an incline. So we did what every 12 year old 1980s kids did.

We rode that scooter down the street on the incline. And tried to see how fast we could go.

And I wiped out. Hard. How I didn't break anything, is still surprising. I don't think I've shared this story to even my mom before.

But if you think that is crazy - my father in law tops me (Pappa Freddie).

He used to ride bulls on the ranch for fun. Not in competition. Not with a helmet or kevlar vests like they do now. Just hopped on the bull in the pen and rode. Because they were bored.

Fast forward to 2018. I watched on the news last night. And there was a story about the scooters in Austin. And the increasing number of accidents.

I was expecting how people were getting seriously hurt. People ride them crazy. They’re going fast on sidewalks with pedestrians. They’re on roads with cars!

Instead I got a guy talking about how he scratched his ear once. And it made him say "ouch" when he put on his shirt.

Speaking of shirts you should check out the ones I designed at:




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The Whiteboard Artist

As a computer professional, I have long struggled to explain what I do for a living to my wife & my mom.

Heck to be candid it's often been hard to explain my jobs to my geek friends. Becuase I've always had a unicorn role.

Meaning that my job was one of a kind. I have a variety of skills - programmer, system administrator, sales, marketing and presenting that makes it too hard to keep me in one slot.

It also kept me from getting bored.

But yesterday I had to book another business trip. It's not one that I'm looking forward to. It's on a Friday in a small city. If I miss my 5pm flight, it will mean I won't get home until Saturday.

I'm not here to whine. I'm here to be silly.

Because I realized that I was going on this business trip to be an artist. I had dreamed for a while of being an artist even though my drawing skills are limited.

But combine my limited drawing skills with my geeky comp-sci problem solving brain and bingo you have a traveling artist.

Someone who gets paid to travel the country drawing boxes on whiteboards.

That's what I told me my mom that my job is. "I draw boxes on whiteboards for a living."

Meanwhile, I don't have any boxes on whiteboards for sale but I do have t-shirts and coffee mugs with funny phrases at:







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Quit Judging Me Netflix

I learned that if you binge watch too much at some point Netflix will complain to you.

I grew up in the 1980s.

And I watched a lot of TV.

I once stayed up all night to watch all of the first night of Nick at Nite programs. I believe that’s when I first saw Mr. Ed.

A TV show about a talking horse for younglings who have never heard of it.

And you know what - it never once asked “are you sure you want to keep watching?"

Even better I once faked being sick so that I could stay home to watch the conclusion part of a miniseries on the USA Network.

What’s better than that?

My t-shirts:


source https://postach.io/blog/post/quit-judging-me-netflix

A blog about nothing

I published my first webpage in spring 1996.

That post wasn’t about anything. And this blog won’t be anything in particular.

I call it Brick Boss Journal because I also run a website about LEGO called - you guessed it Brick Boss.

I didn’t want to mix in my personal brain farts with my LEGO reviews & tips.

It’s a style email marketing expert (he would spell it expurt) Ben Settle calls “Seinfeld" style.

The TV show Seinfeld was famous of being about nothing.

And so it will be here. Though I hope to entertain you with my stories.

Though you should check out my t-shirt & mugs at https://www.brickboss.co/store/.


source https://postach.io/blog/post/a-blog-about-nothing

Samantha Fish Is The Best Musician You Have Never Heard Of

I discovered Samantha Fish via Facebook viral. It’s hard to miss.

Beautiful blonde woman in leather pants, red lipstick and holding a cigar box guitar.

So you press play.

And she takes over.

I tell people she sings like Adele and plays guitar like Slash.

It’s remarkable. And thanks to YouTube you can really dig into her stuff. She plays a lot of blues. Some of it with a country twist and some of it with a rock flair.

Whether you like stories in your songs, great vocals or amazing guitar solos she has you covered.

I don’t have a good segue.




source https://brickbossjournal.postach.io/post/samantha-fish-is-the-best-musician-you-have-never-heard-of

Electric Scooters Will Be The End of Civilization

In the summer of 2018 there is a belief that electric scooters will be the solution to our travel problems.

I first heard about them because I follow the venture capitalist who invested in one of the firms. Of course he is located in Santa Monica, California.

Where I could see scooters being a fun way to get around tourist areas. The weather is always nice. And you have the beach. Plus it's California. Of course they think scooters are a way to revolutionize travel.

When I was 12 my friend Matt had a scooter. And while Waco is mostly flat. His street was on an incline. So we did what every 12 year old 1980s kids did.

We rode that scooter down the street on the incline. And tried to see how fast we could go.

And I wiped out. Hard. How I didn't break anything, is still surprising. I don't think I've shared this story to even my mom before.

But if you think that is crazy - my father in law tops me (Pappa Freddie).

He used to ride bulls on the ranch for fun. Not in competition. Not with a helmet or kevlar vests like they do now. Just hopped on the bull in the pen and rode. Because they were bored.

Fast forward to 2018. I watched on the news last night. And there was a story about the scooters in Austin. And the increasing number of accidents.

I was expecting how people were getting seriously hurt. People ride them crazy. They’re going fast on sidewalks with pedestrians. They’re on roads with cars!

Instead I got a guy talking about how he scratched his ear once. And it made him say "ouch" when he put on his shirt.

Speaking of shirts you should check out the ones I designed at:




source https://brickbossjournal.postach.io/post/electric-scooters-will-be-the-end-of-civilization-2

Electric Scooters Will Be The End of Civilization

In the summer of 2018 there is a belief that electric scooters will be the solution to our travel problems.

I first heard about them because I follow the venture capitalist who invested in one of the firms. Of course he is located in Santa Monica, California.

Where I could see scooters being a fun way to get around tourist areas. The weather is always nice. And you have the beach. Plus it's California. Of course they think scooters are a way to revolutionize travel.

When I was 12 my friend Matt had a scooter. And while Waco is mostly flat. His street was on an incline. So we did what every 12 year old 1980s kids did.

We rode that scooter down the street on the incline. And tried to see how fast we could go.

And I wiped out. Hard. How I didn't break anything, is still surprising. I don't think I've shared this story to even my mom before.

But if you think that is crazy - my father in law tops me (Pappa Freddie).

He used to ride bulls on the ranch for fun. Not in competition. Not with a helmet or kevlar vests like they do now. Just hopped on the bull in the pen and rode. Because they were bored.

Fast forward to 2018. I watched on the news last night. And there was a story about the scooters in Austin. And the increasing number of accidents.

I was expecting how people were getting seriously hurt. People ride them crazy. They’re going fast on sidewalks with pedestrians. They’re on roads with cars!

Instead I got a guy talking about how he scratched his ear once. And it made him say "ouch" when he put on his shirt.

Speaking of shirts you should check out the ones I designed at:




source https://brickbossjournal.postach.io/post/electric-scooters-will-be-the-end-of-civilization

The Whiteboard Artist

As a computer professional, I have long struggled to explain what I do for a living to my wife & my mom.

Heck to be candid it's often been hard to explain my jobs to my geek friends. Becuase I've always had a unicorn role.

Meaning that my job was one of a kind. I have a variety of skills - programmer, system administrator, sales, marketing and presenting that makes it too hard to keep me in one slot.

It also kept me from getting bored.

But yesterday I had to book another business trip. It's not one that I'm looking forward to. It's on a Friday in a small city. If I miss my 5pm flight, it will mean I won't get home until Saturday.

I'm not here to whine. I'm here to be silly.

Because I realized that I was going on this business trip to be an artist. I had dreamed for a while of being an artist even though my drawing skills are limited.

But combine my limited drawing skills with my geeky comp-sci problem solving brain and bingo you have a traveling artist.

Someone who gets paid to travel the country drawing boxes on whiteboards.

That's what I told me my mom that my job is. "I draw boxes on whiteboards for a living."

Meanwhile, I don't have any boxes on whiteboards for sale but I do have t-shirts and coffee mugs with funny phrases at:







source https://brickbossjournal.postach.io/post/the-whiteboard-artist

Quit Judging Me Netflix

I learned that if you binge watch too much at some point Netflix will complain to you.

I grew up in the 1980s.

And I watched a lot of TV.

I once stayed up all night to watch all of the first night of Nick at Nite programs. I believe that’s when I first saw Mr. Ed.

A TV show about a talking horse for younglings who have never heard of it.

And you know what - it never once asked “are you sure you want to keep watching?"

Even better I once faked being sick so that I could stay home to watch the conclusion part of a miniseries on the USA Network.

What’s better than that?

My t-shirts:


source https://brickbossjournal.postach.io/post/quit-judging-me-netflix

A blog about nothing

I published my first webpage in spring 1996.

That post wasn’t about anything. And this blog won’t be anything in particular.

I call it Brick Boss Journal because I also run a website about LEGO called - you guessed it Brick Boss.

I didn’t want to mix in my personal brain farts with my LEGO reviews & tips.

It’s a style email marketing expert (he would spell it expurt) Ben Settle calls “Seinfeld" style.

The TV show Seinfeld was famous of being about nothing.

And so it will be here. Though I hope to entertain you with my stories.

Though you should check out my t-shirt & mugs at https://www.brickboss.co/store/.


source https://brickbossjournal.postach.io/post/a-blog-about-nothing

Samantha Fish Is The Best Musician You Have Never Heard Of

I discovered Samantha Fish via Facebook viral. It’s hard to miss.

Beautiful blonde woman in leather pants, red lipstick and holding a cigar box guitar.

So you press play.

And she takes over.

I tell people she sings like Adele and plays guitar like Slash.

It’s remarkable. And thanks to YouTube you can really dig into her stuff. She plays a lot of blues. Some of it with a country twist and some of it with a rock flair.

Whether you like stories in your songs, great vocals or amazing guitar solos she has you covered.

I don’t have a good segue.




source http://brickbossjournal.postach.io/post/samantha-fish-is-the-best-musician-you-have-never-heard-of

Electric Scooters Will Be The End of Civilization

In the summer of 2018 there is a belief that electric scooters will be the solution to our travel problems.

I first heard about them because I follow the venture capitalist who invested in one of the firms. Of course he is located in Santa Monica, California.

Where I could see scooters being a fun way to get around tourist areas. The weather is always nice. And you have the beach. Plus it's California. Of course they think scooters are a way to revolutionize travel.

When I was 12 my friend Matt had a scooter. And while Waco is mostly flat. His street was on an incline. So we did what every 12 year old 1980s kids did.

We rode that scooter down the street on the incline. And tried to see how fast we could go.

And I wiped out. Hard. How I didn't break anything, is still surprising. I don't think I've shared this story to even my mom before.

But if you think that is crazy - my father in law tops me (Pappa Freddie).

He used to ride bulls on the ranch for fun. Not in competition. Not with a helmet or kevlar vests like they do now. Just hopped on the bull in the pen and rode. Because they were bored.

Fast forward to 2018. I watched on the news last night. And there was a story about the scooters in Austin. And the increasing number of accidents.

I was expecting how people were getting seriously hurt. People ride them crazy. They’re going fast on sidewalks with pedestrians. They’re on roads with cars!

Instead I got a guy talking about how he scratched his ear once. And it made him say "ouch" when he put on his shirt.

Speaking of shirts you should check out the ones I designed at:




source http://brickbossjournal.postach.io/post/electric-scooters-will-be-the-end-of-civilization-2

Electric Scooters Will Be The End of Civilization

In the summer of 2018 there is a belief that electric scooters will be the solution to our travel problems.

I first heard about them because I follow the venture capitalist who invested in one of the firms. Of course he is located in Santa Monica, California.

Where I could see scooters being a fun way to get around tourist areas. The weather is always nice. And you have the beach. Plus it's California. Of course they think scooters are a way to revolutionize travel.

When I was 12 my friend Matt had a scooter. And while Waco is mostly flat. His street was on an incline. So we did what every 12 year old 1980s kids did.

We rode that scooter down the street on the incline. And tried to see how fast we could go.

And I wiped out. Hard. How I didn't break anything, is still surprising. I don't think I've shared this story to even my mom before.

But if you think that is crazy - my father in law tops me (Pappa Freddie).

He used to ride bulls on the ranch for fun. Not in competition. Not with a helmet or kevlar vests like they do now. Just hopped on the bull in the pen and rode. Because they were bored.

Fast forward to 2018. I watched on the news last night. And there was a story about the scooters in Austin. And the increasing number of accidents.

I was expecting how people were getting seriously hurt. People ride them crazy. They’re going fast on sidewalks with pedestrians. They’re on roads with cars!

Instead I got a guy talking about how he scratched his ear once. And it made him say "ouch" when he put on his shirt.

Speaking of shirts you should check out the ones I designed at:




source http://brickbossjournal.postach.io/post/electric-scooters-will-be-the-end-of-civilization

The Whiteboard Artist

As a computer professional, I have long struggled to explain what I do for a living to my wife & my mom.

Heck to be candid it's often been hard to explain my jobs to my geek friends. Becuase I've always had a unicorn role.

Meaning that my job was one of a kind. I have a variety of skills - programmer, system administrator, sales, marketing and presenting that makes it too hard to keep me in one slot.

It also kept me from getting bored.

But yesterday I had to book another business trip. It's not one that I'm looking forward to. It's on a Friday in a small city. If I miss my 5pm flight, it will mean I won't get home until Saturday.

I'm not here to whine. I'm here to be silly.

Because I realized that I was going on this business trip to be an artist. I had dreamed for a while of being an artist even though my drawing skills are limited.

But combine my limited drawing skills with my geeky comp-sci problem solving brain and bingo you have a traveling artist.

Someone who gets paid to travel the country drawing boxes on whiteboards.

That's what I told me my mom that my job is. "I draw boxes on whiteboards for a living."

Meanwhile, I don't have any boxes on whiteboards for sale but I do have t-shirts and coffee mugs with funny phrases at:







source http://brickbossjournal.postach.io/post/the-whiteboard-artist

Quit Judging Me Netflix

I learned that if you binge watch too much at some point Netflix will complain to you.

I grew up in the 1980s.

And I watched a lot of TV.

I once stayed up all night to watch all of the first night of Nick at Nite programs. I believe that’s when I first saw Mr. Ed.

A TV show about a talking horse for younglings who have never heard of it.

And you know what - it never once asked “are you sure you want to keep watching?"

Even better I once faked being sick so that I could stay home to watch the conclusion part of a miniseries on the USA Network.

What’s better than that?

My t-shirts:


source http://brickbossjournal.postach.io/post/quit-judging-me-netflix
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