The Great Trek Bicycle and Lawsuit Making Company out of the middle part of these here United States of America recently got bitch slapped by a Wisconsin judge after they tried to sue TINY Northern California Trek Winery for shipping their wine into Wisconsin.

Read all about it here.

That’s right, the suits at Trek decided that it would cause consumer confusion over the source of the wine.

Funny thing…the winery made exactly three tiny shipments to Wisconsin. Two of them went to the winery owner’s aunt and cousin. The third, in an ill-conceived sting operation, was shipped to the wife of a Trek employee, “to confirm that defendants were able and willing to sell wine into the state.”
And my favorite line from the story: “Attorneys for Trek Bicycle could not be reached for comment.” Because they are embarrassed idiots and are shamefully hiding their heads in the sand…

This was forwarded by a friend, is worth a watch. Creative, inventive. A bit like that UK Honda commercial that was floating around the internet a while ago, oh so good.

Our friends from 2Pure, the Ibis U.K. distributor arrive here for a visit tomorrow. Since they’re from Scotland, we thought we’d order up some appropriate weather for them. Here’s our local NorCal satellite image.

I think we did a pretty good job. You’re welcome 2Pure!

Were were also reading that there’s a pretty huge storm pointed toward the Northeast part of the country right not too. And sure enough, proof in a satellite image!
UPDATE:

There’s a rain gauge on the top of the Ibis North HQ, we just saw 6.13″ per hour of rain. It’s like summer in Scotland!

Friday at Ibis often mean Roxy cooks lunch for the crew (note: don’t ever turn down a dinner invite from Roxy).

Here’s the scene a few days ago, it was Pho Noodles day.

I’m taking the crappy iPhone picture, and we have a guest in the house. 2nd from the bottom on the right in the blue hoody is Greg Williams, mastermind behind all the incredible trail projects happening up around Downieville by the Sierra Buttes Trail Stewardship.

We were plotting lots of good stuff for the coming year having to do with the Trail Stewardship, the trails around Downieville and the Downieville Classic, the best three days on the racing calendar every year (according to us).

You might have guessed that our dining room is also our warehouse, complete with custom made recycled wood picnic tables. And really good food on top of them on Fridays.

Urp.

Winter is cold season. As I was opening my second box of Kleenex this week, I got to thinking about how the cardboard box really wasn’t up to snuff with my impeccably manicured desk. Don’t believe me? This is an actual unretouched photo of my desk as of right now:

I don’t think the tissue box matches the smart industrial styling of the rest of the objects found there.

Time to curate a bit more style into it.

Which brings me here:

And here, although I can’t decide which one to get: