The Business Side of Facebook

I often wondered about "Facebook businesses", who's doing this? 

Is it making any money? What's the story here? 

In an effort to answer my own question and possibly provide you, the reader, with some insight on the whole concept, I did some investigating and I have to say I am quite surprised. 

I logged onto face book and started searching through my various pages looking for an independent business that was facebook based and low and behold...up pops "Little Red Bird Kitchen". 

LRBK is the creation of Charlee Crawford, wife, mother, and full time teacher.  If you go to her website littleredbirdkitchen.com you'll see where Charlee admits she isn't formally trained and only cooked "in the box" style meals until... the FOOD Network came along... and then the journey into cook books and some cooking classes. 

Fast forward to present day and you find Little Red Bird Kitchen.  There's no store-front or kiosk, not even a roadside stand next to the guy selling Tu-Pac area rugs...there is a facebook page and a website that ties in with it. It may not be the size of Pepperidge Farms but the last time I checked there was only one place that could offer me "Irish Car Bomb" cupcakes...that's right, you read that correctly... 

Cup cakes loaded with booze and a sinful blend of only the best ingredients. Icing that was flavored with Bailey's Irish Cream, the cake was infused with Guinness and the mind-altering chocolate and Jameson's Irish whiskey gnash resting inside the cake was enough to cause a person to pass out from the gastro-pleasure.

Now that I have you by your taste buds...back to the question at hand...what's the deal with the facebook business? 

Charlee tells me that it's been a slow start but it does work.  She says it's been mostly family and friends so far, but the trend is catching.  One might argue that the smaller the batch of food you're preparing, the more attention you can pay to each item...hence a more superior product.  Little Red Bird Kitchen not only produces a superior product but every aspect of that product gets extra attention. It's evident in the end result. 

I encourage you to check out the Little Red Bird Kitchen on facebook at http://www.facebook.com/LittleRedBirdKitchen and check out the website http://littleredbirdkitchen.com 

Local folks doing incredible things, these are the things we should be rallying around as a community.

Just When You Thought It Was Safe

It seems I got side tracked and neglected my blog for a little bit, I'm back now with more offerings for your late night ponderings and early morning inquisitions.  Put on your crash helmet, this one might get a little strange.

I was reading an article today in the Washington Times by Sean Lengell, and the article was talking about the assault the Obama administration will impose on our 2nd Ammendment Right to Bear Arms if the president wins re-election in November. The article sourced top officials with the National Rifle Association and their fears that the president will try and destroy the 2nd ammendment.

How true this is, I'm not exactly so sure but I am fairly certain that the minute you try to take away the right to bear arms from the American people you're going to have the fight of your life on your hands.  America isn't a country that's going to stand for this and I hardly think that it's within the administrations best interest to even try it. 

It has become apparent that the government, both Republicans and Democrats do feel like they have the right to dictate the way that we live our lives by determining what is and what isn't too much freedom. Remember this people, we are the ones that put these bozo's in office and we are the ones that can take them out of office just the same.

And as far as the Obama administration or any other government administration goes, you can try and take my gun but it won't be without a fight. You'll have to pry it out of my cold dead hands.

~NF

December 28, 2011

Resolutions...I Think NOT!

Christmas has come and gone and New Year's is just around the corner.  New Year's is that time of year that we look back on the past 364 days and lament on how good or bad they have been.  2011 was a tough year for a lot of people, I know it was for me.  New Year's is also the time of year that we are supposed to pick something about ourselves that we want to change and take on a "New Year's Resolution".  Where did this all start? Who the hell is responsible for the "New Year's Resolution"? Is he or she still alive and if so why haven't they been executed in the town square?

I have a hard time changing brands of toothpaste! No less can I pick one thing about myself that I want to change forever! 

Maybe I set my resolutions with too high of a goal...needless to say, I don't set New Year's Resolutions. A wise man once said "Eagles may soar but weasels don't get caught in jet engines!"...OK, so maybe he wasn't such a wise guy but you get my point.  Why set yourself up for diappointment? Life dishes out enough of it's own disappointments in our lives from time to time. Self induced disappoinment is just silly. (Anyone that knows me and is having the "Why don't you follow your own advice? thought"....let it go...HA!)

I guess my point is that if you set a resolution make sure it's reasonable, you don't want to find yourself bathing in a pool of lime jello shots with a dwarf and a one legged hooker all because you set your New Years goal too high.

And for the love of all things holy, DON"T DRINK AND DRIVE on New Year's Eve!!!

~NF