So last Wednesday, Boss man and I jumped into his plane and flew out to Hartford, Connecticut to attend the Connecticut SWAT Challenge.

SWAT - you know, the one where a non-descript black cube van appears out of nowhere and suddenly your house is swarmed with police with big guns and riot gear.  Yes, that SWAT.

It was pretty impressive, not gonna lie.  I got to watch a few of challenge course scenarios and these guys mean business, even during “friendly” competition.

Anywhoo…our Business Development Manager for the east coast worked a spot for us in this show.

We showed off both of our TOMCAR TM5′s, our current standard model (in the green) and our base military platform.  We had real good response to the cars and all and all it was a good show.

But wait – there is more…after the jump… [Read more →]

Yesterday’s “Better with Bacon” featured recipe, the Maple French Toast & Bacon Cupcake, came from the “Food Network Magazine” and provided yet another take on what is becoming a trend in the dessert world – sweet & savory desserts featuring bacon!

When I was a kid, I used to love to bake: Nestle Tollhouse Cookies, Skywalker Crunchies (I know…nerd), cakes, brownies, etc.  I need to say upfront that it has been quite some time since I actually baked anything but this looked so good that I had to try.

What I didn’t expect was the amount of time it took to make these.  The recipe said 40 minutes, but turns out that was just the baking time.  I started this project at 9:15 pm and didn’t finish until 11:30 pm.  Granted, my lack of current experience may have hindered me, but making stuff from scratch like this takes a while (that did also include clean up as the cupcakes were in the oven).

So when I start to make anything, I like to have all the ingredients pulled: [Read more →]