As many of you might know, I follow the Dragons Den on CBC, a show in which business owners (or many times wanna-be’s) get to pitch their ideas to the “dragons”. I just noticed that Rob Grand went into the Den and actually got a deal with Arlene. He is a very hard working guy and has been working on his business – the Grassroots store in Toronto where our blocks are being sold as well – for over 17 years. I can only imagine how much of an uphill battle that must have been for all these years.

I wish him all the best.

Here is the pitch (skip right to min. 5:22 to see it)

Here is the link to this blog post on the Grassroots Blog.

I just got an email from a store owner. It made me smirk.

“Kids are always enjoying our demo blocks in the store, actually I am dumbfounded that more people don’t buy them. Every single kid I show thinks they are great and plays a long time. Maybe you should make them out of lead based plastic!”

I will have to get right on that… NOT!

This is funny. Brazil is encouraging everyone to save water by peeing in the shower.

This reminds me of when I met a friend of mine (did you watch CityTV this morning? He was on Breakfast TV, he is a trampolinist, very amazing). We met at the Green Living Show in Toronto. One of the booths was advertising their grey water recycling system, which recycles water from the bathtub and the shower, and reuses it in the toilet flush. The first thing he askes “Can I still pee in the shower?” I think most of us already pee in the shower. Noone wants to admit it though. Do you?

PS: I guess I should lead by example, I do …. yukkeeeee, I know.