I sincerely appreciate the overwhelming support from my family, friends, and loyal blog readers wishing me well after I reported that I crashed my beloved Harley during my clear-dry-day commute to work on Tuesday, May 31, and broke 3 ribs as a result.
Many of those who reached out to me referred to this unfortunate mishap as an “accident.” Nope, it really was a crash and this is why…
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Hey there, loyal blog readers. BHD doesn’t have many musings to share these days. I am…
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I really do not have much to say, but since my posts on this blog have been infrequent, I thought I would acknowledge the slow progress toward recovery from my recent injuries, as well as a few other observations….
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As noted in my most recent post, I crashed while riding my Harley to work on Tuesday morning.
How am I doing four days later?
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No matter how careful and safely I operate my Harley, something quite unexpected happened yesterday while riding to work… Continue reading
Ten months ago, my spouse and I drove to his hometown of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with the intent of picking up his mother to bring her to our house for her usual summer visit with us.
When we arrived, we were shocked to find…
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The Sunday before the U.S. Holiday of Memorial Day is the date for an annual event called “Rolling Thunder.” This event honors those who have served or are currently serving in the U.S. military, especially those who served in Vietnam.
This huge motorcycle rally involves a few hundred thousand bikers, as well as many more tens of thousands of supporters who line the route of what’s called the “First Amendment Run.” That run (aka motorcycle ride)…
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From time to time, I look at what phrases entered into search engines drove people to visit this blog. Following are some of the most amusing (to me) recent searches I have seen:
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I admit it — I am a typical guy when it comes to things like caring for boots. I don’t want to take time to strip wax, condition the leather, and build a mirror shine finish on my leather boots. Well, I have a few exceptions, but the general rule is: pull ’em on or lace ’em up, mount the saddle of my Harley, and be off.
Who wants to waste time shining boots? Conditioning leather? I have more important things to do than sit around fiddling with boot care products.
Yep, I’m a typical guy when it comes to this stuff. Many motorcops I know feel the same way.
So what does THIS Bootman do when confronted with questions via email asking, “since you have so many boots, you must care for them. What do you recommend?”
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A friend of mine asked me to explain what I consider to be “dress boots.” These are boots that go well with suits and dress clothes worn to work in an office, to church, or for dressy social occasions.
Many men search for information on whether or not they should wear boots with dress clothes. I am a firm believer in doing that, and I do every day. I do not own any dress shoes, so when the occasion calls for dressing up for meetings with The Big Cheese or to attend a wedding, church service, or a formal event, here are some descriptions and suggestions for men’s dress boots.
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