Still Leather Weather

It has rained for the past nine days. I am preparing to line up my animals two-by-two and build an ark. While the area where I live has not had bad flooding and is just “mushy,” what I have noticed more is that the temperatures are more like they are in damp March than the third week of May.

So while riding my Harley is not in the picture due to all this rain, leather is. Yeah, the rain has caused an unseasonable drop in ambient air temperatures, so keeping warm has my leather …
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Secure Site Upgrades Coming

Blogging and maintaining my website have been hobbies, the former since January 2008, and the latter since April 2005. I am not a web-development geek by any means and struggle to keep up with changes to technology that develops much more rapidly than I am able to ingest and apply.

However, over and over again, I keep seeing information about search engines not ranking sites with the hold “http://” URLs as high as sites that employ the …
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Culling the Herd

Loyal readers of this blog and my website visitors know that I own a large collection of boots. Cowboy boots, motorcycle boots, work boots, dress boots. Lots of boots.

I have stated frequently in the past that I wear (most of) my boots. No use in having such a large collection without actually wearing them, eh?

Well… things are changing. I had a look around this past weekend, and realized that…
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Summer Vacation Plans

Ah, May, the time when people around the office and in my social circles casually ask me, “so what are your plans for this summer? Vacation? Adventurous motorcycle ride? Travel?

Yeah, last year was very very special.

This year, now that I have been employed long enough to reach the highest tier of earned leave (six weeks of paid vacation time), my prospects for fun things to do during time off this summer…
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Boot Names

Over the past couple of years, I have observed that many major boot brands have been giving a name to each style of boots they make. Carson, Colby, Elson, Jasper, Keaton, Landon, Shane… you name it, it seems that all boots are named nowaways. Why is that?
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Boot Purchases — Good, Moderate, or Low Value

Recently, someone wrote to me to ask,

I am looking for a clarification. You state [that X brand of boots] are moderate value for price paid, however is that at the full retail price?

The writer of this email was looking at my the boot reviews that I have written and posted on my boot wiki on my website.

Good question, and thank you for the opportunity to clarify.

Let’s look at…
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Breaking Ties

No… not those nooses for the neck, but ties to an organization in which I have been involved for 15 years.

I generally pride myself on being rather resilient. I have faced challenges head-on and found resolution to vexing issues. I have dealt with people who have different mannerisms and approaches to resolving situations than my own and have found amicable compromises.

However, I draw the line at…
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Power of Positivity x2

In my last post, I described how my mood affects my Spouse’s mood, and subsequently, affects his overall health.

I have been working hard to maintain a positive attitude, with a broad smile and genuine warmth to go along with it.

Well, it paid off…
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