Monthly Archives: November 2018

Commenting Snark and Nastiness

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After I posted a video on my Booted Harleydude Youtube Channel of a recent motorcycle ride, I discovered that there were 159 comments on a number of my videos pending review/approval for posting. Some comments were there for a year. Man, it’s been a long time since I reviewed video comments!

Somehow, the notifications for comment moderation that I requested to be sent to me when a comment was entered were not being sent (another “YouTube takeover by Google” catastrophe, but that’s another story).

I was disheartened, but not surprised, by the tone, most of which…
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Fall Riding Is the Best

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The Weather was great this past Sunday, so nine of my buddies and I met to go for a ride through one of our favorite places — the Catoctin Mountain of north-central Maryland.

It was chilly (52F/11C), but dry, sunny, and seasonable. After giving my Harley a thorough inspection and air in its tires, I put on my gear, consisting of what you see here…
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Cowboy Hats

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Recently, I received a question:

I was asked to attend an event in Oklahoma that will definitely involve cowboy gear. I was told that I should buy a cowboy hat. Do you have any advice for choosing a hat? Thanks for your help!

I realized that I have not written any posts about “cowboy” anything in a long time, so thanks for the opportunity to write about something else with which I have experience. Read on…
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The Voice of Reason

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As a life-long Bootman — that is, a guy who has worn boots during his entire life (well, since I was 10)… and with a boot collection in the hundreds, I cannot help but see some boots on other men’s feet (such as on cops at a recent police motorcycle riding competition), or in ads and other media and think, “man, cool boots… what about getting a pair?”

Then the Voice of Reason resonates. He says,…
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