Quick update — I am feeling great and thriving on this business trip. I love my job and what I get to do. Having this sense of purpose allows me to put any rib fracture pain out of my mind and sleep well at night without pain or discomfort.
Pictured here is a little friend that visited my room. Quite common on this island, and harmless.
The rest of this trip involves…
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Sorry, loyal blog fans, I am unable to write much this week. I was cleared by the doc to travel now that my broken ribs have pretty much healed (and I can sleep in a real bed again), and today, I am in…
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Today marks the holiday in the United States where we claim it is our nation’s 240th birthday. Actually, that is not quite true, but of all of our country’s holidays, this is the one I enjoy the most. Why?
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As a follow up to my post titled, “Harness Boots for Guys,” this post is about an equally rugged, tough masculine boot that many guys choose to wear. That’s the engineer boot. This boot style…
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As anyone who has visited my motorcycle boot collection on my website has seen, I have a rather large collection of motorcycle boots. But over and over again, I come back to three fundamental boots that I wear more often than any others. For this post, I will describe the boots that many guys choose to wear because …
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Time has an odd way of seeming to fleet by rapidly, and also stand still. Thus has been my recovery from injuries sustained in the crash I had while riding my Harley to work one month ago. How am I doing now?
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Any reader of this blog or viewer of my website know that I have a dim view of dress shoes. I frequently use the adjective “dorky” to describe them. Of course that is my personal opinion, shared by few men, except those who, like me, understand that boots make the man, not dress shoes.
Anyway, I have to give credit to the marketing people of the dress shoe maker …
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In February 2014, I wrote a post for this blog comparing Black Jack cowboy boots with Lucchese cowboy boots. In that post (at the time), I stated my general endorsement of Black Jack boots over Lucchese boots because in 2014, Lucchese was not allowing discounting from full-price MSRP, and also…
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Sniffle, sniffle… I was deeply touched this past Tuesday evening when my community where I live paid tribute to me for service at a surprise recognition event. Here’s the back story…
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Now 22 days out from my Harley crash during my commute to work on 31 May, I am continuing to recover, but have no progress to resolve ankle swelling. I discussed the situation with a physician who specializes in orthopedics, the medical specialty dealing with injuries to the human skeletal system. He examined me and said that…
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