{"id":7102,"date":"2014-05-23T04:00:15","date_gmt":"2014-05-23T08:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=7102"},"modified":"2014-05-23T06:23:58","modified_gmt":"2014-05-23T10:23:58","slug":"blog-milestone-2000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=7102","title":{"rendered":"Blog Milestone: 2000"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Post2000\"According to a behind-the-blog statistical program, this is blog post 2,000. Wow… who woulda thunk that I could have written so much for so long — since January 2008.<\/p>\n

\"MCboots\"This blog chronicles my life and its growth and change with age, as well as the relationship with the man who is my better half — the man I have loved and who I live to celebrate for over 21 years<\/a>. The blog has described my interest and avocation with boots of many styles, shapes, heights, colors, and designs and how I wear them each day and every day for all activities in which I engage — professional job<\/a>, home, motorcycling<\/a>, work and construction<\/a>, and so forth.<\/p>\n

\"Handsrings01\"The blog on occasion relays stories about how I feel as a gay man. Not “that gay guy,” but “the colleague, friend, helper, or community leader who just happens to be gay and his spouse is a man.” Our society in the United States as a whole has changed so rapidly, my head spins sometimes… just to think, I’m married. To my man! 20 years ago, today was never<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Read more of my thoughts and feelings about this blog and its topic areas.
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\nI tell ‘ya the truth, sometimes blogging has become a chore. After writing so many posts, 2,000 now, I feel that I have run out of original content. \"Blognew\"I have a pretty good memory and recall topics and posts that I have written before. So to me, such topics are redundant and repetitive. However, I would like to know from readers<\/a> if they think my writing is repetitive and what else I can write about (within the limits of this blog’s general theme.)<\/p>\n

For about 2-1\/2 years of the life of this blog, I would post a new post every day. Nowadays, I cannot come up with the content to post something new every day, so I have backed off to posting about every other day. Sometimes more often, but most times, not.<\/p>\n

However, I still have my commitment to write on this blog. So many of my fellow bloggers let their respective blogs die. They just stopped without an explanation or reason. I promise to keep going, as best as I can.<\/p>\n

Besides a struggle with coming up with ideas to write about, I am juggling a demanding personal life. I work full-time in a management\/supervisory position at work-work, and I work full-time at home in another management\/supervisory position — caring for my spouse. <\/p>\n

\"Ride03\"Between both of these full-time jobs, I try to squeeze in time to take senior pals grocery shopping and do home fix-it chores for them, and occasionally work in a motorcycle ride with my club. I add in visits with my family for birthdays and every Friday night for dinner. I am an officer in my professional association and my riding club. Then in my role as age-old community sage, I attend meetings and testify from time to time at public hearings. Honestly, I don’t know how adults with children handle it. I feel overwhelmed (sometimes) already without having the responsibility for caring for children.<\/p>\n

Back to the blog… <\/p>\n

\"Lucrattlesnake15\"Boots: styles, comfort, wear, reviews, and where to wear them — all will remain topics for this blog.<\/p>\n

\"Contest10\"Leather: this is one area from which I have aged out. I have not attended any gay leather social or contest event in years, and have no plans to do so. I am over it. Fetish leather is interesting for play with a healthy spouse, but we’re married — no play elsewhere. (Also, since the spouse is the world’s #1 recluse, that affects this choice, too.) I will advocate motorcycle leathers, but the gay leather stuff is pretty much over. I have moved on as an old married early-to-bed fuddy-duddy.<\/p>\n

\"Rideautumncopright2013\"Motorcycling: I remain an avid motorcyclist and ride my Harley as much as I can, especially to work by using the motorcycle as a means of transportation between life’s activities (work, home, errands, etc.) Unfortunately, I seldom have time for more than a half-day ride with my buddies, and never overnight. My life is what it is and is not going to change, so I have recast the dream of riding away on vacation and seeing the sights to riding to the grocery store for a gallon of milk.<\/p>\n

\"Squirrel\"Spouse: My spouse means the world to me. I love him with every square mm of my body. He’s going through a significantly prolonged rough patch with a persistent double-whammy of infections, and sometimes I blog about how I feel about that to vent frustrations and to relieve anxiety. I will have occasional posts about my spouse — always lovingly-intended. I am so damn lucky to be in love with my best friend.<\/p>\n

\"Carter03222014b\"Family: I have a huge family and love them all to pieces. Especially that big lug of a twin brother who always has my back. What can I say? Our parents raised us well. Love and blood conquer all. It is such a blessing to use the word “functional” when I refer to my family, rather than what so many others say, by appending the prefix “dys” to that word. Not the story with my kin! <\/p>\n

\"Bootsoffice2\"Job: I remain circumspect about where I work and what I do, but suffice it to say that I love what I do for a living, have the best boss I’ve ever had in my working career, and have achieved a certain status in my profession. I have my challenges and don’t suffer fools well, but overall, I am compensated fairly, work hard and am valued for my contributions, and I get to wear boots to work every day … what else could be better?<\/p>\n

I dunno, there’s more… always more. When this blog strays off topic, it is probably because I have run out of ideas and just write about whatever pops into my mind. Feel free to plant seeds… I always remain open to thoughtful suggestions on what to write about<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In closing, thank you my loyal blog readers for faithfully following my ramblings. I really do appreciate it.<\/p>\n

Life is short: keep on bloggin’!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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