Pay Attention, You Idiot!
I nearly got myself killed this morning and I’m sure, ruined some lady’s day in the process. While riding down a 4-lane road, I approached an intersection without slowing down at all. The lady...
Full tank. Wandering heart.
I nearly got myself killed this morning and I’m sure, ruined some lady’s day in the process. While riding down a 4-lane road, I approached an intersection without slowing down at all. The lady...
Sometimes the hardest step of your journey is that first one out the front door. My first riding trip of the year started off a little unsure, a little rocky, a little second guess-y....
As a task-driven person, I can have difficulty with being aimless. The devil will find work for idle hands to do, and all that. Though I often wander, there is still some internal structure...
[This resurrected post has been sitting in my drafts folder for over a year] Lately, I’ve been toying with the idea of ordering a set of tubeless spoked rims for the Bonnie. Toying isn’t...
On Saturday while discussing the nuances of covert school farting techniques with my daughter, I said with a sense of unintended melancholy, “I guess high school kids don’t fart in school, do they? That’s...
One of the ways I am being treated for being a nutball is talk therapy. For someone who isn’t generally good at in-person conversation, I find talking to my doctor easy, even when the...
It’s raining cats and dogs here on Long Island. I’m sitting in my office moving ones and zeros around on the screen and thinking about the future. And the past. And using that as...
In an effort to force myself to return to the world of the living, I am going to be taking a trip on my motorcycle in the near future. This idea seemed like a...
This spring after spending the night in a caboose, I decided to take the long way home and to stop and see a few stars on my Google Maps app. One of the things...
For a few weeks now, I’ve thought about how I would reintroduce myself to my own blog. Nothing seemed right. And until today, this very day, I didn’t feel like opening myself up. To be...
When I awoke in the morning, the sun was not yet up. I laid there in the silence thinking about my surroundings and the leap of faith that brought me there. You see, before...
Happy Friday, Y’all. It’s been a draining work week and I’m glad to see it coming to a close. My Fridays in the office have a palpable feeling of impending escape. They’re lighter than...
On the way home from Lynn, Massachusetts, where I visited the greatest mural ever, I made a pit stop in Worcester to “eat here and get gas,” as it were. After filling up my...
“Where are you riding to today?” “I don’t know exactly. Just around.” The summation of my life. I move around with vague ideas of where I think I’m going but often end up distracted or...
Hands down, the most incredible mural I saw while visiting Lynn, Massachusetts, and perhaps that I’ve ever seen is this collab between JPO and Miss Zukie. “Zukies are a fluffy and chubby character that don’t...
The town of Lynn, Massachusetts has been incredible-ized by a program called Beyond Walls, which features neighborhood beautification with vintage neon, sculpture and gorgeous murals. We activate spaces that foster more livable, economically viable, and...
A few weeks ago, Kenny and I stopped by Louis’ Lunch, “the birthplace of the hamburger sandwich” in New Haven, Connecticut. A joint that’s been slingin’ the same patties since 1895 must be doing...
Season 11 Episode 1 of Parts Unknown is the Anthony Bourdain West Virginia episode. The hour-long feature highlights life in parts of McDowell County. West Virginia – What’s so special about that? The episode...
I’m currently reading The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: A Memoir by Bill Bryson, an author I love. He has an incredible talent for weaving humor into his keen observations. His books...
Over the years I’ve been asked many times how I “find” stuff to visit while I’m out riding. It is a mix of serendipity and old-fashioned administrative work. The former I can’t help with...