We got on the flight yesterday afternoon. Just about six hours door to door, I forgot how long the transcon…
Some Monday Morning Truth
I don’t always love it. Sometimes it’s cold, raining, windy and easily the last thing on earth I want to…
Gear Check
It’s a popular, and well reasoned opinion that you should clean and inspect your defensive tools often. Keep your folding…
A Leap Year Lesson In Discipline
So as I understand things, every four years we get an extra day in February. My first thought on this…
Set the Goal, Run the Race
Here’s something you probably don’t know about me: I’m a half marathon runner who has never actually run a half…
Man or Animal?
I think what this blog needs is a frank discussion on what is most important in life. I think you…
The Sky Is Crying
What you’re looking at here is the liner from the very first blues album I ever owned. Released after…
21 Days Later
Note: on September 27, 2015 I was involved in a serious motorcycle accident with another vehicle that totaled my much…
A War With No Fronts
Preamble: I love Paris. On November 13, 2006 my wife and I got engaged on the Eiffel Tower. In 2010…
My Inner 12 Year Old…
…is freaking the fuck out. Last night, the interwebs told me, and I assume everyone else, that there’s a new…
Bonne Chance, TU250
Yesterday we bid farewell to our TU250. Even before the events of a few weeks ago it had become apparent…
Seven Miles in Chantilly, VA
I hate when the phone rings when I’m on call. Can you blame me? On a beautiful early fall afternoon,…
The Last Great Bonneville Adventure
Turn the key. Adjust the idle. Ignition. The engine rumbled to life and I put on my helmet. Before I…
And the winner is…
Smith & Wesson M&P Shield. The process of finding a quality single stack 9mm concealed carry gun has been surprisingly…
Now for something completely different…
Ive been giving a great deal of thought lately to changing my every day carry system. That’s right folks, it’s…
Go East, Young Man.
It’s no secret that from time to time life can be something of an a-hole, and provide unique challenges and…