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Sorry
Published November 18, 2010 | 
Blogging has been on hiatus lately, due to the press of my schedule. I’m setting up a new business, among other things, and so recreational blogging has had to take a back seat. I’m sure I will be back to blogging again very soon, but things are a little tight for the next few days.
But it’s a dry heat!
Published September 27, 2010 | The ambient air temperature on my ride home was 109°F according to the thermometer on my FJR this afternoon. My commute home felt like I was riding through a blow drier. I’ve had more fun rides, believe me.
I’m exhausted
Published September 19, 2010 | In the past three days, I’ve had to work 14 hours a day on a video project I was assigned. It’s been a nightmare. I’m punchy from lack of sleep. Thank goodness, the weekend’s over, and I can go back to a normal workday tomorrow.
Back to the Old Grind…
Published September 7, 2010 | Vacation is over, so it’s back to our regularly scheduled motoblogging.
This vacation was a cruise to Mexico. I mention this because it was interesting to see the differences in the motorcycling communities in other countries.
Mexico is definitely NOT a sportbike or cruiser environment. I saw exactly one sportbike, a CBR1000RR that was on sale in Mazatlan. I saw a couple of cruisers, including one Harley-Davidson, in Mazatlan as well. The remainder were scooters or 125-250cc dual sports. In Puerto Vallarta, it’s almost entirely dual sports.
That city is a special case, though, because it sits at the foot of the jungle, with huge amounts of water runoff from the rain forest. As such, many of the streets consist not of asphalt pavement, but fist-sized stones set in concrete. City driving there is much like a well-maintained fire road here. You need a Dual Sport just to drive around downtown, as the even the best-maintained stone roads are suspension-punishing monsters.
Motorcyclists in Mexico also ride with a mix of elan and courage that is…well…frightening. But then, automobile drivers do, too.
They have mandatory helmet laws in Mexico, but they certainly aren’t fanatics about it. That is to say, most motorcyclists obey it…at least with some kind of helmet, anyway. Whether it’s a motorcycle helmet is a different story.
Anyway, it’s good to be back.
It’s that time again…
Published August 25, 2010 | Blogging has been light so far this week. Alas, it’s gonna get a lot lighter over the next week, as I take a vacation cruise. I’ll be returning to motorcycle blogging after Labor Day. I may sill blog some over the next day or two, but if not, you’ll know why.
Puppies!
Published March 14, 2010 | This past week, Chris and I were able to take some more video of the Puppies
Puppies Prevent Blogging
Published February 25, 2010 | Jebus Cripes. The 10 puppies we’ve been taking care of have essentially killed my private life. That’s why my blogging has disappeared for the past 6 weeks.
First, it was hand-feeding every two hours. Then it was constant poo-cleaning, and pee-mopping. Between work, running my company, and trying to keep the puppies alive, it’s sucked up every spare minute I have.
If I had known how much work these 10 little dogs would be, I’d never have bred my female. I will be soooo glad to turn these wild little monsters over to their owners in two weeks.
Why the Light Blogging?
Published January 20, 2010 | Well, two reasons are responsible for my shameful blog output since the holidays. One is that my business has picked up quite a lot and I’m just slammed with work. The other is that my Cane Corso, Contessa, dropped a litter of 10 puppies.
Unless you’ve done this before, you really don’t know how much time 10 puppies takes up. They have been here for more than a week now, and they require feedings every two hours. Since my dog can’t feed all of them, we have to bottle feed as well. It’s very tiring, but darn it, they sure are cute.
Reserve a bundle of canine joy!
Published January 4, 2010 | My Cane Corso is expecting her first and only litter. Mastiff Cane Corso Mastiff puppies in San Diego. These Purebred, ICCF/CCAA-Registered puppies will be arriving in the middle of January 2010. The puppies will be available to go home with you at the middle of March.
Sire is a European Cane Corso import, dame is first generation American born. Both are registered purebreds.
We are located in San Diego, California. Actually Contessa and her puppies will be residing in Escondido which is San Diego North County. If you are looking for Cane Corso puppies, we are centrally located close to Rancho Bernardo, Carlsbad, Oceanside, San Marcos and more.
See more of Contessa on a video posted on YouTube at the link below.
Contessa is well trained and has a wonderful temperament. Her puppies will begin their socialization and training from the moment they are born to create Cane Corso puppies with fine temperments like their parents.
We have hundreds of photos of Contessa and Vittorio Cane Corso available upon request and more when the puppys are born.
Today, we took Contessa to the vet to get a puppy count. The xrays showed a minimium of 8 puppys.
7 Lucky people will get a wonderful new family member (we’re keeping one).
Be sure to contact us now if you are interested in a puppy, we will send out notifications and updates via email.
We expect that Contessa will whelp around January 18, 2010.
All Cane Corso Puppies will have the following before they are sent to their new families:
1- Puppy tail and dewclaw removal
2- First set of vaccines and health evaluation
3- Puppy Deworming
4- Love, socialization and continous training up until the day they are sent to their new families.
Contessa, the expectant mother.
Today's Puppy X-ray
Light Holiday Posting
Published December 16, 2009 | I‘m sorry that the posting has been so light here the last several days. I haven’t gone away or lost interest or anything. There just hasn’t been all that much to report that caught my eye. I suppose it’s natural during the holidays for thoughts of motorcycling to turn to other things, and, of course, the industry itself is gearing down for the holidays.
Hopefully, after the new year, the news will pick right back up.
New WordPress Themes
Published November 28, 2009 | Once again, I’ve whipped up some new WordPress themes for motorcycle blogs. As always, these themes are free, though I would ask that you not remove the backlink to my business website way down on the bottom. This time, the themes are all model specific. As always, simply click on the screenshot image to download the zip file containing the theme.
Fireblade WordPress Theme
This theme’s colors are predominantly red and gray, with a stylized pic of a CBR1000RR as the header image.
Big Green Screenshot
Kawasaki’s traditional color is green. A very bright, irritating green. But some people seem to like it so here it is, with the ZX-10R as the header.
R1 Screenshot
This one is very blue. It’s headed by a detail shot of a Yamaha R1.
All of the other wordpress themes I’ve created can be seen here.
More Alaska Video
Published September 23, 2009 | Here’s some more Video I shot in Alaska.
I really wish the weather had been better.
My Alaska Travelogue
Published September 23, 2009 | Below the fold is my day-by-day observations about my Alaska Cruise, complete with pictures. It’s stuck below the fold so it won’t take up the whole front page, and you can skip over it easily.
I’m Baaaaack!
Published September 21, 2009 | I‘ve been to Alaska, and seen the glaciers, bears, eagles, whales, and about 30 inches of rain. But, now I’m back, and regular blogging about motorcycle goodness will begin in due course.
In the meantime, I leave you with this little video I slapped together earlier this evening.
Vacation!
Published September 9, 2009 |
Well, I don’t doubt that I’ll miss a lot of motorcycle riding and motorcycle writing, but I have to put the blog on hiatus for a few weeks. I’m off to Alaska on a long cruise. Regular blogging will resume on 21 or 22 September after I return from the Great White North.
See you then!