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A journal about things I do and places I go. Southern Comfort was originally about my 2010 motorcycle trip through the south, in search of a little Southern-style peace of mind. Over time, the blog evolved into a biker-related journal, with stories about my experiences with people, places, and things! If you want to see what I'm up to, Welcome! Start anywhere, but to ride along on the 2010 Southern Comfort trip, it's best to start at the beginning. Thanks for visiting, and enjoy. Ken, aka Cowboy

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Retiring the SC introduction....Victim of evolution

It's time to give the old blog introduction a rest. It was certainly relevant when my buddy Pete Marney gave me the kick-ass idea to blog about the trip south, but the blog unexpectedly got a little air under its wings, with a few more readers than I ever expected, so I've kept it up. It's (obviously) becoming something of a personal journal of things I've been up to. Boring to some...interesting to others....entertaining to probably no one. But me.

I'll save the old introduction in this post for Old Times Sake, and write something a little more descriptive of the most recent content. (Damn, that sounds just like something I'd write at work discussing legal content....I need to turn that side of the brain off.)

RIP

"A journal about an idea I had....An urge to take a long motorcycle ride, combined with a second itch of revisiting the South...the real South....and getting some distance between me and DC. This blog is about the itch, the plans, a surprise or two, and the trip itself. Follow along as I try to rediscover the South my Mom and I used to ride through twice every year, going to and from Fort Worth, Texas. Also included are post-trip summer rides of 2010. Enjoy. Ken, aka Cowboy"

Cowboy

Change in Direction - Northern Comfort? Big Apple?

So now I'm thinking the next few blog posts will take a new turn as I head to the Big Apple this weekend. Seems like a better idea that letting the blog continue to collect dust. And what the hell, might as well mix it up a little. The blog has come a long way since I had that crazy idea to ride to New Orleans, hasn't it?

So about New York:

Thomson Reuters, bless its heart, is sending a crew to NYC, setting us up in very nice digs at Times Square, with a reception planned that gives us a chance to meet our colleagues from around the US and other parts of the world! Granted, after all the hand-shaking (No hugs for the girls, Ken, it's a business meeting....) we also have to do some work down in the Wall Street area one day, after which we (I) head back up for a final day in Times Square before flying home.

Folks, this sure ain't rough duty, and I'm not complaining. Details to follow, and pix as I can. This event promises to be the polar opposite of East Coast Sturgis, and I'll bet not one girl is collecting beads....Dammit.

And I have to write a hundred times on the board:
I will watch my language.
I will watch my language.
I will watch my language.
I will watch my language.
I will watch my language.
I will watch my language.
I will watch my language.
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Stay tuned as I try to photo-journal the business side of my life..... It could be a sleeper....

Cowboy

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!! MISSING SC PHOTOS !!

A few (as of 9/23/2012) of the approximately 139 Southern Comfort posts are still missing pictures due to a change in Blogger that I didn't anticipate. I keep working on them, and I'm getting there, but there were a total of about 60 that lost the pix, and this really turned out to be time consuming. Each frickin' picture had to be found on my hard drive and republished into the post. Alas, some posts were just deleted; I had no idea where the pix were.

I've re-published many of the recent posts, and lately, I started back at the beginning, working forward. One of these days, I'll meet in the middle and be done with it. So yes, there are pictures missing, and no, it's not anything to do with your web browser.

Content / Article Searches

Southern Comfort has outgrown any imaginable proportions, now including posts and articles of all kinds, now dating back a couple years. If you're looking for anything in particular not viewable on the home page, use the search widget in the upper left-hand corner of the Blog in the menu bar. Enter a keyword or phrase and see what comes up.

For example, type in "Pitbull Lift", run the search, and you'll find all posts that mention Pitbull Lift. Then you can use the CTRL F function to run a page search to find where the search keywords appear.

High-Resolution Copies of Photos

I was recently asked if I had high-resolution copies of photos in this blog or from the Snapfish links in the right hand frame of this webpage. Except for a few that I shamelessly stole from others' Facebook pages, I have many of the newer (say mid-2010 forward) pix in hi-res format. The file size is typically 2-3MB, and some are even larger, up to 10mb. Files of that size are great for enlargements, wallpaper, or whatever, and even zoomed, the detail is good.

If you want one, or a bunch, I'll try to help out. Send me an email and a thumbnail of the photo you want. Keep in mind I can only send a few of those large files in a single email, and sending several emails with large attachments might fill up your email box.

Cowboy