For over ten years I've been writing a monthly column in Quick Throttle Magazine -- a regional biker publication. The confluence of the changes in how people get their news and read things, moving away from print to digital, and the awful COVID pandemic this year has defintiely put a strain on the magazine publishing business. The publisher of the ( Read more... )

With the pandemic shutdown, the loss of revenue, and everyone staying at home, the publisher decided not to put out a May issue and put out a combined May/June issue. The column I had written back in April for the May issue, with a little tweaking, was still relevant so we ran it. It's about what to do when homebound under the stay-at-home orders, ( Read more... )

This whole pandemic thing, in addition to being very trying, has delayed a few things, including the publication of my column. I just got the April issue yesterday. And the publisher has decided to combine May and June's issues into one. It's not easy to write about riding away on motorcycle when one CAN'T exactly ride away on a motorcyle. One ( Read more... )

So as we sit around under a shelter-at-home order to keep this virus from spreading, I thought it would be a good time to post my March column from Quick Throttle.  I've been writing this column for over ten years now!  How time flies.  I thought this month's column would be a good reminder of how we are all connected in some way, and how simple ( Read more... )

Bikes vs Bikes. By that I mean Motorcycle Riders vs Bicycle Riders. Other than balancing on two wheels and mixing with regular traffic there's not a lot in common with the two. However in the granc political scheme, the bicycle riders have far more power and influence than motorcycle riders do. And now that bike riders are being faced with ( Read more... )

Starting the new year off with predictions of the future...not that I'm very good at predicting much. The art department however is getting creative with my photo in the header though...yikes!

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Last column of 2019! If there's one thing about me most folks know is that I don't suffer fools or foolishness lightly. The Washington State DOT is certainly full of them based on their idiotic plan to reduce traffic deaths and injurty to zero -- known as "Target Zero".


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It's mid November, and it's yet to feel like fall here in the desert. Heck we've had nearly 100 degree temps this week, although cooler air and rain are on the way. Makes me think of my days in Seattle getting ready to put the bike up for the winter. Fortunately we don't do that here...


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Reading my Facebook news feed a few weeks ago I came across an article from the Daily Olympian, the newspaper in Olympia, WA where I lived and had my lobbying firm for many years.  They were talking about one of my favorite hangouts up there closing. As you will read, the joint was on old US-99, which at one time was the road that connected the ( Read more... )

This month's column is a discussion about remembering to live your life -- not let it slide by regretting you never did anything that you really wanted to.  Something that we all need to remember from time to time...

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