Updated July 31 2025

It’s 22:48, an overcast Thursday, in “November”*. I’m sitting at the dual-monitor set-up in my man-cave, adding to the website you’re on. Earplugs in. Blue light glasses on.

My partner (M) just came up from behind to ask me “is there any way to remove this one?”

She’s pointing at the armor-padding in the elbow of my motorcycle riding jacket.

I smiled. So grateful that I could take a moment away from building this website (the last 4 hours of my day) to help her solve a problem that had nothing to do with digital space.

I asked, “have you already tried turning it inside out?”

She hesitated, and so we did that.

There was a secret little Velcro compartment that allowed the elbow pads to come-out.

“Wow,” she said, “You’re so smart”. Walking away, to continue helping with the laundry. I smiled, and remembered it’s time to update my now page.

We’re still in Niagara Falls, Ontario. As of today, M has begun to take-over the bulk of responsibility for the short term rental business.

I’m putting the finishing touches on this “personal brand” website, so I can shift my focus to making “bar.guide”.

It’s time to take this quarter-of-a-million subscriber Youtube audience, and DO something with everyone who showed up.

It’s time to weaponize hospitality.

It’s time to make going out to a restaurant or a bar mean something epic again.

It’s time to help service industry pros realize: The bar is the stage, the shift is the show, and their customers & co-workers are scene partners.

I’ve got a fire in my soul. I’m writing again. A LOT. It’s SHOWTIME baby!

Here’s a recent purchase that I’m getting a lot of use out of (I make no commissions from recommending this product): It’s a foldable Bluetooth keyboard!

*This is a reference to a blog post I haven’t yet written, but those of you that know me, will understand the reference. If you’re reading this and don’t get it, email me, remind me to make a blog post about this.