1.  A friend recently purchased a nearly 100 year old home.  I helped him move. There were rooms in that house that had ceilings that were roughly 6 1/2 feet tall or slightly less.  After two nasty head bangs, I finally got the idea.  The basement of my home has a large beam that I have to duck for, but thankfully that’s about the only thing in the house.  Not that I don’t bang my head on it occasionally anyhow, I guess I never learn.  You’d think with as much damage as my forehead and brain have suffered since I reached adult height that I would have figured this out by now.  Apparently not.

2.  Content?  What content? I’ve got some great articles partially written or completely in the can, but they aren’t exactly “timely” for our current season.  They are more or less for summer sports and things that don’t really apply to those of us in North America who are currently starting into our winter months.  Over the next few months, I’m scheduling time to head up to the Detroit Auto Show (again) as well as the International Motorcycle Show at the IX Center in Cleveland.

3.  Speaking of the Detroit Auto Show… It’s always unforgivably crowded, and often hot as hell inside the Cobo center.  I plan to go again this year and do reviews of the vehicles I test on the show floor, and I’m hoping my friend from Chicago will be able to meet me there again this year.  He served a few purposes that were somewhat helpful.  First off, he tells me when I just look plain stupid in something because I’m cramped.  Secondly, he’s pretty average size, so he will sit in the car with me so that I can gauge weather a passenger would be comfortable in the car riding with a Big and Tall guy.

4.  But we need to go to a few other auto shows, as well. I plan to hit a few of the regional auto shows here in the Midwest simply because they are significantly less crowded and I can get more seat time in vehicles that are generally impossible to get that same time in at the Detroit show.  Consequently, these smaller shows usually don’t have the brand diversity that an international show will have, so there will be drawbacks to these shows as well.

5.  Ski gear for the Big and Tall is gonna be a tough one to write.  I need to spend more time collecting information as well as get to a few gear outlets to try some stuff on.  If I can’t find what I need to write a decent article, I may just make some footnotes about what I bought and post the information.

6.  I still haven’t gotten the 5.11 Tactical Pants hemmed yet to give them a full review.  I’ll try to get to that next week.

7.  Zappos.com is giving away free VIP level account upgrades to both new and existing members. They sell Big & Tall shoes and have a pretty good selection.  I’ve never purchased from them, but have heard good things.  With the new VIP status I’m hoping to get a pair to try out and do a review of their site.

Happy Holidays!

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