My shoe has a hole in it.
This has been especially unfortunate for my socks during these past few weeks, as I’ve been traveling along the west coast of Ireland for a business trip (and I think we’re all aware of the climate along the west coast of Ireland—it rains a lot).
In turn, I think I’m contracting something called “trench-foot,” a term coined during World War I when men’s feet would become soggy from diddling around wet trenches for extended lengths of time.
Looking at it from a glass-half-full perspective, it could have been worse— I could have been bombarded with German mustard gas and machine gun fire, but instead I was farting around the Cliffs of Moher and drinking Guinness, so I guess that’s a plus.
Now, I’m back in New York, so the weather is generally better.
That being said, it was pouring outside the other day. I’m talking “torrential.”
Not sure exactly what “torrential” means, but it’s always used when talking about the rain. Why is that? Can anything else be torrential?
I digress.
It was pouring out the other day, torrentially, and I realized I had a problem when I briefly considered wearing plastic yellow bags over my shoes to protect my socks from getting drenched.
At that moment, I told myself, “it’s time to get some new shoes.”
I still have yet to buy new shoes.
I’m just remembering now, as I write this, that I need to buy new shoes.
Until next time,
Michael J. Erickson, CEO & Co-Founder
