Saturday Comic

This is from Foxtrot, and it appeared on December 18, 2012.

Foxtrot, December 18, 2012

I’m okay with some snow, but when it is on top of my toes, that’s just too much. That’s why hobbits have hair there.

 

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Winning at the Triathlon

Amazing news. The International Triathlon Union has changed their rules.

You can now run barefooted.

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RFRA Revisited

I’ve written before about the Religious Freedom and Restoration Act and how it might apply to barefooters. Recently, the U. S. Supreme Court ruled on such a case and I think that ruling solidifies just how much religious barefooters are protected.

I’d like to go through the case point by point and relate those points to how a barefooted is protected.

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Saturday Comic

Our comic today is Hägar the Horrible. It was published on November 29, 2014.

The cowled character is Dr. Zook, so that means Hägar is visiting the doctor’s office.

Hägar the Horrible, November 29, 2014

Isn’t that how you always visit the doctor?

 

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The Wikler Shoe

There’s a new shoe out for small kids that is supposed to be much better for their feet. It’s the KidOFit “Barefoot Comfort”.

The shoe itself, qua shoe, doesn’t seem to be too bad (though I have one issue with it). It’s just that their illustration of its benefits have this tiny little problem . . .

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World’s Worst Mom

There is a new TV show on tonight you all might like. It is World’s Worst Mom, and it is on the Discovery Life channel (which used to be their Fitness & Health channel).

Lenore Skenazy was labeled the “World’s Worst Mom” when she let her then 9-year-old son ride public transport in New York City. He was more than capable of doing so and found it quite empowering. Lenore now has a blog, Free Range Kids that deals with the sort of helicoptering parents that are afraid to let their kids do anything. These are the sorts of things that we older folks did all the time in our youths. These days, we even see parents getting arrested or investigated by Child Protective Services for letting their kids do totally innocuous things. Lenore is also frequently featured in the libertarian Reason.

In one instance, Lenore was written to by a woman who had the police bring her children home for being barefooted outdoors. I wrote about it here: Free-Range Bare Feet. These sorts of issues help explain, I think, at least some of the opposition to people going barefooted.

In the show, Lenore tries to help some parents work through their unreasonable fears. Tonight’s two episodes are about a mother who treats her 10-year-old boy like a toddler (not even letting him ride a bike), and another mother who will not allow her 6 children to go outside or use public restrooms.

You can catch the two shows tonight at 9:00pm and 9:30pm EST on the Discovery Life channel. Check local listings, as they say, for when it airs in your area.

But He Might Hurt Himself!

 

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Another Mid-Winter Hocking Hills Hike

Every year Hocking Hills State Park sponsors a “Mid-Winter Hike” on the weekend near January 20. This year it was last Saturday. I’ll do the hike barefoot when I can, but it can be tricky getting the weather to cooperate with bare feet. Nonetheless, I’ve managed to do the hike in 2006, 2010, 2011, and 2013.

This year was particularly tricky.

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Here Comes the Br(oads)ide

You know, sometimes I wonder if other blog writers are having trouble coming up with material. Why else would the New Orleans Bride Magazine ask on their “Wediquette Wednesday”, Is it OK to go barefoot at the reception?.

And even moreso, how could they come up with the answer they did?

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Saturday Comic

We’ve seen Mother Goose & Grimm before, here, and we’ve seen how Grimm (the dog) likes to eat shoes.

But what happens when he eats some toe-shoes (like Vibrams)?

Mother Goose & Grimm, August 31, 2012

(H/T: Hope’s Mom, and Barefoot TJ)

 

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Barefoot Rappelling

Rappelling is one of those things that is just a whole lot more fun while barefoot. Don’t get me wrong — regular old rappelling is a lot of fun, too. But when you can feel the rock wall you are heading down, that adds just that extra touch . . .

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On the Train

Let’s set the Wayback Machine to 1892. Here we’re going to see the beginnings of the urban/rural divide in regards to barefooting.

I suspect that’s where it all started.

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The Germs Have Eyes

Yes, they do. They all have little teeny tiny eyes that they use to look at you before they decide to infect you. And if they see that you have bare feet, they say to themselves, “I got one!” They then race each other to see who can be first in infect.

Of course, that’s silly.

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Saturday Comic

Grandma is a comic strip written by Charles Kuhn. It ran from 1947 to 1969.

This comic ran on September 29, 1956.

Grandma, September 29, 1956

 

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Child Custody

What do you think might happen if one spouse in a child custody battle used the fact that the other spouse allowed the child to go barefoot to try to regain custody?

What do you think might happen in a child custody battle if the spouse with custody allowed the child to go barefoot, and the other spouse tried to use that fact to regain custody? Well we know the answer for one specific case.

Unfortunately, it doesn’t tell us much about what would happen today because it happened back in 1939.

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The Splintery Slope

We seem to be having a spate of beach municipalities being really concerned about bare feet on boardwalks and piers.

I’m not even sure where it’s coming from.

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