Boot Behavior
The New Boot Starter Kit
A lovingly unofficial inventory of the purchases, habits and decisions that appear shortly after someone discovers tactical sunglasses.
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CULTURE / HUMOR / FIELD NOTES
A LITTLE
TOO TACTICAL.
An independent field guide to the rituals, gear, jargon and gloriously unnecessary confidence of being the new boot. Good-natured humor, real perspective and an original book in the works.
ISSUE 003 · NEW READER EXPERIENCE
The book is taking shape—and the original sampler is now readable.
ISSUE NO. 001 / THE FIELD NOTES
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A BOOK IS IN DEVELOPMENTJUST BOOT
JUST BOOT
THINGS
Part field guide, part workplace comedy, part affectionate cultural anthropology. The book builds on original material—not recycled Reddit posts.
THE BIGGER IDEA
“Everybody knows a boot. Most of us have been one.”
Our best subject is the distance between who people think they are and what they are learning to become. Keep the jokes human. The sharpest target is always the absurdity.
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