Probability or something like it, Hugh Howey making some good points, and in the “weirdness of getting old” department… I once had a teacher of design who often said… The answer to most all things is simple. He made a good case and I have yet to find an instance where that statement did not …
Pimping hate speech, a big fat fail for the tourism industry, and in the “I’d really rather buy an Edsel too” department… Latitude 38’s new issue has an interesting article on celestial navigation with an emphasis on lunar sights. Which sorta/kinda got me all sorts of excited. I’ve got a new skill that I can …
What’s up in my neighborhood, some coffee news, and in “the future is scary to the max” department… One nice thing about building stuff rather than buying stuff is that it can save you a lot of money. For instance, I could buy a bespoke dinghy like the 8-foot Nisqually dinghy which is both lovely …
A very important question, an interesting wood article, and in the “peasantry in a modern state” department… Pretty much everyday I’m confronted by new examples of the cost of things going up. It’s depressing, breeds despair, and just generally pisses me off. Luckily, since I’m a non-consumerist by nature, it could be a lot worse. …
Some mind-blowing folded paper, a must read, and in the “but you already know this” department… So, it’s Presidents’ Day and my email is full of holiday sales because, as everybody knows, holidays are all about buying stuff. Though it’s hard to concentrate on the sales with the cacophony of our dead presidents spinning like …
Worthy of a read, some need to know, and in the “I really should learn to knit” department… Like most sailors of a certain age, I lean towards superstition and never leave port on a Friday the 13th or any Friday for that matter. So, today I’m going to read, take some measurements for a …
Stuff you can do, some good news, and in the “Idiocracy meets Bizarro world” department… The weather the last week or so has been a somewhat fugly shit-show. It’s problematic with current projects, so I’m catching up on some reading. Which, brings us to the word for the day… e-s-c-a-p-i-s-m. Truth be told, I’m greatly …
Murder most foul, an important question, and in the “out with the old and in with the new” department… I’m sick and tired of the phrase “It’s complicated” especially where boats and suchlike are concerned. If there’s one overreaching fact with boats and cruising it is that 99% of the answers are simple. Dead simple. …
Something interesting on cartography, an important read, and in the “if you haven’t been paying attention” department… Where clutter is concerned, boats are always a problematic venue. The fact that boats have a lot of small places to stow stuff can go from organized to I can’t find anything in a New York minute. So …
A good question, some important points, and in the “you really have to read this” department… When looking back, my biggest influences in the sailing world were Robin Graham, Joshua Slocum, Robin Knox-Johnson, Bill Tilman, and the fictional James Troy of “Adventures in Paradise”. Hey, hey, Gardner McKay… The thing is, none of the afore-mentioned …
