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an adventurous task today…

A beaver story of interest, some stuff you should know about Mexico, and in the “About those windmills” department… I’ve been trying to avoid the zombie apocalypse (spelled N-E-W-S) as much as possible but it’s pretty hard with all the excrement coming off those rotating blades. Still, nothing clears one’s head like trying to sort …

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what’s up for today…

A somewhat disturbing state of affairs, a flat-lining governmental system, and a very apt comment that says it all… My plan for today is to make a pattern for a hard dodger for the Islander, get rid of some clutter, and organize my tools. Sounds easy but clutter and disorganized tools are the bane of …

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kick it in second wind…

Chuck Wendig nailing it as usual, EBM making a good point, and something from a Herzog film that resonates… I’ll admit that the ongoing cluster-fuckery we’ve all been experiencing has been a real downer where various boat jobs go. Just getting out the needful tools too often these days seems akin to being an insurmountable …

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Today’s task…

I really should quit reading the news in the morning. Now, what I really want to do this morning is to build some trolling lures. I could sit in the cockpit and cobble fish seducing works of art while listening to some great music. That would be right in the middle of one of my …

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dealing with the list…

As it happens, my project lists have become so unmanageable it’s just time to circular-file them and start anew. Or, in other words, get a just-the-basics need/want list that makes sense. For starters, I’ll be doing something different and narrow the number of projects on the list to ten items because “ten” is a doable …

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an odd time for sure…

I’m having a lot of trouble keeping my mind on boat jobs I need to be doing. While I should be building a new dodger, sorting out needful spares for Yanmar, chasing down that mystery leak that’s driving me nuts but my mind always seems to be somewhere else… Like wondering how nearly 50% of …

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