A needful read, an accomplishment of note, and something to listen to… I’ve spent a lot of time of late considering the state of the yacht charter business and it’s not exactly happy making. I won’t go into details but it’s a great example of how greed and its ability to make folks stupid is …
A needful read, some “H” season stuff, and in the “profoundly disappointing” department… So, I had an interesting start today when we came across a lizard peeking out from the ceiling. It made me happy. When we bought the Islander we had no idea that it came with a lizard or, more likely, a family …
Some excellent reasoning, a rather ‘iffy’ thought process, and the word for today is “cower“… I’ve got projects for today and I just can’t figure out which windmill to tilt at. Hopefully I’ll come up with something for tomorrow…
An interesting take on AI, a 4th grader making sense, and in the “competitive authoritarianism” department… I’ve spent quite a bit of time trying to sort out where our bikes are going to reside on the Islander. At the moment, it appears that the most logical place is by the shrouds amidships. Might even hang …
Rude Pundit has words, some Super nova science, and in the “So much for the clean water act” department… Yesterday, while waiting for my better half, the muzak machine did a fairly respectable reggae/rap cover of Sly & the Family Stone’s “Everyday People”. Yeah… Ooh, sha-sha. To say it made my day is something of …
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 …
Some news that made my heart soar, Krugman making some points, and in the “This explains a lot” department… So, it appears that we are still living in “interesting” times and all the clusterfuckery that it brings to the Holidaze and New Year. Which, these days, is just SNAFU. So it does go. Anyway, I …
Some ARC rally news, an interesting read, and something I really need to add to my laptop… Every day someone tells me I need boat stuff I cannot live without but have somehow never missed. Maybe worth discussing in the comments if you care to.
I’m currently reading John Scalzi’s “Starter Villain” and it’s a much needed enjoyable escape from the current insanity that passes for the daily news. I mention this because I’m stuck in the middle of the after-Thanksgiving morass and preparing for our Sapphire anniversary, followed by a birthday I’d rather forget. So, I expect there will …
I recently had someone point out that (not for the first time) a VolksCruiser t-shirt would go a long way towards supporting the blog and that everyone is doing “merch” these days. As it happens, I was actually considering doing a t-shirt for a cruising oriented film as an ongoing promotion element. Of course, being …
