A threat of note, an AI downside, and in the “$22 smoothies” department… So, here’s a thought… What would it take to get me involved in a sailing rally or race? It turns out to be a fairly difficult question. For starters, I’ve never been competitive. What little competitive genes in my makeup are self-directed. …
Something about that AI future, a cartoon of note, and in the “don’t say you weren’t warned” department… I’ve always wanted to row across an ocean. As a kid I had a newspaper photo of Ridgeway and Blyth glued into my three-ring binder when all the other kids had football, baseball, and basketball heroes. Me, …
A boat race of note, some measles content, and in the “a bad connection” department… Way back when, at the Beaulieu boat jumble, we came across an American selling circumnavigation chart kits for something like a hundred pounds or so. Of course, the charts were xeroxed, black and white, and 3/4 size but they came …
Some worthwhile listening, a very interesting shark project, and in the “l-o-g-i-s-t-i-c-s is the word of the day” department… Since today is a special day aboard our fair vessel, I’ll be kicking back, cut off the news, and spend the day hanging out with someone special. There might even be ice cream! So it goes…
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 …
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. …
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. …
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 …
Someone making sense, a needful cat story, and in the “this sucks” department… I’m currently in the process of trying to sort out a cunning plan to replace a settee in the Islander with a dinette. I find a dinette just makes more sense and it makes a better editing arrangement for film projects. Yeah, …
Something to keep in mind, a deluxe bankruptcy, and in the “Florida could do a lot worse” department… The other day, Sailing Anarchy, had a toilet thread on their forum and the subject of carbon toilets came up. Yeah, carbon toilets. Upscale buckets like this one… As it happens, you can purchase this particular toilet …
