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quiet midwatch 22 Aug 2013 | 07:58 am
After a short, blissful stint at a lay berth, it's back to work tomorrow around lunchtime. We took the down time to right some wrongs on board, throw a painting party, and service all the engines, gen...
True story. 21 Aug 2013 | 02:10 am
I am fluent in two forms of English. American English is my lingua franca . That's the language I think in and use to talk to my mom. I also speak Bad English at a level where I should be writing the ...
Mine is the righteous fury 19 Aug 2013 | 01:32 am
I'm really pissing myself off with the reading that I've been doing. Honestly, people are dumb. I'm no super genius for certain, but reading online articles and social media posts... there's s...
I swear to God... 15 Aug 2013 | 07:57 pm
There's a truism in working on the water that if you're waiting on someone or something, the best way to make it happen is to either sit down to eat or go to the bathroom. This morning, I'm in the ....
perspective 10 Aug 2013 | 05:11 am
Hmmm. Watching "Pacific Rim" and enjoying the hell out of it for the entertainment value, btb. There's a scene where the protagonists are using a ship as a handheld bludgeon. Sure- it's roughl...
Home! 7 Aug 2013 | 11:15 pm
Got a week to get reacquainted with the family. I'll get back to you.
The lost navigation art of Bottom Sounding 4 Aug 2013 | 11:44 pm
As a kid of 8, in my first year of lobstering with the Old Timer (who was in his early 70's by then), I asked a lot of questions about the things on the old boat. His new, smaller lobsterboat wa...
Special post: God Bless You, Internet. 2 Aug 2013 | 12:49 am
So this week I'm filling in on another vessel here in New York. This one has an older crew than I'm used to. For example, they have adult magazines in the communal head out off the galley. Up to date...
Mental Escape to Brazil (semi NSFW) 1 Aug 2013 | 01:01 am
With one week to go, and this being an extra week of work (paying for more classes for the Mrs. and also for repairs to my new truck since I saw fit to put the front end of it through the rear end of ...
working over 31 Jul 2013 | 03:55 am
Staying for an extra week. I'm at anchor in NY, on my temporary home, and I had some m&m's after dinner, and am now nauseous. Awesome.
