Sunday, January 20, 2013

I detect a trend...

Big Pharma keeping those prices high, Krugman with some questions, and some important stuff about reading...

Since we were speaking yesterday of geriatric circumnavigatorial projects, I would be remiss if I did not mention Sven Yrvind's plan for a non-stop 30,000-mile single handed round the world jaunt...


In a ten-foot sailboat!

Now, as it happens, sailing long distances in very small boats is something of a forte for Sven Yrvind so I expect that his chances of actually sailing around the world non-stop will be successful.

Fact is, if I were a betting man, I'd put money on his chances rather than the Kiwi Spirit project simply because there is so much less to go wrong.

Listening to Blackberry Smoke

So it goes...