Something to think about the next time you go out to eat, how to deal with that worker shortage , and in the "plywood satellites in sp...

Adventure Journal has some Edward Abbey quotes you might want to check out, the word for today is k-a-y-f-a-b-e , and EBM saying what needs...

An important question , a different sort of prescription, and election theft in the US of A... Every once in awhile I either link to a F...

Winston a storm of note , a rather costly experiment in austerity, and just what does it say about us when a front-runner for president is ...

Nervous making , a quick history lesson that may surprise, and some needful words from the folk at Surly... Yesterday morning, when comi...

Some needful reading, the reason why I can no longer watch "Ferris Buehler's Day Off" without projectile vomiting, and WTF.....

Some lucid thoughts , a BBC documentary about the Everly Brothers, and some serious reality disconnect ... Like a lot of people on boats ...

This brings the "The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers" line to mind, a strike anyone of good heart should suppo...

In the praiseworthy department, a guitar that caught my attention, and Old Salt makes a very good point ... A friend up in South Carolin...

Krugman making a comment on a story you should read, how bankers make out in the "new" bank fraud deal, and yet more on the cup...

Actually, the question is... what would Zombie Attack Barbie do to the sports fisherman that just blasted through the anchorage TWICE in te...

Kinda makes you wonder how much it costs to buy a police department though it does explain why zero folks are arrested for bankrupting the ...

I was just checking a certain sailing outfitter who shall remain nameless but I noticed that their Dyneema slings seemed a little high... ...

Last night after dishing up dinner I popped out to do something in the cockpit and just as I was about to come back inside looked off the po...

Ever wondered what Transocean was going to do about that little accident in the Gulf? They gave themselves bonuses ! BP taking care of...

Over all, I'm not one to be impressed with anchors of the next gen ilk, finding most to be simply re-inventing the wheel and an apparent...

"In a nation ruled by swine, all pigs are upwardly mobile -- and the rest of us are fucked until we can put our acts together: not nec...

Since we were speaking of composting toilets this news clip is somewhat fitting! Congressman Steve King (R-Iowa) speaks the truth... Thoug...

Cruisers of a Republican bent might not want to wave their party affiliation in such places as Puerto Rico, Guam, the USVI and the Commonwea...

I thought I'd leave the July 4th posts to others less prone to going ballistic and frothing at the mouth. Besides, on s/v So It Goes the...