Aug 12 2008
Hurrah! Another blog person met live!
The inestimable Zen and Lady Zen came for a quick visit and chat on Saturday. He was organized enough to take pictures of us and of the Marina Day BBQ (a BBQ I didn’t have to organize! Yeah!), so go enjoy them over on his blog.
Aug 12 2008
I realized not too long ago that I’ve been pregnant pretty much the whole time we’ve owned the boat. And as you may or may not know, pregnant women are not generally the most physical. I stopped being able to fit my belly behind the helm around six months. My center of gravity and [...]
Aug 11 2008
I don’t normally flog merchandise, but Zac Sunderland’s family has t-shirts for sale on his site, to help raise money for his effort. So… make with the clicky and buy a few! Surely you know a bunch of cruisers who could use a new wardrobe item? What better than this?
http://www.qbaroo.com/zacsunderland/main.cfm?categoryoid=1
Jun 10 2008
Caribbean Monk Seal Extinct, U.S. Officials Declare
‘Nuff said.
Jun 10 2008
This post, from The Ethicurean (who’d have thought x-posting from there would land on this blog?), pretty much sums up my closely-held belief that, when the virus takes us, we will have had it coming. Bluefin tuna finally extinct: “Well worth it,” say sushi fans.
Note: It’s satire. But not by much.
Jun 09 2008
I just ran across this post in my feed reader, from Trent at The Simple Dollar:
The Big Sell-Off
I wish I’d had this nifty set of guidelines when I first started divesting prior to the move onboard. But, hopefully it’ll be helpful for someone else out there reading this and preparing to make the big move…
Jun 05 2008
OK, this is hands-down ubercool. I mean, uber, ubercool. Zac Sunderland is organizing a circumnavigation, on his boat, the Intrepid, an Islander 36. (Surely that fact will at least goad Zen into commenting. =) . Check out his website and the NPR interview with him. The interview is pretty lame, frankly, since the interviewer [...]
Jun 04 2008
If you guys aren’t familiar with Roz Savage, go check her out here.
I was introduced to Roz’s site, her journey, and her rowing, by my rowing coach for Califa (the whaleboat team I was part of in Vallejo). Katherine rowed with Roz on a trireme in Greece. You can go to Roz’s site and read [...]
May 27 2008
The Big Marina BBQ (which we were trying to hold quarterly, and haven’t managed since being pregnant has knocked my productivity off) was yesterday. The Marina provides standard burgers-n-dogs and that stuff, and we ask everyone to contribute something, potluck. Blessedly, this Marina is full of Foodies, so we usually end up with some yummy [...]
May 23 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7392072.stm
I thought this was fascinating. They’ve figured out that if you microwave ballast water, you kill everything in it, thus ending the tyrrany of Dreissena polymorpha and Mnemiopsis leidyi.
But I gotta say, as stoked as I am at this development and what it means for the integrity of ecosystems… it certainly makes me more nervous [...]
May 21 2008
Just when you thought it was safe to not research alternative propulsion for your boat, along comes this:
http://marketplace.publicradio.org//display/web/2008/05/16/diesel/
Neato, huh? Up almost 60 percent in the past 12 months, the article says. Now if that isn’t motivation to start looking at electrical, or at least severely reducing your motorsailing, I don’t know what is.
May 19 2008
http://www.deeperblue.net/newsfull.php/1848
Amongst the non-mainstream news sources I adore is Deeper Blue, a site that focuses on news relevant to divers. This headline, “Big Sea Level Rise Forecasted” wasn’t a surprise, but it was depressing.
Here in the US, we’re still debating stuff like this… is it us, is it global, blah blah blah. It’s pathetic and embarassing, [...]
May 01 2008
Jonathan sent me a link this morning that made my whole day.
Google diving into 3D mapping of oceans
Man! Does it *get* any cooler than that? I don’t think so.
The tool–for now called Google Ocean, the sources say, though that name could change–is expected to be similar to other 3D online mapping applications. People will be [...]
Mar 20 2008
There’s a phrase that describes what happens to you when forces beyond your control converge to create a situation you can do nothing about, usually to your detriment. But it’s profane, and so I’ll just point you here:
http://www.wisebread.com/could-your-city-go-bankrupt
::sigh:: Our house is officially off the market as of yesterday, and we’re going to [...]
Mar 19 2008
As folks who read both my blogs know, I’ve been superbusy over on ElementalMom, not so much over here. But this article, from the thoughtful and thoroughly-researched DeeperBlue.net crossed my feedreader this morning, and I had to comment.
Sharing the Truth About the Shark “Attack” in the Bahamas
The media’s response to this tragedy has been horrific. [...]