Reading that last post in retrospect, it seems pretty damned obvious doesn’t it? Nothing really new down there. However, it should say something about how something so obvious actually isn’t obvious when considered from one’s normal point of view. It’s like combustion engines that run on fossil-fuels; it’s pretty damned obvious that they’re an environmental, […]
More ›I’ve been bothered for a long while – at least six years – about “what to do.” I put that in quotes to emphasize the very broad and general nature of the problem. Some people call it their ‘life’s work’, or their ‘calling’. I like to avoid both of those, because I don’t like to […]
More ›Last week I finished up an eight-week weather course through the Canadian Power and Sail Squadron. It laid down the basics of ‘why weather happens’ and then delved into the specifics of pressure systems, the reading and interpretation of surface analysis charts, and – most importantly to sailors – how to interpret and then forecast weather […]
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