YankeeJockMaster Mariner 500GT, Merchant Navy
SDPO, Chief Mate, Writer, Father, Etc.
Born to a catholic mother, turned new hippy mother, wee-free Presbyterian father. They divorced and he converted to marry a Pakistani Muslim. My brother tried Buddhism, and I married a Jew and moved to the USA for a bit. Back in Scotland now, keeping it real.
Happy Yankee-Jock Day. For those who don’t live in my house, Saturday was a combined celebration of Saint Andrew’s Day, and American Thanksgiving. A celebration of all things American and Scottish. In other words, haggis for breakfast, turkey for dinner! 🙂 And today is another happy day. My first book is now available to purchase […]
You may have noticed the radio silence these past few weeks. I cannot apologise for the randomness of my posting. It will remain a feature for the foreseeable future. However, I hope that you will recognise this as a feature of someone who is writing for the purpose of sharing, building and questioning. I have […]
I hope everyone is having a pleasant Sunday? Please share a photo of something nice in the comments if you are. I often wish that people would post more online about decent cups of tea, or encounters with nature, or friends, than about philosophy or politics. Particularly on a Sunday. Leave a comment Social media […]
One of my subcontractors wrote the following paragraph, in a leadership and management training manual that my company is delivering for a client: “Most people have experienced working under a bad leader, a poor communicator, or perhaps even an abusive or bullying supervisor. However, few people take the time to honestly reflect on how they […]
Ahoy, shipmates. Sorry for neglecting you all, my fellow Yankee-Jockers. I’m painfully aware that I haven’t posted in a while. It’s been a busy old summer. I took the last 10 weeks off work, (by work, I mean seafaring – still in the office), so that I could be close to home with my wife […]
It doesn’t feel easy to write now. Not, at least, without feeling a measure of futility. I’ve really struggled to finish off the several articles I’ve drafted in the past few weeks. Somehow, you lovely people keep subscribing, despite (or perhaps because of) the recent scarcity of posting. I’m trying hard not to get caught […]
Greetings, Yankee Jockers. Apologies for the unexplained absence. It has been a funny couple of months. To be completely honest, I have had time to write. Indeed, I have been writing plenty. But since the Dali incident and article, I’ve been feeling a bit of a change in my internal constitution that has made the […]
Happy Easter, my friends. I’m going to begin with the Orthodox Paschal greeting today because I think the most important thing that I have come to learn these past few years, is how seriously and dangerously cut off from our traditions we are. So – Christ is risen. Now, down to business. I’m currently serving […]
This blog began about two years ago. With hope, fear, insecurity, desperation, and a curious shift in circumstances that brought an unexpected bounty of free time for reflection and naval-gazing (bad pun intended), I promised you all a weekly meeting. With the luxurious wallowing in free time enjoyed in those extraordinary circumstances of my first […]
Between 1924 and 1932, Henry Landsberger conducted experiments at the Hawthorne Works, which was a telecommunications equipment manufacturing facility in Cicero, Illinois. During his investigations, Landsberger would vary the level of lighting in the factory just outside Chicago and attempt to measure its effect on worker productivity. Regardless of whether lighting was increased, or decreased, […]