Canterbury Assailed
I forget where I read this factoid, but if you make any absurdly unreasonable request of a stranger, like cutting in line at the…
YankeeJock
Navigating faith, family & freedom, across the Atlantic.
YankeeJock
Navigating faith, family & freedom, across the Atlantic.
Category Religion
Candles and Badgers
Good evening. It’s nine p.m. on a Saturday night, so naturally, I’m sipping a Ribena and reading about IR35 tax reform. I’ve been ashore…
The Channels
Davosians, Distribution, Demons and Duty. Greetings Yankee-Jockers. It’s been a while. We ended up so busy, I can’t believe it. Multiple surveys, and five…
Pure Resolve
Charlie Munger has two great quotes that I’ve been mulling over for several weeks: ‘It’s not greed that drives the world, but envy’. And…
Christmas Canoe
My hire car came early on Monday afternoon, and my flight to Edinburgh from Stansted on Tuesday was looking dicey due to the winter…
Jacob’s Pilot Ladder
Apologies for the slight delay in this (last) week’s edition of the blog. I’ll owe y’all one. I have been repositioning a little workboat…
Lamentations for Leicester
It has been a peaceful, but rather dull week of decent weather offshore. With twelve hours on watch and a reasonable satellite internet signal,…
The Sorry Darkness
My first duty this week is to thank my new friend Steven Wilkinson, of the excellent Substack Pitchfork Papers and his company Good and…
Half Mast
Monarchy, Mortality, and Morality. I never met The Queen. Neither did most of you. But I’m willing to bet that every single one of…
The Philosophy of ‘No’
I have returned to the sea, for a three-week trip. On this occasion, I have signed on as Mate. That is second in command…
Noah Thyself, and Hold Water.
This week, I’m exhausted. Although I’ve never been happier. I have a beautiful wife and three beautiful children. I’m making decent money and learning…
Erase the Jews 2
part 2 continued.