YankeeJockApologies, again, for the relative radio silence. It’s not that I’m not writing. I promise I am. I’ve written a 17,000 word first aid manual, and a 22,000 word navigation and radar manual from scratch in the past 15 days. Throw in some marine risk consulting, and it’s been a fairly productive year thus far. […]
For anyone who is interested, I started the new year by moving into a new office. My little limited company now has 6 B2B clients, and 3 others who soon will be clients. I’m offering technical authorship, marine surveying, and training services to maritime businesses. One of these business owners is a distant relative of […]
In my latest (publishable) dream I was standing on the quayside waiting for my ship to come in. I had been waiting for this ship for a very long time. As I caught a glimpse of it on the horizon, I received news that the ship had been infiltrated by treacherous rebels, and that we’d […]
I can only apologise for the recent radio silence, my friends. I’ve been a busy boy of late. It’s a bit of a shame that the cooler the stuff I do, the more NDAs and social media disclaimers I have to sign. I don’t think many of you have a spare $800M lying around that […]
I did once visit the Greenpeace ship, Rainbow Warrior. Not the current ship to bear that name, but it’s predecessor. She was an old Aberdonian trawler, cut down the middle and lengthened to accommodate various fast daughter craft on her main deck, ready for commando-style launching while underway at sea. At that time, around 2009 […]
It’s dim now, but what I remember most about that night was the physical pain. My mother woke me in the middle of the night in a state of total hysteria. ‘Get up, now! It’s Tony! He’s in the hospital! Get up, NOW!’ My left ear was in agony. It felt like it had been […]
Why does the whole world have to listen to America? Why is everyone supposed to care about this place, no matter where they live on earth? What is so important about this society? And can’t we just ignore them? Aren’t they just evil, selfish, bad, no-good merchants of death and inequality? The USA is a […]
Please, close your eyes right now, and make a wish. Go on. I’ll wait. I think it’s worth doing from time to time. Whatever your heart really desires right now, can probably reveal to you all that is worthy of gratitude in your life, and what you need to be doing less of. My sweet […]
The chaos in my life is subsiding this week. My friend and I have completed all of the joinery in my bathroom project, and 99% of the plumbing. My best friend has successfully completed his heart transplant operation and is currently sleeping it off. I finished the ECDIS navigation training course ahead of time. I’ve […]
Aloha to the illusion of history. I shouldn’t really be writing this. I’m meant to be writing a navigation training course for a client, for submission to the coastguard for approval next week. But I’m now becoming a person for whom the urge to write becomes a pressing question. No other activity can proceed until […]