"Is it a real pirateship??" asks the teenage girl
   "No." says I bluntly.
   "Awwww ):"
   "It's a merchant vessel" I explain
   "Could you make it a pirateship?" she asks
   "Uhhhh no we'd get sunk by the coast guard pretty fast"
   "What! Really!?" clearly she doesn't get what I'm getting at here.
   "Piracy is pretty illegal you see"
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Last night / this morning:

"Kris!" I'm jolted awake from a deep sleep by an urgent voice. In the red glow outside the curtain of my bunk a figure whispers "half an hour till your watch!   "A'ight, cool" I respond before even really fully awake. I lie there for just a few moments as the gears in my head get back up to speed. I'd been in the ( Read more... )

Newport
   So we were in Newport Friday evening (or at least I was) through yesterday (Wednesday) afternoon. From my already-getting-foggy recollection I believe we sailed about on both Saturday and twice on Sunday, Monday just did maintenance, and just had dockside education programmes on Tuesday ( Read more... )

   So, let's play house. But instead of the husband and wife who conform neatly into their respective gender roles and the 2.5 kids, dog, and a white picket fence, let's make some changes. Let's take this house and shrink it a bit, yet at the same time cram MORE people in. Many more. Let's bring the total number up to around 15. Now lets lock ( Read more... )