Internet Weather

I was thinking this morning about how marvelous the internet is. How we can summon incredibly diverse information with only a few computer clicks.

The reason for my rumination on the internet is I had wanted to paint our front door. However, clouds loomed above us, moving on a familiar storm track. Since rain on fresh paint might not be a good thing, I decided to check the weather radar on the internet.

The radar showed that the storms were moving off shore and very shortly be gone. Great! I wanted to get that prime coat on the door today and if I didn't have the internet would have looked at the sky and decided that I had best delay the work.

Of course I got everything set up and just started to paint when thunder rolled across the area and it commenced to rain. Man, is the internet great or what?

Need a Name

Trying to think of a name for my new country. You see, I'm going to secede from the United Sates and become an independent dictatorship. As a dictator I will not reveal how many citizens live in my country, where we exist, or what deodorant we use.

What I am going to do is announce to the world that I have a nuclear armaments program underway. It will be so secret that the US intelligence services will never find it but not wanting to be found ignorant, will say they have some evidence it may be so.

I will then contact the pres and say I'm a nice dictator and if the US were to maybe pony up a few hundred million dollars (Euros would be better) I will only use my program for peaceful purposes.

Otherwise I might use my weapons against Rhode Island and Berkeley. Have already tested one and learned a little ammonia in water fired from a plastic revolver shaped receptacle works nicely in getting the feral cat off my porch. Got to use scientific terminology here to impress everyone.

Thanks AJ for the tip.

Dream Tickets

There is all this noise about a dream ticket - Obama and Clinton. Well folks, isn't it time to think outside of the box. There are other dream tickets out there! For example, how about Obama and Ron Paul? Or, McCain and Clinton? Obama and Sean Hannity? Its time for this nation to throw off the yoke of conventionalism and plow new furrows in the mud of politics! Surely, you can think of some wonderful dream tickets?

Blogs

When I just want to zone out, take a time out from my routine I browse blogs. I've mentioned this before. It only happens late in the evening or in the middle of the night. I do it because it gives me connection. Each blogger shares a piece of themselves, a piece of their soul.

Sometimes I'm amazed at the creativity, or sometimes it is simply sharing something they enjoy such as recipes. OK, I don't cook and do not study the recipes like I know some do, analyzing the ingredients and wondering how it would come out. I know some can even look at the recipe and say that's too much salt or vermouth. Not me so I move on but I understand.

All this reminds me of my humanity, of our connection as humans, and tells me that there are extremes but the vast majority - masses if you insist, are living life in love, happiness, anger, sadness, loneliness, frustration, joy, and more often in quiet desperation (the term is so accurate but I dislike it because it's negative). but living our lives the only way we know how. Shakespeare said:

"All the worlds a stage,
and all the men and women players:
They have their exits and their entrances;
And one man in his time plays many parts,"

That is each of us, here. Our blogs show a minuscule part of our stage, but all actors only show a small part. We go onto the stage, do our act, and return to our dressing room and our life. The best actors understand their part and relate to their audience. They live their part and if they do well, the audience gets it

Drambuie is Listed

Drambuie is listed on the internet. One of the major websites for yachts is Yacht World where you can see the listing.

The broker said she was the nicest IP 37' he had ever seen so that sounded good. I haven't gone through all the posted pictures (already seen the boat) but he clearly wants to show the boat off. Sometimes you only see one or two photos which may indicate the boat is in poor condition and they can't show much, preferring to get a buyer to look at it in person so they can try to sell them.

There is already someone interested in seeing the boat and I have mixed emotions. Now that it is on the market it would be nice to make a quick sale but I had sort of expected Drambuie to be around for awhile. This isn't easy.

Drambuie is Moving On, I hope

Yesterday I met with our yacht broker to officially list Drambuie for sail. It isn't the best time of year to list. Some folks are hesitant to do anything with the hurricane season. Further, our location is off the beaten track so will not have as many visitors. I could have moved it to a more popular location but by keeping it here can continue to use it and insure that it stays in good condition.

On a positive note, those who are seriously looking for an Island Packet will come. When I bought I traveled over the eastern seaboard in my search. This means people who do come are likely to be serious buyers. And, they are on a schedule and with an agenda that will not be influenced highly by time of year.

It will take months to sell in this market. The good news is the boat is in great shape, in fact, our broker said it is the best condition IP 37 he had ever seen.

The boat listing should be up in a day or two and I'll put the link in my blog.

PLEASE, do not anyone say that boat owners happiest days ware hen they buy the boat and again when they sell the boat! This has been a hard decision and I am not happy to be listing the boat and cannot be happy to see it sold. True, if this becomes a multi--year listing my relief will grow but I'm not happy selling my dream and the means that could see it realized. Being a sailor I might deck the person that says it.

Guess I better practice some people skills.