Sebastian Junger’s “The Perfect Storm” was one of the best books I ever read twice. The movie version was kinda okay, but it ignored significant details IMO.
Top Ten Finalists for Best Illusions of 2016.
Communists are illegally crossing our southern borders. TRUE.
For only a few hundred dollars you can eat and study Greek philosophy at the same time.
Here’s an interesting Princeton Senior thesis. It explains a lot.
Launched on 17 October 1997, The Cassini Spacecraft has been messing around near Saturn for about thirteen years now, and it’s scheduled to crash and burn on 15 September 2017 after 20 years of service [via].
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Sunday, 10 September 2017 at 7:56 PM |
Bunk: I live in the Pacific NW. 20+ years ago 3 fishing boats left the town of Anacortes, WA for the Gulf of Alaska for commercial fishing. They never returned and all hands were lost. A book was written about this and, even though I have never read it, I’ve been told that the story and the writing are as good as, if not better, than the Perfect Storm. For the life of me I can’t remember the title of the work but I can find out if you’re interested. Strangely enough I used to work in Easterm MA about the time of The Perfect Storm. I may be an albatross.
Sunday, 10 September 2017 at 8:36 PM |
Randy–
Yes, I’m interested. There was another book I bought, written by Josh Slocum, the first sailor to circumnavigate the globe solo. His exploits were apparently the basis for “Robinson Carusoe.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sailing_Alone_Around_the_World
The book is tedious yet fascinating. Slocum understated everything so you have to read between the lines a bit.
Monday, 11 September 2017 at 6:53 PM |
I’m heading down to Anacortes on Wed. and will be talking to some people that knew the fishermen involved. I’ll get the name of the book from them (hopefully).
Monday, 11 September 2017 at 7:25 PM |
Found it. It’s called “Lost at Sea-An American Tragedy”
Wednesday, 13 September 2017 at 10:05 PM |
Randy– Damn you for forcing me off of my online trolling time. Now I have to read it.
Thursday, 14 September 2017 at 12:15 AM |
In my lazy later years I just opt for the audio book and keep trolling.
Thursday, 14 September 2017 at 12:19 AM |
(Damn-hit enter way too soon) Some may call that lazy but I prefer to call it multi-tasking.
Thursday, 14 September 2017 at 9:52 PM |
Randy– I multi-troll, but I’m polite about it.