Well I’m finally getting back into the swing of things. It still astounds me how quickly free time is depleted once the weather warms up. Since my last post there have been a lot of distractions; planning a trip to Vietnam, getting 99% of the rest of my belongings out of […]
Wow, summer hasn’t even really started and it already feels like it is half way gone. I can’t believe how quickly any hope of free time disappears once the weather warms up. Since I last posted an update I have been fairly productive and had a bit of fun. The […]
I’m in the home stretch! One more night of studying, a final tomorrow evening, and then I am free! I can’t wait. Almost there…
So I have had a very busy and productive past few weeks, but have not had a lot of down time. With traveling for work, writing papers for class, and studying for finals (not to mention working on Creeky) I have had my hands pretty full. I definitely have lots […]
So I have had a very busy and productive past few weeks, but have not had a lot of down time. With traveling for work, writing papers for class, and studying for finals (not to mention working on Creeky) I have had my hands pretty full. I definitely have lots […]
So thanks to even more help from my friends I had another really productive weekend aboard Creeky, including my first sleepover on it with Jennilee, who again is the best girlfriend ever. It went something like this: Me: So, I didn’t quite get the head hooked up and pumped out […]
Keeping up with this whole blog thing while still juggling work, school, and projects is harder than you think. I’m no Stu Watson, and this is no Regarding Nature, but maybe it will be someday. Last week was huge in terms of progress and expect this one to be even […]
This weekend I met Henry, the original purchaser/designer/builder of the boat, and his wife Birgitta down in RI to take a look at the mast and just generally chat with them. What amazing people. They showed me the mast and rigging then invited me in for coffee and I ended […]
If you have ever met a Slagle, or more specifically Jerry Slagle, you know that we tend to do things a bit differently. We are also prone to making radical life changes with incomplete information and without fully thinking things through beforehand. To outsiders these usually seem to be random […]
I’ve never really paid any attention to blogs. I’ve read a few postings here and there when they’ve involved friends or a topic I’m interested in, but I have certainly never followed any. I do so much dense academic and scientific reading for work and school that I have a […]