Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose.This is a prepared text of the Stanford University Commencement address delivered by Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Computer and of Pi…
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Glass Beach – The Dump You’ll Want to Visit
Stumbling around the net today, this popped up… Glass Beach in California.Crew Istaboa has always scoured the rocky shores around our favorite islands foraging for sea glass, but this beach at Fort Bragg on California’s Mendocino coast is pretty spec…
Return to Rocky Point
And all that goes with it.So we said our—see ya laters—to all our buds at Sunset Bay and have made way to Memphis.It’s fall in Memphis and the leaves should be starting to turn and if Rocky Point has anything, it has leaves.It’s always nice going h…
#56 Wax On, Wax Off
A scene from “The Karate Kid” in 1984 stands out in my memory. It was about a young man Daniel, who was challenged to compete in a karate tournament by bullies. He turned for help to their apartment’s caretaker, a humble but eccentric Okinawan immigrant named Mr. Miyagi. Miyagi becomes his teacher and surrogate father figure who begins Daniel’s training by assigning him to menial tasks such as waxing cars. In the scene I recall best, he shows how to apply the wax using one hand in a circular …
#56 Wax On, Wax Off
A scene from “The Karate Kid” in 1984 stands out in my memory. It was about a young man Daniel, who was challenged to compete in a karate tournament by bullies. He turned for help to their apartment’s caretaker, a humble but eccentric…
#56 Wax On, Wax Off
A scene from “The Karate Kid” in 1984 stands out in my memory. It was about a young man Daniel, who was challenged to compete in a karate tournament by bullies. He turned for help to their apartment’s caretaker, a humble but eccentric…
Below is a link to the Long Beach website showing the planned stops on our cruise south to La Paz with The Fubar Rally
http://www.lbyc.org/fubar/content.cfm?CID=1582 If you want to keep track of our progress log into www.Marinetraffic.com click on the vessel tab under boat name type in Thor and scroll down to pleasure craft. Press search and a screen will po…
Enjoying the Reef!
We are still at Wann Islet, Abrolhus Is enjoying a well earned break after travelling pretty full on since we left King George River, 1717 nautical miles ago on the 13th August. The whales have provided some entertainment early one morning, on the outside of the reef near us. Alan went upstairs early to make a cuppa and then came running back with the camera in hand. He thought he would get a bettter photo out of the porthole above our bed. Note the reef between the whale and us! Amazing …
Enjoying the Reef!
We are still at Wann Islet, Abrolhus Is enjoying a well earned break after travelling pretty full on since we left King George River, 1717 nautical miles ago on the 13th August.
The whales have provided some entertainment early one morning, on the o…
