Lowest Common Denominators

| January 9, 2007

I am sick and bloody tired of everything having to be dumbed-down so that the idiots among us can keep up. Case in point: today I opened up a new pack of cotton swabs, no problem there. As I was putting the package away, however, I noticed the information printed on the back. CAUTION: Do […]

Oops

| January 7, 2007

I’d put on the top two strakes of the second planking, and was getting ready to stick the wales onto the hull, when something struck me as odd. The bulwarks didn’t seem to be high enough, even though the instructions and drawings were clear that the bulwarks should be two plank-widths high. A look at […]