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Captain Dan
Ran across this article today. I worked with a Captain Dan many years ago in the same part of the world. Has got to be the same guy; sound decision making under pressure, getting the job done. Two distress calls hours apart and he handled both. Cool, calm, collected. I was hanging over the rail…
Spit on the Frying Pan
Years ago I took an Ichthyology class from a guy named Al Ebeling. Last night I came across a paper about him and got to remembering those days. Richard N. Bray, Gregor M. Cailliet, and Daniel C. Reed “Alfred Wallace Ebeling (1931–2022),”Ichthyology & Herpetology 111(2), 335-342, (14 July 2023) It occurred to me that I…
The Day Without Darkness
There was a time I worked the nightshift, 1800-0600. Cannon F1 camera, automatic-nothing, manual-everything.No digital, No AI. Thought, estimation, a little luck, and click.Investing in some good Kodachrome film increased the chances,But the film couldn’t be developed for another three months.Delayed gratification, if any. Sometimes there was no film in the camera.Click it and forget…
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