Scenery in Loch Long and Loch Goil

I said in yesterday's posting that I'd publish some photos from the sail on the Waverley up Loch Long and Loch Goil. The weather was very overcast for most of the sail, but there was no rain and the lighting effects were superb. I think Scotland is at it's most dramatically beautiful when the clouds are low over [more...]

Date: 2007-10-16 22:01:45
Blog: Ayrshire+ photographs...

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Poor Neglected Winter Beer Thing

Poor Neglected Winter Beer Thing Ok, this is the last week of neglecting this blog ... does go on and on. I’ve decided to tap Snow Cap, Full Sail Wassail, and Wreck the Halls as my Winter [more...]

Date: 2007-10-16 22:14:39
Blog: Beer and Hot Dogs...

Lindblad Expeditions Buys Additional Ice-Class Polar Expedition Vessel for Fleet (PR Newswire)

Lindblad Expeditions , the NY-based expedition travel pioneer, has announced the newest addition to its fleet, an ice-class polar expedition vessel that will hold approximately 150 guests and will set sail in the summer of 2008. Forward this page to a friend (weight: 0) Your Email (weight [more...]

Date: 2007-10-16 18:57:41
Blog: Black Financial News Ne...

Gulf Islands Sept Sail Show

I’ve put together a little Flash presentation on my recent solo trip through the Southern Gulf Islands. > Share or Email This Gulf+Islands, sailing, Catalina+22 [more...]

Date: 2007-10-17 06:29:07
Blog: BigSnit.com...

Haunted Libraries in the U.S.: Nebraska - Oregon

This is the fourth segment of a fairly comprehensive list of allegedly haunted libraries, or at least ones that patrons, staff, or local folklorists have associated with paranormal happenings. Haunted libraries fall into two types. First, there is the “building with a reputation,” where a convenient murder, curse, or other tragedy has occurred [more...]

Date: 2007-10-12 09:30:20
Blog: Britannica Blog...

Surrender

Surrender So this morning I was in the kitchen, making coffee cake for a MOPS steering meeting, ... .  Ethiopian courts opened two weeks ago and I thought we should just sail right through, get on a plane [more...]

Date: 2007-10-16 21:06:48
Blog: Further Up and Deeper ...

Why Is Berkeley Fighting Mass Transit?

As those of us who have had the wonderful opportunity to live in Berkeley understand, the city isn't always as liberal as it's cracked up to be ... and dedicated lanes free of cars. Buses would run every 10 minutes and sail through intersections [more...]

Date: 2007-10-16 19:54:05
Blog: Calitics California Po...

Spain Forces US Ship To Dock At Gunpoint

By Cernig The American ship in question may well contain millions of dollars in gold to which the Spanish have a legal claim to a share under ... and ordered the captain to sail to the Spanish port of Algeciras. Ali Nessar, a company [more...]

Date: 2007-10-16 15:55:34
Blog: The Newshoggers...

That’s what I really would love to do one of these days… just sail away. I’ve always wanted to go on a cruise but have never had the funds to do it. I really hope I can go one day. I haven’t figured [more...]

Date: 2007-10-17 02:58:14
Blog: Chimommy...

17th & 18th October 1832

Bahia Blanca The Beagle & the two Schooners, forming a little fleet sailed together & anchored at night in the entrance of the Bay. We continued to sound. At noon the Schooners made sail to the South; we gave them three hearty & true cheers for a farewell. Captain Robert Fitzroy Journal: No person who had only seen the Paz [more...]

Date: 2007-10-16 20:53:11
Blog: Charles Darwin's Beagle...

FUZZY FRIDAY

The bloggers gather on the banks Of the Chattahoochee. Meanwhile, in the Friday Ark Assemble Cats and Poochies. Yes, the Friday Ark sets sail once again, this time on its 160th voyage. Go check it out at the Modulator. This Sunday evening, Momma Grace & Company plays host to Edition #186 of Carnival [more...]

Date: 2007-10-12 09:57:42
Blog: Blog d'Elisson...

Player crys because his PC dies

My Player cried when his wizard was turned to stone by another wizard whilst flying over the middle of a deep river. The rest of the party couldn't go back for him because they were trying to sail through a castle siege on a ship that could hardly take damage. The castle and the army attacking it were pummeling [more...]

Date: 2007-10-14 01:38:26
Blog: Wizards Community...

"Sail in the Wilderness" Website

The school in Central Tanganyika project now has its own website: Sail in the Wilderness: Eccentric Episcopalians Building a School As you'll see, ... All Hands on Deck From Jake's to Africa Volunteer Dreams and Visions Come Sail in the Wilderness We'll [more...]

Date: 2007-10-12 17:46:21
Blog: Father Jake Stops the W...

Back to Work

Both figuratively and literally! I took a break from paid posts during my 4 day holiday and really bummed without the stress of my normal work and side income! It felt good to bum but I did miss grabbing my paid posts or whatever that happens to sail my way. Though it's small, it does add up and hopefully my work momentum comes back soon! [more...]

Date: 2007-10-16 02:05:04
Blog: Funky Cookies...

Mamak, Haymarket Chinatown

Teh ais $3 Iced milk tea Mamak is a cheerful splash of red on Goulburn Street, a slick and stylish eatery that is filled with Malaysian students on a Saturday night in Sydney. Mamak refers to the cuisine of the Tamil Muslims of Malaysia, whose 24-hour snack stalls usually include flaky rounds of roti, meat-filled murtabak, [more...]

Date: 2007-10-14 13:08:24
Blog: Grab Your Fork...

A Treasure Ship Comes Under Attack

A Treasure Ship Comes Under Attack Exciting goings on off of Gibraltar yesterday: ... Guards made two unsuccessful attempts to board the ship minutes after it set sail. However, high [more...]

Date: 2007-10-17 03:36:05
Blog: GUANO ISLAND...

Tonight's Music

This is Capercaillie performing The Tree from the CD Dusk Till Dawn: The Best of Capercallie ... haste on the way under full sail Every time I find a new version of this song I post it because [more...]

Date: 2007-10-16 05:32:50
Blog: Hillbilly White Trash...

Bad Zwischenahn open German Champs

Bad Zwischenahn open German Champs Oct 17th, 2007 by winnips The german fleet is thriving! ... with everyone. so by the time I was ready to sail in what seemed like a perfect force 4 wind ... to sail. Unfortunately the wind had died, so there wasn’t any flying going on anymore. Then dinner [more...]

Date: 2007-10-17 09:16:03
Blog: International Moth Adv...

“Iranians’ Share of the Caspian Sea”

caspiansees.jpg Iranians’ share  of the resources in the Caspian Sea. Source: The Sail, Persian ... to the Caspian Sea. The cartoon is from The Sail Persian . [more...]

Date: 2007-10-15 23:26:58
Blog: Kamangir (Archer) - کما...

Blue Angels Over San Francisco Bay: How Low Can You Go?

This awesome photo is of a US Navy Blue Angels jet flying low on the water of San Francisco Bay - check out the sonic boom (?) as the jet flies amidst sail boats. Link - via Cellar Image of the Day (great discussion, including the invariable "photoshop!" allegation and more pics there) (55 words, 1 image) Original post [more...]

Date: 2007-10-16 18:43:45
Blog: kuratkull.com...

Brittany Ferries

Our Classic Cruise and High Speed services sail from Portsmouth, Poole and Plymouth to Cherbourg, Caen, Roscoff, St Malo in France and Santander in northern Spain. Conveniently timed regular [more...]

Date: 2007-10-15 03:04:14
Blog: linkfilter.net - fresh ...

Stars by Liz 10/16-10/31: Unleash the Inner Visionary

Stars by Liz 10/16-10/31: Unleash the Inner Visionary October 16th, 2007 ... as to the safe harbor that our ship is ready to set sail from. Let go and push off. Your quiet inner [more...]

Date: 2007-10-17 01:15:45
Blog: ...

Reach Down From Heaven

A Song of Sorrow & Surrender the captain is crazy the ocean is mad when a wave crashes he thinks he's Sinbad out to find treasure that hides in ... is my compass the devil's first mate we sail into heaven with hell as our fate" but we dare not oppose ... his fists and pulled at his hair and yelled "I'm the Captain! I can sail anywhere!" and the moon [more...]

Date: 2007-10-16 21:41:21
Blog: Mortaljive: The Rest is...

Insect Robot Spies Spotted at Political Rallies

Dragonfly or Insect Spy? Scientists at Work on Robobugs. By Rick Weiss Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, October 9, 2007; A03 [more...]

Date: 2007-10-11 15:10:36
Blog: CRIMES AND CORRUPTION O...

Razzle Dazzle

Razzle Dazzle I hearby nickname Vogue Knitting Fall 2005 Pattern #11 (aka V-neck pullover) “Razzle Dazzle” ... , he has the new boat pretty much ready to do his qualifying sail - 400 miles non-stop, sail-only [more...]

Date: 2007-10-16 19:25:50
Blog: The Nauti Knitter...

New Event Announced for Sword of the New World: Granado Espada

K2 Network has announced a new event that will take place in their free-to-play, free-to-download MMORPG, Sword of the New World: Granado Espada. The event will tell the tale of Captain Sharffenberger, a man who hastily set sail to find his lost love and found himself subdued by a raging storm [more...]

Date: 2007-10-11 17:38:56
Blog: Gaming Today - News for...

Cruisin....

We flew into West Palm Beach on Thursday night, and took the train Friday morning to Miami where our ship was ready to set sail! Once we got onto the ship and had some time to look around [more...]

Date: 2007-10-16 20:00:58
Blog: Noah and Giselle Rashet...

Amistad retraces slave route

Freedom Schooner Amistad, a replica of the 19th Century slave ship, La Amistad (a symbol in the movement to abolish slavery), set sail on June 21, 2007, from New Haven on a 14,000-mile transatlantic voyage retracing the route of the slave trade to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the Atlantic slave [more...]

Date: 2007-10-16 21:33:22
Blog: Apache...

An inaugural salon

In just a few hours, I will be holding my first salon at Ormsby Hall, Caledon Murdann ... -sail’d Skimming down to Camelot: But who hath seen her wave her hand? Or at the casement seen [more...]

Date: 2007-10-16 20:36:18
Blog: Tenth Life...

Columbus Day In Long Boat and Knarr they sail west and south Stars and sun show a way For Eric the Red’s son Gun less horseless A peaceful trip See the sights pick some grape Leaving ruins and blue eyes then Greenland bound a new saga Mali and Mandingo with ships and men With goods and weapons sail west and north Currents [more...]

Date: 2007-10-13 21:44:09
Blog: Palestine Blogs - The G...

Quintana Maritime: Ready to Sail (pfblogs.org)

Ron Haruni submits:Quintana Maritime Limited (QMAR), based in Greece, is a global provider of shipping transportation services through the ownership and management of dry-bulk vessels.Complete Story » ... [more...]

Date: 2007-10-14 14:51:15
Blog: The Ad-Free Personal Fi...

Auckland, The City Of Sails

It's always a welcome treat to be able to visit new places every now and then ... wherein you will be able to see hundreds of colorful yachts sail through the Waitemata Harbour [more...]

Date: 2007-10-16 01:47:26
Blog: Picture Clusters...

Textile Briefs National

The Government has allocated an amount of Rs 18.75 billion for both textile and commerce sectors for the year 2007-08, to achieve 10.9% manufacturing sector growth for export surplus. The 10.9% manufacturing growth rate includes 12.5% for large scale and 7.5% for small-scale sector [more...]

Date: 2007-10-17 11:35:16
Blog: Pakistan Textile Journ...

The center cannot hold

1. How long did you spend developing Skill City? 2. How long has the service been running publicly? 3. What marketing did you use? 4. Have you thought about advertisers, selling the eyes you have to somebody? 5. Didn't you have a business plan? You have to have had a plan to get money in. 6 [more...]

Date: 2007-10-16 19:45:07
Blog: Little Puzzle Blocks...

NUS come back from 16 points down to stun NYP

BASKETBALL Institute-Varsity-Polytechnic (2007) Games 2007 Semi-final 1 National University of Singapore vs Nanyang Polytechnic Tuesday, ... three-pointers to knock the wind out of NYP’s sail. © Leslie Tan/Red Sports Reeling from the sudden [more...]

Date: 2007-10-17 05:52:31
Blog: Red Sports. Always Game...

Quietside Festival Silent Auction Saturday, July 14, 2007 saints315@verizon.net / www.saintsmdi ... -- and more are coming in daily: Boating: Outboard to lunch at the Isleford Dock Restaurant; Gourmet Lunch and Sail [more...]

Date: 2007-10-17 06:19:45
Blog: What's Happening - Octo...

New ideas

New ideas October 17th, 2007 Doug has got all excited in his latest blog post on the potential for patents in the Moth class ... more than a free sail to get those signatures. Posted in Moth, Sailing [more...]

Date: 2007-10-16 23:45:02
Blog: scott.projectsomewhere ...

The Right Keeps On Their S-CHIP Of Fools

Left and right and imploding in this country. The erroneous claims of the right about the S-CHIP family were, erroneous ... with you Second, and more to the point: Ship of fools on a cruel sea Ship of fools sail away [more...]

Date: 2007-10-13 20:50:23
Blog: The Strata-Sphere ...

Out of Context, Issue 3 (or Who's Afraid of Comparative Advantage?)

"There are two technologies for producing automobiles in America. One is to manufacture them in Detroit, and the other is to grow them in Iowa ... wheat appears. Then you harvest the wheat, load it onto ships, and sail the ships westward [more...]

Date: 2007-10-16 23:58:36
Blog: Tearing But Whole...

Collie Buddz

With his self titled album out in stores now, Collie Buddz is on the rise with his hit singles “Come Around”, “Mamacita”, and “Blind to You” ... that I really had something to offer. I always enjoyed singing and eventually went to Full Sail in Florida for formal education in the media arts.  Yeah, I have heard a lot about Full Sail. You also [more...]

Date: 2007-10-17 00:30:13
Blog: The Hip Hop Cosign...

Columbus Day (October 12!!!)

Columbus Day is celebrated throughout the Western Hemisphere and to a lesser extent in Italy and Spain ... 3, 1492, he set sail with three ships, the Santa Maria, the Pinta, and the Nina and a ninety person [more...]

Date: 2007-10-12 04:36:15
Blog: The Right is Right...

My Spark

The inimitable Flutter tagged me for a meme. Actually she tagged anyone who was reading and interested, ... , by passing up this kind of opportunity?" Let's sail away on a blanket of butterflies and weak knees [more...]

Date: 2007-10-11 17:43:21
Blog: The Wink...

Dixie Chicks - Landslide

Lyrics: I took my love and I took it down I climbed a mountain and I turned around And I saw my reflection in the snow-covered hills Well, the landslide brought me down Oh, mirror in the sky, what is love Can the child within my heart rise above Can I sail through the changing ocean tides Can I handle the seasons of my life Uh uh [more...]

Date: 2007-10-16 21:37:47
Blog: Vid Digger - Music Vide...

Looks Like Mukasey Is Likely to Sail Through:

... [more...]

Date: 2007-10-17 05:23:38
Blog: The Volokh Conspiracy -...

Greenpeace - Making Waves: The surreal life - Rainbow Warrior in India

Tracy just sent in a great update for Greenpeace India's Ban the Bulb blog, which is covering the Rainbow Warrior's visit ... at each other in horror. The captain was still on board to sail the ship here. So we forced Lesley [more...]

Date: 2007-10-16 17:12:07
Blog: The Greenpeace weblog...

The Hawaii Superferry Struggles to Keep Above Water

The Hawaii Superferry, which reduced it’s work force last week after a Maui Judge ruled that it couldn’t sail while an environmental evaluation was completed, is struggling to find any way it can to resume sailing between the islands. Even if the sailing is severely limited. The Lingle administration is working to draft some sort of bill [more...]

Date: 2007-10-17 04:14:13
Blog: Aloha Update Hawaii Ne...

Lighthouses Peel & Stick Appliques

$9.99 - A dynamic nautical designFeatures a Lighthouse and seashore motif.Unique resin resin accessories replicate classic lighthouses, sail boats, compasses and shoreline scenesMachine wash/line dry polyester shower curtain foam-backed nylon rugall other accessories [more...]

Date: 2007-10-16 22:07:06
Blog: Croscill Bedding and Th...

Cannons of the Queen Anne’s Revenge

Yarr! Undersea archaeologists in North Carolina have pulled up cannons from the wreck they believe to be the Queen Anne’s Revenge, ... sail the Spanish Main. It was originally supposed to have 26 guns. When Blackbeard captured [more...]

Date: 2007-10-16 19:54:53
Blog: BelchSpeak ...

Cape fishermen lose more ground; Why the Commission does stuff; and why it won't stop Cape Wind

Not in My View of the Horizon Why Cape Cod Commission is trying to block the wind The wind farm itself is in federal water - beyond the ... , the glaciers from the polar ice caps will have melted entirely, while Teddy and his neighbors sail [more...]

Date: 2007-10-16 00:31:14
Blog: CapeCodToday Blog Chowd...

World Tourism - Auckland

Auckland, City of Sails, New Zealand Haere mai, welcome to the official website for Auckland(Hotels), New Zealand’s biggest city ... and exciting nightlife. Use this site to plan your dream holiday, extended vacation, weekend away or day ... and attractions, restaurants, events, maps, driving routes and other transport options. You’ll also [more...]

Date: 2007-10-17 04:07:56
Blog: lidecheng’s weblog...

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