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After posting about the Catalina 22 that I'm considering buying, Tom from Florida emailed me with words of approval. He used to own one and he echoed my thoughts on its qualities. He sent this picture of his C22. He had the optional enclosure for the pop top, which adds extra living spave while anchored. * Thursday, February 28, 2002
Problems. Problems. I post these blogs through Blogger.com, who use FTP to upload updates to my Geocities account. Today I got an email from Geocities warning that they will be canceling FTP service at the beginning of April. I know how much you rely on my daily updates (don't deny it!), so I'll need to find an alternative. *
Decisions. Decisions. I was contacted yesterday by someone who knows of a Catalina 22 for sale. If you’re If you’ve seen my sailing pages, you know how much work I put into the Beast of I’ll keep you posted. * Tuesday, February 26, 2002
* Monday, February 25, 2002
Do I find the coolest stuff or what? Here's the tiniest version of Space Invaders you'll ever find. You don't even have to hide it from your boss. *
I love reading the personals ads. It's human comedy at its best. I often feel for those poor souls who put themselves out there for guys like this to dissect *
BETCHA DIDN'T KNOW Before Prohibition, Shlitz Brewery owned more property in Chicago than anyone else, except the Catholic church. If you put a raisin in a glass of champagne, it will keep floating to the top and sinking to the bottom. Kermit the Frog is left-handed. Nondairy creamer is flammable. The car in the foreground on the back of a $10 bill is a 1925 Hupmobile. If you can see a rainbow you must have your back to the sun. If you don't, you The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the days of yore when The dial tone of a normal telephone is in the key of "F." The fingerprints of koala bears are virtually indistinguishable from those of In the four major US professional sports (baseball, basketball, football, and Beelzebub, another name for the devil, is Hebrew for Lord of the Flies, and It is believed that Shakespeare was 46 around the time that the King James Columbia University is the second largest landowner in New York City, after When the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers play football at home to a sellout In 1963, baseball pitcher Gaylord Perry remarked, "They'll put a man on the Ohio is listed as the 17th state in the U.S., but technically it is Number 47. The dome on Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's home, conceals a billiards room. In Every second, your senses send about 100 million different messages to your Most boat owners name their boats. What is the most popular boat name * Sunday, February 24, 2002
Another child christened today. From left: Janice (Godmother), James (the Father), Meagan, (the Baby), Gordon (Godfather), and Peggy, (Mother). * Public Art wraps up This is a mural by Melissa Bonin. It's attached to the back of a building, facing Bayou Teche. This is an odd place for a large public work of art. We do have a river walk of sorts along the bayou, but it doesn't draw crowds because there's nothing there. There's a fence separating pedestrians from the bayou, and there's nothing else to see but the backs of buildings. So the only people who see this painting would be anyone who happens to pass in a boat, and the occasional driver on the back street that runs along the waterfront. I don't know how the decision was made to place it here. Melissa Bonin is an art teacher in the local public school system. She also lives here in the historic district. This just about wraps up the New Iberia Public Art series. I may follow up later with a series on local historic sites. As the mood strikes. * Archives |
