Category: maritime

Where to take the Erie Canal

Aberration has returned from a three week cruise on the Erie canal. It has been an unforgettable adventure and I am still suffering from a stimulation and information overload. There were so many impressions that I will list them as paragraphs and hopefully it will provide a rational basis for my primary suggestion at the… Read more »

“The Madison” and Tossing Maritime Under the Bus

I watched the first episode of The Madison, a Michelle Pfeiffer TV Drama on Paramount. In short, it deals with a rich NY family, where the patriarch dies while fishing in Montana and the daughter of the matriarch played, by Michelle Pfeiffer, gets mugged in New York City. Very quickly it is conveyed that New… Read more »

Maritime; A Strange Trip. By Bob Burke

Maritime is a strange trip. It is worldwide and at the same time feels like living in a small village where everybody knows everybody. Too often you run into somebody in some random maritime den of inequity and you both go: “Great to see you! Was it 30 years ago we last hung out?” When… Read more »

85th National Maritime Day

On May 22, we celebrated National Maritime Day. Every year is filled with days and celebrations ascribed to any number of questionable “holidays” often meant to commemorate or spread awareness. For instance, I could find at least 8 other celebrations on May 22, including National Vanilla Pudding Day and Accounting Day. In light of so… Read more »