Isn’t cruelty the point?
(With yet one more nod to Adam Serwer’s apt and oft-quoted line.)
(With yet one more nod to Adam Serwer’s apt and oft-quoted line.)
November 1, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Isn’t cruelty the point?
(With yet one more nod to Adam Serwer’s apt and oft-quoted line.)
(With yet one more nod to Adam Serwer’s apt and oft-quoted line.)
Yesterday, October 23.
October 25, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Yesterday, October 23.
Ferry workers say that even crossing Taku Inlet in the winter, with the Takus howling, can be as gnarly as the Gulf of Alaska.
I miss the Wickersham. She had wings to cut down on rocking and was the fastest in the fleet. She was replaced by the problem-plagued Columbia, thanks to the Jones Act.
I miss the Wickersham. She had wings to cut down on rocking and was the fastest in the fleet. She was replaced by the problem-plagued Columbia, thanks to the Jones Act.
October 25, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Ferry workers say that even crossing Taku Inlet in the winter, with the Takus howling, can be as gnarly as the Gulf of Alaska.
I miss the Wickersham. She had wings to cut down on rocking and was the fastest in the fleet. She was replaced by the problem-plagued Columbia, thanks to the Jones Act.
I miss the Wickersham. She had wings to cut down on rocking and was the fastest in the fleet. She was replaced by the problem-plagued Columbia, thanks to the Jones Act.
We all have good ferry stories, don't we?
A wild, rolling ride in Hecate Strait and Dixon Entrance, aboard the Malaspina after a Thanksgiving in Seattle in the early 1970s.
Forty-foot waves in the Gulf of Alaska in January 2000 aboard the Kennicott from Whittier to Juneau.
A wild, rolling ride in Hecate Strait and Dixon Entrance, aboard the Malaspina after a Thanksgiving in Seattle in the early 1970s.
Forty-foot waves in the Gulf of Alaska in January 2000 aboard the Kennicott from Whittier to Juneau.
October 25, 2025 at 4:43 AM
We all have good ferry stories, don't we?
A wild, rolling ride in Hecate Strait and Dixon Entrance, aboard the Malaspina after a Thanksgiving in Seattle in the early 1970s.
Forty-foot waves in the Gulf of Alaska in January 2000 aboard the Kennicott from Whittier to Juneau.
A wild, rolling ride in Hecate Strait and Dixon Entrance, aboard the Malaspina after a Thanksgiving in Seattle in the early 1970s.
Forty-foot waves in the Gulf of Alaska in January 2000 aboard the Kennicott from Whittier to Juneau.
Alaska Marine Highway System service notice from yesterday, October 23 ...
dot.alaska.gov/amhs/service...
dot.alaska.gov/amhs/service...
October 25, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Alaska Marine Highway System service notice from yesterday, October 23 ...
dot.alaska.gov/amhs/service...
dot.alaska.gov/amhs/service...
Thank you for the update.
It appears to have been posted yesterday, October 23.
According to the state vessel tracking system, the Columbia made it to Bellingham and is underway now to Ketchikan ...
dot.alaska.gov/amhs/map.shtml
It appears to have been posted yesterday, October 23.
According to the state vessel tracking system, the Columbia made it to Bellingham and is underway now to Ketchikan ...
dot.alaska.gov/amhs/map.shtml
October 25, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Thank you for the update.
It appears to have been posted yesterday, October 23.
According to the state vessel tracking system, the Columbia made it to Bellingham and is underway now to Ketchikan ...
dot.alaska.gov/amhs/map.shtml
It appears to have been posted yesterday, October 23.
According to the state vessel tracking system, the Columbia made it to Bellingham and is underway now to Ketchikan ...
dot.alaska.gov/amhs/map.shtml
Done.
Thank you.
Thank you.
October 20, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Done.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Betsy Brenneman!
Steve Nelson with a beard and even more hair than he has now.
Cynthia Halterman. Skip Gray. Jeff Brown. Nancy Long. And more.
Legends!
To me, at least.
Thank you.
Steve Nelson with a beard and even more hair than he has now.
Cynthia Halterman. Skip Gray. Jeff Brown. Nancy Long. And more.
Legends!
To me, at least.
Thank you.
October 16, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Betsy Brenneman!
Steve Nelson with a beard and even more hair than he has now.
Cynthia Halterman. Skip Gray. Jeff Brown. Nancy Long. And more.
Legends!
To me, at least.
Thank you.
Steve Nelson with a beard and even more hair than he has now.
Cynthia Halterman. Skip Gray. Jeff Brown. Nancy Long. And more.
Legends!
To me, at least.
Thank you.
Thank you for your postings and work.
Please remember that Alaska also is part of the United States.
Remember the “National” in *National* Weather Service.
How about an update about this?
Please remember that Alaska also is part of the United States.
Remember the “National” in *National* Weather Service.
How about an update about this?
October 11, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Thank you for your postings and work.
Please remember that Alaska also is part of the United States.
Remember the “National” in *National* Weather Service.
How about an update about this?
Please remember that Alaska also is part of the United States.
Remember the “National” in *National* Weather Service.
How about an update about this?
Thank you.
Much appreciated.
In other words …
Americans need to learn to act less like mall zombies and passive consumers and more like active citizens.
Much appreciated.
In other words …
Americans need to learn to act less like mall zombies and passive consumers and more like active citizens.
October 11, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Thank you.
Much appreciated.
In other words …
Americans need to learn to act less like mall zombies and passive consumers and more like active citizens.
Much appreciated.
In other words …
Americans need to learn to act less like mall zombies and passive consumers and more like active citizens.
THIS is how to pose with a banned book like men pose with fish! 👏🏽👏🏽
Extra points for XTRATUFS. 👍🏽👍🏽
And thank you for picking an excellent book by the great George Takei.
Extra points for XTRATUFS. 👍🏽👍🏽
And thank you for picking an excellent book by the great George Takei.
October 10, 2025 at 6:54 PM
THIS is how to pose with a banned book like men pose with fish! 👏🏽👏🏽
Extra points for XTRATUFS. 👍🏽👍🏽
And thank you for picking an excellent book by the great George Takei.
Extra points for XTRATUFS. 👍🏽👍🏽
And thank you for picking an excellent book by the great George Takei.
Ahem.
In 1958 and 1959, it was *blue* Alaska to even out *red* Hawaii.
In 1958 and 1959, it was *blue* Alaska to even out *red* Hawaii.
October 2, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Ahem.
In 1958 and 1959, it was *blue* Alaska to even out *red* Hawaii.
In 1958 and 1959, it was *blue* Alaska to even out *red* Hawaii.
Sigh.
I'm canceling my subscription.
Thank you for your work. I'll miss seeing your byline and look forward to seeing what you do next.
Good luck.
I'm canceling my subscription.
Thank you for your work. I'll miss seeing your byline and look forward to seeing what you do next.
Good luck.
September 30, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Sigh.
I'm canceling my subscription.
Thank you for your work. I'll miss seeing your byline and look forward to seeing what you do next.
Good luck.
I'm canceling my subscription.
Thank you for your work. I'll miss seeing your byline and look forward to seeing what you do next.
Good luck.
“There’s no better joy than to play great music and to feel it."
“When you really feel the music, you have an energy that you can’t believe. You can’t get it from booze, you can’t get it from drugs, you can’t get it anywhere else.
"Music has this incredible energy and that’s what I had ...”
“When you really feel the music, you have an energy that you can’t believe. You can’t get it from booze, you can’t get it from drugs, you can’t get it anywhere else.
"Music has this incredible energy and that’s what I had ...”
September 24, 2025 at 6:54 PM
“There’s no better joy than to play great music and to feel it."
“When you really feel the music, you have an energy that you can’t believe. You can’t get it from booze, you can’t get it from drugs, you can’t get it anywhere else.
"Music has this incredible energy and that’s what I had ...”
“When you really feel the music, you have an energy that you can’t believe. You can’t get it from booze, you can’t get it from drugs, you can’t get it anywhere else.
"Music has this incredible energy and that’s what I had ...”
From The Associated Press:
... a videographer from the U.S. delegation who ran ahead of him [the president] triggered the stop mechanism at the top of the escalator.
... the White House was operating the teleprompter for the president.
... a videographer from the U.S. delegation who ran ahead of him [the president] triggered the stop mechanism at the top of the escalator.
... the White House was operating the teleprompter for the president.
September 24, 2025 at 5:54 PM
From The Associated Press:
... a videographer from the U.S. delegation who ran ahead of him [the president] triggered the stop mechanism at the top of the escalator.
... the White House was operating the teleprompter for the president.
... a videographer from the U.S. delegation who ran ahead of him [the president] triggered the stop mechanism at the top of the escalator.
... the White House was operating the teleprompter for the president.
Thank you for your response and for taking the time to do it.
I have long appreciated you, your work, your Substack postings and emails, your musical background, and more.
Good luck on your new adventure. As always, I will be following you and cheering you, every step of the way.
I have long appreciated you, your work, your Substack postings and emails, your musical background, and more.
Good luck on your new adventure. As always, I will be following you and cheering you, every step of the way.
September 23, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Thank you for your response and for taking the time to do it.
I have long appreciated you, your work, your Substack postings and emails, your musical background, and more.
Good luck on your new adventure. As always, I will be following you and cheering you, every step of the way.
I have long appreciated you, your work, your Substack postings and emails, your musical background, and more.
Good luck on your new adventure. As always, I will be following you and cheering you, every step of the way.
Is Sinclair going to issue refunds to those who paid to run ads during Jimmy Kimmel Live! when the show doesn’t air due to being pre-empted?
September 23, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Is Sinclair going to issue refunds to those who paid to run ads during Jimmy Kimmel Live! when the show doesn’t air due to being pre-empted?
Consider including right-wing talk radio as proto-podcasts.
September 21, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Consider including right-wing talk radio as proto-podcasts.
“A spine is a terrible thing to waste.”
September 19, 2025 at 2:17 PM
“A spine is a terrible thing to waste.”
*Gray Mower* not Gary, not Mowers.
Oy.
Oy.
September 17, 2025 at 2:28 AM
*Gray Mower* not Gary, not Mowers.
Oy.
Oy.