Josiah Hawthorne
josiahhawthorne.bsky.social
Josiah Hawthorne
@josiahhawthorne.bsky.social
I'm not Young, Restless, or Reformed -- I'm Old, Exhausted, and (Ana)baptist. Half Took, Half Baggins. #ADHD. He/him.
Sweatuh weatuh.
November 11, 2025 at 5:09 PM
I am in your age bracket (42), but my dad was more of a "classical piano" and/or "obscure 1970s Jesus movement praise songs" guy, and much less a "sea shanties" guy. He also doesn't sing randomly, now that I think about it. (My mom, on other other hand...)
November 11, 2025 at 5:06 PM
I discovered the Lightfoot song when I was looking for sea shanty tunes to use for a parody shanty about the Trump Boat Parade on Lake Travis that accidentally sank four of their own boats.
November 11, 2025 at 4:46 PM
(Yes yes, I know the Fitzgerald sank in November while the Esso Northumbria launched in May. Just...

...roll with it.)
November 11, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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the Fitzgerald: 150 metres deep in anoxic water, so undisturbed that the bodies are preserved perfectly intact, nearly impossible to reach or interfere with, ghostly but not dangerous

the Richard Montgomery: so shallow that you can see the masts at all tide stages, rapidly deteriorating, explosive
November 11, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Right?

Connery, Moore, Brosnan, Craig and the others were just new regenerations.
November 11, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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Companion piece
November 10, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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NY AG JAMES: "I believe that not only was SNAP being used as a political pawn, but also, unfortunately, all of the delays at our airports were also being used as a political pawn, and that's why you had a cadre of Democrats who decided to cede power."
November 10, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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For reference. I might print this out and hang it in my house:
November 10, 2025 at 5:07 PM