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THOUGHTS AND COMMENTS FROM AN AMERICAN Merchant Mariner

Friday, March 13, 2026

Sunrise 2026

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 I watched the sun rise this morning.   Man, I haven't done that in ages.   It wasn't a particularly nice one- the sun came up from ...
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Tuesday, March 10, 2026

Halfway day

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 Well, it's halfway day today, where I am exactly half way through this tour aboard the HQ.   It's been uneventful. First week was p...
Monday, March 2, 2026

I'm not crying, I have a sniffle

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 Well, one of the tile guys who was working on my house missed work last Wednesday as his daughter had been sick. He got sick himself over t...
Monday, February 23, 2026

hooky

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 Well, I won't pretend to be sad that my flight back to work got cancelled since NY got a shockingly normal (for the 1980's and 1990...
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Saturday, February 14, 2026

It has its moments

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 I'm home, I'm warm, I'm sleeping better.      All good.  Renovations at my house have started, which is disruptive. New kitchen...
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Saturday, February 7, 2026

Winter

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 Well, the cold is back.   It's presently a relatively balmy 10 degrees F. Gonna be 1 tonight, but it's blowing 40kts, gusting close...
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Monday, February 2, 2026

An Anal-ogy

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 Going on Instagram and X is like looking in the hole of a porta-potty.   God damn the mob. I may not go back on land. Ever. 
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Paul, Dammit!
I'm Paul B and I'm a professional mariner and former but still occasionally a marine scientist. From commercial fishing in New England starting from age 8 to crewing on the largest ships in the world, to working on coastwise tugboats and oil barges. I married a Brazilian beauty queen and don't get to see her enough.
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