Archive for April, 2009

• Freya Hoffmeister’s Note: “4th night out big breaking seas and swell today. Not too funny…” 08:52:51
• Confirming May paddling class schedule for Rutabaga – the season has finally arrived. http://twurl.nl/75d2v5 09:00:48
• Silbs has a dodgy HP printer featuring typical HP customer support.. Any suggestions? http://twurl.nl/qzycxz 09:08:12
• Geneva Kayak Center’s Lakefront Location now open.. http://twurl.nl/w8agvl 09:09:39
• Congrats to the 2009 Patagonia Expedition – Alright Yosale, where’s my nose plugs?? – http://twurl.nl/wmk2k5 09:18:21
• Thank you.. The things you see when sitting on your Tuffet… http://twurl.nl/enrqet 09:23:50
• RT @cackletv: is kayaking in Marina di Sorso, Italy. Check their progress out live on Sanoodi @ http://twurl.nl/43udzq 09:25:42
• Vital clue to childhood obesity discovered – http://twurl.nl/li785y 09:46:41
• RT @RNLIrescues: Rescue:Kayakers rescued by Kessock RNLI: http://tinyurl.com/cmpfdk 10:11:24
• Ever print a “short” email and find out it’s a 50 page archive of 2 year on-going conversation? I think I killed a tree.. 11:06:02
• Where’s Sean Morely? Well Right here! (thanks for the note by the way) – http://twurl.nl/jthn11 12:25:55
• Fortune Mag says it ain’t so bad… Walmart is Hiring.. Yippie! http://twurl.nl/r6qx13 13:19:12

• My Kayaking Buddies… I learn something new every day… http://www.mykayakingbuddies.com/ 08:16:41
• Quix Blog – In The Rain – http://twurl.nl/hojvrl 08:17:46
• Lucky to be alive – http://twurl.nl/ya4zcl 08:29:28
• Yeah well, I guess that means sea kayakers are relics – http://twurl.nl/v2grrg 08:30:50
• Tide Tables? Sure right here – http://twurl.nl/pc8mco (What nothing for Wisconsin…) 08:45:52

I only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out till sundown,
for going out, I found, was really going in. -John Muir

There is no better way to experience the world around you than on a cool, foggy rainy day.  Yesterday we went out to Devil’s Lake State Park and strung a few trails together to cover just about 6 miles of woods, marsh and of course high cliffs.  Somewhere in there under a rock ledge we managed a damp picnic where the only sound was that of a near by crow.

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• Do I work in the middle of the night when I can’t sleep…You betcha’. Now whats the deal with this twibe thing? http://twurl.nl/envuw7 03:14:37
• The skipper of a trawler, went for a paddle after they anchored about 60 nautical miles from Mackay – http://twurl.nl/1tojsv 03:17:21
• Quix Time Machine – Learning Revisited p2- Teaching Intro to paddling.. (nice pic too…) – http://twurl.nl/6r0pbn 10:13:31
• All day hike & wilderness picnic in the thunder and rain.. You ain’t kidding.. I AM OUTTA HERE! 12:17:17

All this noise, I’m waking up
And all the space, I’m taking up
I said I cannot hear you, you’re breaking up
– coldplay

I don’t know. Sometimes I get a bit tired of all the social media chatter. Mine too, to be honest. Occasionally I think you have to put it all in perspective. Especially when you live or work at a computer and are simply too close to it all. Face booking, blogging, twittering, twibing and whatever else popped last night while I slept do have their good sides. I’m reminded however of an article I read recently about companies struggling for content these days. It seems we’re on a chattering arms race while many are  simply  struggling to find something original to say. Sometimes I think it’s a good idea to just shut it all down and listen to the  thunder rumbling outside the window. Now THAT is something you don’t want to miss.

I’m testing out this new plugin for the site that takes the blurbs I post to Twitter and compiles them here into one neat post each night as I sleep.  The trick is getting it to work properly…  Why do a Twitter Digest?  Well, most of you don’t’ bother with Twitter.. which is cool by me, but I tend to put those “one off” links there and then they never manage to make a blog post. The Digest hopefully will let me archive an occasional tid-bit lost in the twittering din.  Take that bit about the Cetus LV for instance…

• Good Morning. Enjoying the moment before I read the news, check email, & before the phone rings. When all is still right with the world. 07:29:52
• working on my Bahiya post… a few nouns, a few verbs.. 10:18:14
• Quix Blog – This is NOT a review of the P&H Bahiya – http://twurl.nl/85s5hi 11:20:39
• Sometimes schools develop “programs” as a way to avoid real change – http://twurl.nl/06r8rn 11:45:51
• Scotland feeble little country? Burns, boring & provincial, awful bagpipe?(well now I’ll paddle angry!)What a meanie! http://twurl.nl/vq16fr 12:09:11
• Columbia Sportswear so last week? – http://twurl.nl/j3ub74 12:13:20
• RT @resurrectART: Right now, I wish I had a hammock and a yard. Oh, the hammock district? – that’s on 3rd too! http://twurl.nl/eiim78 12:31:42
• So this is what it’s like to work on a website for an oil company eh? Oh well, baby needs a new PFD… 12:36:28
• windows open day.. Do you know that bit about smelling that fresh Dairy Air? Welcome to rural Wisconsin! 12:40:47
• RT @canoelover: Just heard our public radio sponsorship announcement. Makes me feel good. CUDOS TO RUTABAGA! THANK YOU! 12:48:14
• oh, oh, oh.. P&H Cetus LV?? http://twurl.nl/gv2a5e – Somebody tell me more! 13:03:07
• time for the dawg to take me for a run.. 13:32:25

And you balance your world on the tip of your nose
like a SeaLion with a ball, at the carnival.
– tull

So yesterday I talked a bit about how I found myself test paddling a new kayak. Again I have 2 great kayaks but they are both no longer sea worthy. I could just get a new version of one of these or I can use the opportunity to see if there is something out there I’m missing.  At the moment I’m familiarizing myself with the P&H Kayak line which I’ve not really looked at before.  Yesterday I test paddled the P&H Bahiya.  This is not a review of the Bahiya however. A review is meant to tell you what YOU should buy.  A completely different thing than choosing what I should buy… which you may guess is an attempt at humor for the  non-inferentially-challenged.

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