Boaty Bits

A skier encountering a highly territorial lemming on the slopes 

Going Mad at Sea: A Packing List.

Going Mad at Sea: A Packing List.

the brig Lady Washington - Washington state's tall ship (and also my friends' house)

So. Courtesy of my favourite political barometer Beau, here's three sites you can use to figure out which politicians are going to more accurately represent you -- or which politicians you need to start a letter-writing campaign to make them get off a particular horse.

Ballotpedia: https://ballotpedia.org/Main_Page

VoteSmart: https://justfacts.votesmart.org/

OpenSecrets: https://www.opensecrets.org/research-tools

Turban shell with engraved portrait of the Great Eastern, attributed to C. H. Wood, 1860

When you're talking about the design of the boat, you say "it".

When the boat is still being built, your say "it".

When the boat is nearing completion, you can say "it" or "she".

When the boat is floating in the water you probably say "she", unless there is still a lot of work to be done (e.g. no engine yet) then you say "it".

When the boat is officially launched and operating, you say "she". If you continue to say "it" at this point you are not incorrect but suspiciously untraditional. You are not playing the game.

If you are referring to a boat you don't really know anything about you may say "it" ("there's a big boat, it's coming this way"). But if you know its name, it's probably "she" ("there's the Waverley, she's on her way to Greenock").

If you are talking about boats in general, you say "it" ("when a boat is hit by a wave it heels over")

If you speak about a boat in complimentary terms, it's "she" ("she's a grand boat"). If you are being disparaging it may be it, but not necessarily ("it's as ugly as sin", "she's a grotty old tub").

If she has a boy's name, she's still she. "Boy James", "King Edward", "Sir David Attenborough"? The pronoun is she.

If it's a dumb barge (no engine), you say it. But if it's a rowing boat (no engine), you say she.

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[desc: two clips of a tiny jumping spider crawling on the rigging and yards of a model ship. The overlaid captions read ‘omgggg look at this tiny sailor’ and ‘okay…this was the delight of my day.]

by Lucille Clifton

(at St. Mary’s)

sees art with sketchy thin line art: ah yes i want my art to look like that