Chasing The Blue Beyond

 It’s not The Gherkin. It's Big Ben A Man's home is his wife's castle — at Windsor/Eaton. "You don't own that plane, the taxpayers do! Son, your ego is writing checks your body can't cash."--- at  Tangmere Air Field.   A great Jedi English teacher once told me, “metaphors be with you" Did somebody yell "DUCK". Vibro Gym! A Business-Class Ticket to Cool, with Complimentary Mojo On Takeoff. Oh My Cod! River Thames Cruise with Sarah

 On The British Isles Cruise 8/20/09 Got Kilt? Scotland the Brand verses Scotland The Brave Auld Lang Syne ...Fields Of Gold...Better Days... Just got back from The Scotch Whiskey Experience in Edinburgh. I believe I now possess Christ-like healing powers, thanks to the Angus Dundee Distillers and their Tomintoul 1976 Vintage. The irrevocably Scottish kilts, the green landscapes. the whiskey, the Bagpipes, the Porridge, and guys like Malcom, Duncan and Macbeth, all were on tap AM; as the Fest and Furious get ready for the Edinburgh Military Tattoo tonight. The Geeks Shall Inherit The Earth Sejuiced Did not see a single red haired, surly, penny-pinching Highlander who speak a language I am not familiar with. Homage to the most instantly recognisable Scot in the world ---BEAM ME UP SCOTTY, James Doohan, from Star Trek. P.B.U.H. I was channelling The Chief Engineer... "The engine imbalance is what caused the worm-hole in the first place. It'll happen again if we don't fix ...

Travel / Risk / Sea / Mindful Attention Ed Reif Travel Chronicles Where every journey becomes a story worth telling—and every destination becomes a test of attention, uncertainty, and perspective. See Full Image Show Text “When the facts change, I change my mind. What do you do, sir?” John Maynard Keynes Opening Bearing Risk Intelligence and Mindful Travel I hold a status meeting with myself every Friday. The subject is often risk intelligence. Risk appetite governs how much risk you want to take. Risk intelligence is the awareness of how much risk you are actually taking. Field Note 01 Partial Information I tolerate ambiguity. Poker trained me to work with partial information and develop a stronger sense of probability. But this is not poker. This is war. Risk intelligence is the ability to estimate pro...

Sea Years · Departure / Initiation / Return The Sea That Made Me An accidental sailor's hero's journey—from purchasing freedom by the weekend to discovering that a life can be redesigned from first principles. Begin the journey See full image ↗ ED Audio Briefing Freedom as a deliberate operating system Your browser does not support the audio element. Listen · Reflect · Enter The argument Departure Initiation First principles The fleet Return This is not a list of ships. It is a chain of cause and effect: one decision created motion; motion created distance; distance created perspective; perspective changed the design of a life. The old story said that growing up meant settling down, that freedom was something purchased in week...