Welcome back to the Scuttlebutt. Have a drink, and let’s chat. Well, first, this is being written on the road, because I’m over at a remote site with my wife, for work…So I don’t have the big screens to work with, and I’m using a roll-up keyboard because it’s a little bigger than the keyboard ...

Welcome back to the Scuttlebutt.  Pull up a chair and have a beer, let’s talk. As usual, when I have plans to do a specific piece on an issue, (in this case, the creation of the Great Smokie Mountains National Park…) The Gods laugh and say, “oh son, making plans again, are you?  Well, we’ll ...

Welcome back to the Scuttlebutt. Have a seat, pull a brew, and let’s chat. This is going to go all over the map again, but there’s a common theme.  What people mean to do, often ends up biting them in the ass, in ways they didn’t expect, because either they didn’t think it through, didn’t ...

Welcome back to the scuttlebutt. HI folks, pardon me while I break out my soap box.  Let’s talk about the world as it exists. Society is basically a game, and a physics problem. More on both of those later.   This particular rant has been generated by reading some things posted by friends of mine ...

Crossfit boxes around the world have differing policies when it comes to “open gym” time - a set period when members are allowed to use the facility outside of class for anything they want. Most boxes offer an open period surrounding class times because members want to supplement their workouts with accessory work, stretching, and ...

  Welcome back to the Scuttlebutt, pull up a chair, I’ve got a wonderful dark rum for you to try.   Look, when I started this little series of talks, it was never my intent to be primarily a political commentator. Yeah, I know that seems hard to believe, but it’s true.   This place ...

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    Welcome back to the scuttlebutt.   Pour a drink, have a seat, and let’s talk. Last week, I mentioned discussing the Navy’s funding issues, and the report by General Schmidle and Adm. Montgomery, I will be doing that today, but first I must tip my hat.   It’s not often that a geek will ...

  Welcome back to the Scuttlebutt.   Company, SEATS.  We’re going to talk about military fuckups today folks.  Up above you see what’s left of the Royal Norwegian Frigate HNoMS Helge Ingstad.   Yet another collision at sea, this one calm weather, just before dawn.  Radio transcriptions say the Ingstad said they had it “Under ...