Another Day Another Time

 

Another Day Another Time:  Celebrating The Music of Inside Llewyn Davis is available on iTunes now.  It’s fantastic.  Just waiting for the album to be released now!

I exist...

And am trying desperately to rip my Aperture library into something I can actually work with again.  After 5 months in hibernation my computer is having a hard go at things.  I've dragged my last Macs through 6+ years each of service, but I don't think I'm getting away with it with this guy anymore.  Aperture, Scrivner, and even Safari are creeping and coughing along.  Money is sadly about to leave my bank account.

Add to that some less than stellar home internet following a temporary move to the mountains of Western North Carolina.

Transitioning and troubleshooting. 

Things will resume as soon as possible, and sorry for sucking as an internet personality. 

Cook Islands Photos

Photos from the recent voyage of the Picton Castle will be available here shortly but first I need a nap and to make it the rest of the way across the States.  

Until that time though you can visit my Tumblr at divinitynine.tumblr.com to see photos of some of the coolest people I've ever met from the first leg in the Cook Islands.

 

Arrived safely to Los Angeles.  Extreme culture shock. There is a crazy machine that makes it so you don't have to do your laundry in a bucket.  

Can't believe I'm not on the ship. 3 months of coconut-related machete injuries, broken bones, suturing surgical and dental procedures and starting IV's in rolling seas, wild skin infections, medical evacuations, island clinics and house calls, and of course all of our seasick high risk pregnant ladies .

And fishing.

Incredibly grateful to the wonderful people of the islands who took us into their homes and made us part of their families.  

Picton Castle crew, make sure you finish your antibiotics because we're out.  And go have a drink.  I miss you immensely.  

Adventure

If you're running down the road on a tropical island at top speed while hitch hiking for a ride to the airport to catch  your last minute flight then you're doing it right. 

Here's to adventure and to those I have been lucky enough to travel with.

 

Finally Back Up

While along the Pacific Rim I've had to rely on divinitynine.tumblr.com for blog postings as something in the Squarespace engine hasn't allowed me on. 

 

I'm currently in port in Rarotonga in the Cook Islands aboard the Barque Picton Castle traveling through the islands here.  We're delivering cargo and passengers, and setting up remote medical clinics where possible.   

 

Will update when possible. 

Things To Help You Survive A Night At The Airport

Having to sleep in an airport when the hotels are full is less than ideal but can be totally tolerable.  Use the following ingredients and mix well:

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1.) Earplugs and eye mask

2.) Cocoon Silk mummy bag

3.) iPhone tethering plan for last minute work (and watching the last episode of Once Upon A Time when you're done!)

4.) Drinking lots of water

5.) A 3G Kindle

6.) Pack one bag efficiently, travel light, and check no luggage.  Ever.​

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None of this however makes me less mad at United Airlines!​  We caught our connecting flight to Boston after a heroic effort by our pilot and outstanding crew on the first leg from Jacksonville to Washington DC but when we arrived from gate 17 and walked straight over to gate 18 they would not let us on board for a domestic flight.

 Despite me watching them close the door after other passengers, they told me 'the plane was "already gone". 

Reason cited for 'missing my flight'? weather.  

​They left the gate 3 minutes early.

I was impressed how quickly they responded to my complaint on Twitter, but nothing really came of it.  I was also extremely happy with the hard work of the crew, but my disgust with the boldfaced lies and intolerable passenger service to myself and the other passengers on our arrival is overwhelming.  

No more United for this frequent flier.  ​

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