Monthly Archive for August 2009

Hagfish are as unique a species as they are primitive. Their sucking mouths are unique to similar types of fish, and hagfish can feed by tying their bodies into knots and pulling theirs heads back through the knots as a means to gain leverage. One of the most unique and intriguing features of the hagfish […]

As we are wont to do, we pulled out of our Lake Union slip utterly over-prepared for all possible contingencies, including a food supply in quantities to support the chance that we may well be enjoying ourselves enough to pull the tiller hard over and head for Hawaii. Heck, we had enough food onboard to […]

I have spent a lot of time on the water. Growing up on the Puget Sound, a large amount of my hobbies are on the water. I sail, kayak, windsurf, SCUBA dive, and in college I used to drive three hours each way to the ocean to surf on the weekends. I also get motion […]