Archeology by Sail & Oar

[WI-Tom]

Ask and ye shall receive (but, "lack romance"? Really?).



Tom...

[WI-Tom]

My all-time favorite in this category: Thomas Gilmer's Blue Moon:



If I were looking for a "big" boat, I'd want this....

[WI-Tom]

Meh. The very notion of IQ as a meaningful measure of intellectual potential is hugely problematic. From your own link:



That...

[WI-Tom]

Those who believe he is worthy of being their champion are correct.

Tom...

[WI-Tom]

Looks like a giant mermaid to me--cool!...

[WI-Tom]

You could say the same thing about the Nacirema......

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I'm shocked by this outrageous accusation! I'm an ex-BROTM. My integrity is beyond reproach.

My amateur fieldwork with the Naidanac stone...

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I've bet you've seen more than a few of these faces from Drake's cockpit, eh?

Tom...

[WI-Tom]

That sounds more like a McMullen thread...

No psychadelics needed on my trips. I'm that weird on my own.

Tom...

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If you ever do a paddling/rowing/sailing trip in the Thirty Thousand Islands of Georgian Bay, keep an eye out. You're almost sure to spot more of these...

[WI-Tom]

They can be quite hidden away, and overgrown at times. But somehow the effect comes through anyway.



While they are all odd--again,...

[WI-Tom]

There are, quite literally, thousands of these stone faces in the Georgian Bay region. And yet, they don't get nearly as much attention as you'd think...

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It's a bit spooky, really, to be rowing along through the backwaters of the Thirty Thousand Islands and find one of these stone faces leering at you....

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Some researchers have suggested that the face below--from the Churchhill Islands--may be intended to represent a squirrel, which they speculate might...

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Like most areas of North America, my usual cruising grounds on the Great Lakes and in the Midwest have a long history of indigenous civilizations. Petroglyphs...

[WI-Tom]

STAND YOUR GROUND LAWS
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Now, this:



You're spinning and spinning. Many of the Jan. 6 insurrectionists were armed....

[WI-Tom]

Hmm... Fact check, from NPR....

[WI-Tom]

Hmm... Fire alarm to delay a vote vs. inciting an armed insurrection aimed at overturning national election results.

Double standard...

[WI-Tom]

This sounds like you have no idea how rapidly the effects of climate change are accelerating. Or how fire season in the West now compares to fire season...