Double Tall Iced Mocha, Lite on the Chocolate

December 22, 2004

Speck’s <a href="http://vegetarian.meatfreezer.com/archives/000290.html#more">"Found Haiku"</a> Challenge (Updated, I did another inventory of my syllables and corrected where needed)<p>

Filed under: /friends — @ 11:11 am
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Well there are my Found Haikus

This reminds me of a Haiku my friend Matt wrote for me in the form of a Friendster testimonial (which Chase has pointed out, doesn’t meet the requirements for a “Haiku”) :

iced mocha double tall

light on the chocolate please

no need for a lid

December 9, 2004

Up in the crows nest

Filed under: /photo — @ 12:34 pm

In a another part of my life, I worked in the commercial fishing industry in Alaska (The Bering Sea more specifically). The Bering Sea is known for the King Crab Fishery. Commercial fishing for king crab is commonly referred to as the most dangerous job in the world. I primarily worked on a trawler that fished for pollock, and worked for short period of time on crab boat where we retro fitted all the crab pots for catching cod. All the hard work of crabbing, however due to the time of year and location of the fishing grounds, not as dangerous as king crab, no where near as much money.

I recently had a bunch of 35mm negatives from one of my fishing trips scanned to digital format, which is why I am bothering to explain this at all.

So here are the photos:

  • American Empress

    These are pictures of the boat I worked on for this trip. It was approximately 300ft long, with a crew of 140 people.

  • The Bering Sea

    Landscape pictures of the Bering Sea and the Aleutian Islands

  • Eagle

    Pictures of an Eagle that visited our boat

  • On Deck

    Pictures on the deck of the American Empress

  • Factory

    The factory on the boat, where the fish where skinned, filleted, and gutted

  • Playing Spades

    A staple way to pass time when waiting for fish or steaming back home

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