The Songs from Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag are not all Sea Shanties
Dean I am tired of every “expert” wanting to fight me over this. It seems that ever since Nathan Evans covered, on TikTok, The Longest John’s version of The Wellerman everyone…
Anecdotes
Chicago Maritime Festival, RIP: List of Performers
Several years ago I maintained the web site for the Chicago Maritime Festival. It ceased operation after a fourteen year run – 2003 through 2016. There were a lot of…
A Tale of Wisdom Teeth Extraction for Siarra
Okay, let me tell you a god-awful story about keeping your wisdom teeth. Instead of going to my high-school prom I went to a science fiction convention in East Lansing,…
Three Years of Account Neglect
I have not written in this blog in three years. I am typically torn between being too busy to write and too troubled with the thought that narcissism drives one…
Forty Years. Just like that!
I fear this message getting lost in the post-opening weekend of the 2016 Bristol Renaissance Faire Season, but I want to share an epiphany with all of my friends. Back…
Throwback Thursday 5/14/2015
Me as Han Solo in 1977. This picture was at a Halloween party held in the basement of the parents of my best friend, Rudy Linke. He and I had…
Throwback Thursday 5/7/2015
This is me and my dad’s father, “Gramps.” Walter Calin Sr. had brought me a hat of my very own as I used to always pull his off of his…
Harmonica
When I was a kid my dad and my grandfather played the harmonica. I don’t remember or couldn’t discern if they played it well but they did play it during…