Listen 2 Uncle Jay

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First... What the hell is this guy fishing for? (Click for a larger view) What kind of fishing requires a tractor with forklift tines on it?...

Hunter has to depart the island early- soccer camp or some foolish thing with her friends, leaving her poor old broken-down father to fend f...

Hunter and I have been involved in all manner of activities out here. Yesterday one of the visitors showed up with a noddy tern that was wat...

My friend Lee Anne (all around angel and wife to Buddy-sometimes-crew-sometimes-Captain of the Yankee Freedom 2) and I once exchanged foolis...

A few items of note... If you remember Salty- Capt. Rick's dog... This is from April 2005, when she was just a pup... (Note: Salty's...

Jeez, dude. This place is falling apart... TBG out-

Working in the Bookstore at Ft. Jefferson is interesting. As I said before, I will delve into the vast font of humor that it represents at a...

We have a bunch of kids camping here this week- 10 ADD/ADHD kid... They are a hoot... The camp counselors took them fishing off the main doc...

Tortugas Jack : "I was going through the commment cards the other day... Someone wrote 'The chicken salad you served for lunch was ...

Sunday afternoon... Welcome to the Moist Tortugas. (Click for full sized pic.) TBG out-

So... Ranger Sarah pulled the spare clips for her Sig out the other day... Uh... Sarah?... Is that rust or chocolate...? TBG out-

Seems like every time I come down here in June, we catch the first tropical storm of the season. Last year. Now we're riding out the fee...

It’s been an exciting 36 hours here... Friday morning was gorgeous here... unfortunately it was the calm before the storm. Sunrise over Bush...

It’s bad enough that the Chugs are coming ashore on a frequent basis, but now they are flying the chugs to the Dry Tortugas. It is the Marie...

DRTO We got in with no problems… the Rangers had a EZ-Go cart at the dock waiting for us so we were able to offload and tote all out stuff b...

... or DRTO as it is referred to those who live out here. I went home, packed my bag and staged all my pre-purchased stuff for the trip to b...

(Sorry James Taylor... I couldn't resist.) Hector and I were in Raleigh for the first game of the Stanley Cup Finals. A site survey to s...

Heading to Raleigh for the first Stanley Cup Finals game... Hector the Connector & Yours Truly are heading to Charlotte then driving to ...

This crap is getting out of hand. "Allah" ice cream banned. The logo script is too much like the Arabic word for Allah, so BK is g...

Someone left an "inspirational" plaque on my desk last week... Attitude - with a pic that shows matches igniting off each other. t...

Stereotyping is not usually one of my character flaws. (Operative term: usually) But I'm not suprised when a Hooters Girl shows a way-be...

Other crap that's been piling up in the "To be Blogged" folder: If you remember a few weeks ago I was in Toronto with Paul and...

Y'know... I haven't been to BK in a good long while, and lately I have been really creeped out by The Burger King... This dude is sc...

Greetings, Constant Readers... Just a few more days in the barrel and I'm outta here! Hooha! Let's re-cap the last few days, shall w...