Dec 10, 20216 min readThrough Stormy SeasYou ever try to change an entire culture? It’s like trying to turn one of those 1,300 foot container ships. On which every container has...
Nov 19, 20214 min readWild StyleIt was like one of those “Find Ten Differences” puzzles in the kids’ magazines at the dentist office. Or those Magic Eye posters on...
Nov 14, 20212 min readThree(ish) YearsWe’ve been at this divers’ BnB thing for about three years now. Neither Nelly nor I are anniversary sorts of people. To the point that...
Oct 15, 20212 min readABF: Always Be Fucking-adjusting-your-buoyancyYour problem is your buoyancy. When you stop moving (like, completely… no fin sculling, no {shudder} hand finning… you completely stop...
Sep 26, 20214 min readThirds is Still NonsenseAbout a year ago I wrote about a dive planning tactic I both teach and use which turned out to be surprisingly controversial. Honestly,...
Sep 18, 20213 min readAll the TrimmingsRemember when your Open Water instructor just kept loading weights into your BC until you could float at eye-level? Do you remember that...
Sep 2, 20217 min readGrilling Instructors (for answers, not lunch)We don’t get much walk-in business. Much of the reason we like where we are is that our little sanctuary truly is away from it all. The...
Sep 1, 20216 min readRubber NeckRubbernecking. We all hate it. We all do it. You spend an hour in traffic, within eyeshot of all the police and ambulance lights,...
Aug 13, 20216 min readTilting at WindmillsYou know the joke: How do you know someone is vegan/gluten-free/atheist/GUE/sidemount/cross-fitter/really into Harry Potter/whatever… ...