Tag: #lifeaquatic
global warming – at least in Antarctica
I never thought I would read this headline…63 degrees in Antarctica. Meanwhile here in Rhode Island I woke up to the twenties…still (ugghh). Despite all the griping and groaning about ‘global warming’ which has been hard to swallow given the winter we’ve had here in New England, it is certainly fair to say that ‘climate…
Read MoreLiving Small
Flipping through Netflix for a Saturday night distraction we came upon the movie ‘Tiny: a story about living small‘. The film chronicles the journey of building a ‘tiny house‘ of not much more than 100 square feet as a permanent residence. I’ve been aware of this tiny house movement over the past several years, so…
Read Morethe best of both worlds
Gotta love it – the plan to dive the methane seas of Titan, Saturn’s largest moon – in 2040 nonetheless. That’s right around the corner in space exploration years! Despite being in a bit of a science funding slump in recent years, it seems sights are being set on some very bold horizons; manned missions…
Read Moreout of sight, but definitely on my mind
Hmm…every once in a while a news piece shines some light through the darkness that seems to prevail these days and, if nothing else, makes you think about the ever so important big picture. The recent report of fisherman taking up what may be a 200,000 year old hominid jaw bone (from a potentially new…
Read MoreMaslow revisited
Some 15 years ago I was entrenched in studies to become a diving instructor when introduced to ‘Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs‘ by the individual teaching my course. Having just been ever so briefly introduced to this theory, its implications didn’t quite register. I did get the take home message of the day, which was that…
Read More“the poor have it easy”
I’ve had my nose to the ground for all of 2014, and no sooner do I look up to check my direction when 2015 makes its splash. Where did the year go? As I reflect back on what my peers have suggested was an incredibly successful 2014, despite my being a bit hypercritical of ‘progress’,…
Read MoreNow here’s some news…
This excites me and gives me hope for a future life aquatic – Bruce Cantrell and Jessica Fain just recently surfaced from a record-breaking 73 day stay underwater at Jules Undersea Lodge in the Florida Keys. The mission marked an ambitious effort to reach out, engage, and educate, all from an alien world that rests…
Read MoreCultural Changes in Diving, a response
Having just read Travis Detke’s welcoming editorial in the recent Ocean News & Technology magazine (December 2014), I feel compelled to respond. The short is well written, and frankly hits the nail on the head in identifying the current state of the aquatic state. Two points resonated most, where: 1. both the physics and physiology…
Read MoreStep aside Mr. Turkey, make room for Black Beans…
Well, it’s that time of year yet again. As the holidays bring us all together to eat big and partake in the typical holiday camaraderie, it can prove to be a rather distracting period of time for the serial entrepreneur. This Thanksgiving weekend, I kept my eye on the ball and managed to take advantage…
Read Morethe secret it out – the truth about peeing in the ocean
We’ve all done it since we were little kids, but the topic remains elusively among the taboo topics of our generation – peeing in the ocean. Basically there are two types of people out there – those that do, and those that lie about it. Same holds true for divers and peeing in their wetsuits.…
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