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Not Nick Nolte's Diary, Malibu, California
September 10, 2004

Elementary Seamanship

Pretty busy today. I got a late start and a monster head rush when I stooped to pick up the papers from behind the fence. The sunlight seems bluer than normal. Could be me. Anyway, I'm going over my basic seamanship for next week's excusion. I'm not sure if that's the right word. There's a lot of particular terminology. Like anything else that's interesting in life, it has it's own language. Until tomorrow, a salaam alakum.