Fishing and (mostly) fun

  • Damn…I got fired again….

    Damn…I got fired again….

    It took a few minutes for me to realize what happened, and this time, it was completely unexpected. To be very honest, there were no real visible differences in the job I was doing versus my replacement(s), in my opinion; I doubt that anyone else would have noticed without very close inspection. But I had… Read more

  • CAKFG AOY; a journey

    CAKFG AOY; a journey

    The 2025 Clarksville Area Kayak Fishing Group tournament trail started off with a solid second place finish. Then by the second tournament I was headed for a repeat of the last several years when I found myself in twenty fourth place. Had it been 24 out of 100, I would have cheered; but it was… Read more

  • what do you mean not legal???

    what do you mean not legal???

    This has been a great year of learning so far. This month’s word – legal.  It is a word I know, and have found myself doing things over time that skirted the boundaries; so technically, it is really more about its use in a specific context. I have been a lot of things in my… Read more

  • “Tiling” Extras – vignettes to go…

    “Tiling” Extras – vignettes to go…

    As an extra, I just learned about “crowd tiling” while on the set of a movie being filmed. The word “tiling” was explained, and then I was asked to move from the great seat I had inhabited for a concert scene. As the movement stalled for a second, I googled the term in relation to… Read more

  • Background was always in the background…”to be”

    Background was always in the background…”to be”

    As a younger person, I wanted “to be” many things over time. Like a singer (but I couldn’t sing), a musician (but it never came naturally), a stoner/drifter (at that, I excelled for a while – never meant to be coke/meth/opioid addict; oh well, I survived that too)…but never did I see myself doing much… Read more

  • Cordell Hull; 3rd place with some luck.

    Cordell Hull; 3rd place with some luck.

    It has been a minute or two since I put down any words about a tournament. But for the two years since I retired as a mfg engineer, I have been telling myself I was going to fix that and talk about my often less than average fishing skills.  So….here we go.  A tale of… Read more