In less than 24 hours I am going to be promoted to Captain of the Chief for one month.  This is a fairly big promotion.  I'd be lying if I didn't say I'm a little nervous. Normally I'm the Navigator....

Despite my best intentions and a lovely picture in my head of hopping around the globe with nothing but backpacks and a sense of adventure, not having a local "home" is rough.  That $%^&# is hard work!  If Thailand taught...

We have now arrived at that part of the movie where morale is in a nosedive.  Normally we’re fairly immune to small disasters.  In fact, I generally find mishaps charming and funny.  However… we’ve taken one too many broadsides and...