Thank you, J.Ryan Stradal for this bracing interview at Hobart. We talk about my experience in the U.S. Navy, crab fishing in Alaska and the weirdness of the Bering Sea.
Category Archives: Books
Giving the Finger excerpt in Parade.com
Before he was a star on Deadliest Catch,Scott Campbell Jr. had a rocky childhood and an even more treacherous path to becoming the captain of his own vessel. He tells his story in Giving the Finger: Risking It All to Fish the World’s Deadliest Sea.
After the deer was dressed, we’d cure it out by hanging it in the rigging. We did this with all the deer, so by the end of the hunt, we’d have a pretty impressive display. If we had a half a dozen or so men aboard, and we each got our quota, we’d come back to Kodiak with thirty to forty deer hanging in the rigging.
The Floating Library: Juliet Escoria & Bonnie ZoBell
Two new short story collections by a pair of San Diego writers.
O.G. Navy seal. #coronado #sandiego (at Naval Amphibious Base Coronado)
Vermin on the Mount: Fri. April 18
Vermin returns to Book Show in the NOMAD art compound in Frogtown. Click here for a map and hop on over Friday, April 18, 2014 at 7:30pm. Don’t be bitten!
Kate Durbin and Melissa Broder #skylight (at Skylight Books)
SoCal Gothic (at Jumbo’s Clown Room)
Sneak peak of the Vermin on the Mount poster for April 18 by Josh Rosa.
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One tablespoon of cinnamon has resulted in thousands of videos of people coughing and choking on YouTube. Thankfully it’s not the 40 tablespoon challenge, which could result in fatal benzaldehyde poisoning.
Do you ever wonder, “How much of this can I accidentally ingest before I die?” Yeah, so do we. For your safety (and enjoyment) here’s a bunch of stuff you should only enjoy in small quantities.
(PLEASE don’t try any of this at home.)
Only humans would strive to imitate machines and create something beautifully useless instead. #krafkwerk (at Walt Disney Concert Hall)