Roz! What heresy! Repent.  The earth is flat! The sun revolves around the earth. Global warming does not exist!  The proper authorities will be contacting you shortly.   

Aimee; joke of the month;-) Go well Roz.

Rather a lovely night on the ocean, with flashes of phosphorescence going off as I dipped my oars, or as a dorado stirred the waters. Stars above, and stars below….
Love it!

Row radiantly, Roz!

Roz, Have you heard of the Starfish Story?

One day an old man sees a little girl awkwardly dancing on the beach.
(to Hawaii Five-0:)

As he approaches he realizes she is picking up and throwing somthing into the ocean curious he asked, “What are you doing?”

Not missing a beat, she answers, “Throwing starfish back into the ocean. The tide is out and if I don’t throw them in, they will die.”

Kindly the man replies, “Don’t be silly, there are thousands of starfish, you can’t make a difference.”

The little girl bends down, picks up another starfish and throws it into the water. She turns to the man, tilts her head and with a little squint, smiling says, “I made a difference for that one.”

Original story by Loren Eisley
Have a wonderful day! I doubt anyone has stars coming down to greet them, biolumenescent plankton to wave hello, dolphins flipping with joy in the foreground, and dear friends to energetically keep one company… such as you.Only the most deserving few will ever see/feel/touch that. I(we) bow to you, smile and send cheers! Good Job! We are proud of you! Row Roz Row!
~Jay

Today it is evolution that the church is preaching against: Ken Ham, his playground and his books are quite interesting. In Ken Ham’s book “THE LIE: EVOLUTION” Ken writes “Evolution is wrong..its fruits are lawlessness, immorality, impurity, abortion, racism, a mocking of God, hatred, Nazism, pornography, homosexuality, wrath, uncleanness, fornication, envying, murder, witchcraft, drunkenness, adultery, strife, drugs, male chauvinism, divorce, euthanasia, fascism, canabalism, and paganism.” also “nakedness”, “meat eating”, ” the earth came first not the sun”, and “the universe was created in six of our 24 hour days.”
Not bad for “just a theory” to accomplish that much!

Big corporations, big government, big religion, is there any difference?

This is an interesting article in the New York Times that shows signs of improvement for the inland waterways where the salmon population has deteriorated and the social impact is significant and maybe this is signs of positive change
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/30/us/30dam.html?emc=eta1

Happy rowing our hearts are with you

Andy

Love this picture! Rita

OMG Rita!  That’s a real cool depiction of a flat earth.
That makes it look like Roz is so close to the edge!
Roz better be careful she doesn’t make a wrong left turn.

By the way, thanks for the mention. Having sponsored specific miles, I can just about see where Roz is … not precisely, but roughly … so nice to see her making progress as my miles tick off ;-D

Row really vicariously, Rita!

Hi Roz,

We do not live in nearly as civilized times as we believe. Indeed, if the agents of the Holy Inquisition could be allowed to make their own defense in court against our allegedly superior modern humanity we’d be hard put to defend our calamitous wars, weapons that would appal Ghengis Kahn, genocides, and ruthless exploitation of the Earth’s resources. The Inquisition couldn’t keep up with the 20th century even on a percentage basis if they dispensed with the torture, trials and questioning and rushed the persecuted straight to the stake. The 21st century isn’t looking much better. As for persecution, the only real improvement the modern era brings us is the increased number of heresies you can be accused of, authorities provoked by them, and punishments suffered.

Anyhoo, I’m glad you’re making progress. I understand the discretion but it’s very frustrating not being able to see how you’re doing. I keep getting the feeling you’re just a few miles from Australia.

Cheers!
Eric

Hi Roz, seems like a day for long comments. I got this from a friend and through it appropriate for all our efforts.
The
Green Thing In
the line at the store, the cashier told an older woman that she
should bring her own grocery bags because plastic bags weren’t good
for the environment. The
woman apologized to him and explained, “We didn’t have the green
thing back in my day.” The
clerk responded, “That’s our problem today. Your generation did
not care enough to save our environment.” He
was right — our generation didn’t have the green thing in its day.
Back then, we returned milk bottles, soda bottles and beer bottles to
the store. The store sent them back to the plant to be washed and
sterilized and refilled, so it could use the same bottles over
and over. So they really were recycled. But
we didn’t have the green thing back in our day. We
walked up stairs, because we didn’t have an escalator in every store
and office building. We walked to the grocery store and didn’t climb
into a 300-horsepower machine every time we had to go two blocks. But
she was right. We didn’t have the green thing in our day. Back
then, we washed the baby’s diapers because we didn’t have the
throw-away kind. We dried clothes on a line, not in an energy
gobbling machine burning up 220 volts — wind and solar power really
did dry the clothes. Kids got hand-me-down clothes from their
brothers or sisters, not always brand-new clothing. But that old lady
is right; we didn’t have the green thing back in our day. Back
then, we had one TV, or radio, in the house — not a TV in every
room. And the TV had a small screen the size of a handkerchief
(remember them?), not a screen the size of the state of Montana. In
the kitchen, we blended and stirred by hand because we didn’t have
electric machines to do everything for us. When
we packaged a fragile item to send in the mail, we used a wadded up
old newspaper to cushion it, not Styrofoam or plastic bubble wrap.
Back
then, we didn’t fire up an engine and burn gasoline just to cut the
lawn. We used a push mower that ran on human power. We exercised by
working so we didn’t need to go to a health club to run on treadmills
that operate on electricity. But she’s right; we didn’t have the
green thing back then. We
drank from a fountain when we were thirsty instead of using a plastic
bottle every time we had a drink of water. We refilled writing pens
with ink instead of buying a new pen and tossing out the old plastic
pen, and we replaced the razor blades in a razor instead of throwing
away the whole plastic razor just because the blade got dull. But we
didn’t have the green thing back then. Back
then, people took the streetcar or a bus and kids rode their bikes to
school or walked instead of turning their moms into a 24-hour taxi
service. We had one electrical outlet in a room, not an entire bank
of sockets to power a dozen appliances. And we didn’t need a
computerized gadget to receive a signal beamed from satellites 2,000
miles out in space in order to find the nearest pizza joint. But
isn’t it sad the current generation laments how wasteful we old folks
were just because we didn’t have the green thing back then? I
guess this is why we need to still be reminded about the green thing!

Sending you some favorable currents and helpful winds!

Speaking of cats (from yesterday), my beloved Bengal sends his best wishes for a safe journey.  You can see him (Ricky) in these pics.

http://pic80.picturetrail.com/VOL801/3670766/12296911/395089673.jpg

http://pic80.picturetrail.com/VOL801/3670766/12300907/396934584.jpg

I just swiped this from your friends at ClimateRide… It could use some maroon paint… come back to land soon! Row Roz Row!

You may not remember, Roz, there was strong scientific proof of global cooling in the late 60′s and early 70′s. We were threatened with the Great Lakes freezing over and Britain becoming uninhabitable due to glaciers. There were ‘deniers’ then, too!

brilliant!

perhaps Roz is having trouble getting over the edge!….hope the leg is better.
D

Yes, brilliant!

The Ultima Thule.

Never mind 400 years ago …..2011 years ago the son of god thought the earth was flat! IF he knew otherwise he sure as heck didn’t let on.
AND! Before that the ONLY person to go “around” the world was that other famous rower/sailer Noah! Collecting two of EVERY living creature in his little wooden boat. So only Noah knew the truth! Bet he kept real stum about his findings! Then when the water receded the poor chap had to go round once again to drop off ALL the creatures back to their home lands! No compass, sextant, GPS or even a map….. and you think you have a ‘task’ Roz!
It’s ‘true’!!! Really!!!! OR! Could it have been a story written by a long ago relative of Walt Dysney?
The world must be flat Roz otherwise you’d be trying to row up a waterfall!

Hey Roz! I haven’t been to your website in quite a while, so I’m out of the loop on what you’ve been up to.

I see you’re on another giddy adventure across the ocean. Here’s some good luck and positive energy for the rest of your journey and beyond.

Thanks for sharing!

Oh, and it appears that people share jokes with you on here. If I think of a good one, then I’ll post it to you.