From NOAA/MBARI on Wikimedia Commons: Ghostly grenadier or rattail (Coryphaenoides leptolepis) on the Davidson Seamount at 3158 meters depth. Originally, Popeye the Sailor gained strength from rubbing the head of a rare chicken. Not until 1932 and thereafter did Popeye gain superhuman strength and invincibility from downing a can of spinach. Besides being easier to . . . → Read More: Spinach, Popeye, and Fishy Pigeons
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By Dr. M, on  March 7th, 2010  3 comments  Adaptations, Biology, Ecology, Environmental Sciences, Fish, New Research, Organisms  bagels, Baited Camera Traps, carbon 13, chicken, climate change, detritus, fatty acid, phytoplankton, pigeons, Popeye, rattails, Sailor, seagrass, spinach By Dr. M, on August 19th, 2009 One comment Nautical Terms and Phrases discipline, infraction, nautical, Navy, officer, quarterdeck, Sailing, Sailor, ship to be reprimanded The quarterdeck at the stern of the ship was officer’s country. A sailor didn’t go there unless he had work to do or if he was being disciplined. A sailor caught in some infraction might be called aft for a Stern Lecture – being balled out by an officer. . . . → Read More: Wednesday Nautical Phrase/Term: Stern Lecture
By Dr. M, on April 21st, 2009 One comment Nautical Terms and Phrases, Social Sciences, Vessels and Equipment break, hatches, pirates, real sailor, Robert Louis Stevenson, Sailor, shiver me timbers From moominsean at Flickr and made available through Creative Commons Again from Gary’s website, Phrase Finder An oath, expressing annoyance or surprise. Robert Louis Stevenson used shiver my timbers several times in the original 1883 book, for example: “Well, he [Old Pew] is dead now and under hatches; but for two year before that, shiver . . . → Read More: Nautical Term/Phrase Wednesday: Shiver Me Timbers
By Dr. M, on April 15th, 2009 3 comments Gadgets & Gear, Nautical Terms and Phrases, Social Sciences, Vessels and Equipment block and tackle, chock, deck, hold, pulley, rigging, Sailor, tackle, wedgy Image from Kalense Kid at Flickr and available by Creative Commons Items packed so tightly together as to prevent movement. A chock is typically a wooden wedge used to secure moving objects on deck and in the hold. A block and tackle is the pulley system used to hoist the rigging. However, the phrase appears . . . → Read More: Nautical Term/Phrase Wednesday: Chock-A-Block
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