Got to go on one of the Coast Guard vessels today, the Cape Roger. I was paired up with Tara Bryan, a visual artist living in Flatrock who hails originally from East Texas. I am meeting all kinds of cool people this week. We had a grand chat about the state of education today, and the need to get rid of some of the bureaucratic deadwood in government, the kind that serves no purpose but to slow things down, important things such as arts proposals (something Tara knows about all too well).
I got to be a tooter again, and instead of a button, the horn was activated by a rotary dial, which I could only turn to the left. "What happens if I turn it to the right?" I asked. "Will I sink the ship?" Always a fear of mine when I step onto the bridge of one of these floating beasts.
"No," I was told, "but the horn will sound automatically every two minutes, and you can't turn it off."
Right. Question answered. Thanks.
Our piece today was "BRUTO" by Mack Furlong:
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