2021-05-14 02:15
No one errected a statue to one.One of my favourite quotes.Yet last night an old companion I thought to have evicted years ago payed a visit.The self critic. This morning I gave this loathso… Read More
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2021-05-11 01:26
So I had a good interview, I pressed flesh, asked intelligent questions and was offensively charming. The curveball was a test.Let it be known. I HATE TESTS.The test was written and practica… Read More
2021-05-10 19:32
Wish me luck I'm suiting up.More news after the break Read More
2021-05-10 03:50
My ride out of MIQ was late. He does suffer from being terminally tardy so I was not crestfallen. It was an exercise in feeling awkward, standing outside the hotel I will never return to. I… Read More
2021-05-10 01:15
I have a confession. I did go a bit mad on day 10. I bought this for my impending Tesla.If you plate it, it will come or something Read More
2021-05-10 00:04
About three weeks ago I made an investment in a dog with sunglasses. Hoge is a cryptocurrency. It is a community-driven deflationary meme token. What makes it interesting, is that each… Read More
2021-05-09 20:51
I leave MIQ today. My imagination is in a celebratory mood. I have a good friend collecting me from the gates today. I woke up with this scene playing through my head. A soundtrack for relea… Read More
2021-05-05 01:01
Having made a half-assed recovery from my suspicious illness. I remain in a self-ordained house arrest. I had 3 intranasal batterings before I was given a plastic freedom bracelet. The probl… Read More
2021-04-28 21:40
I have had a few thoughts percolating since last Wednesday when I had the spontaneous cessation of my work-related duties and contract unfold about 4 hours before I was due to disembark. Typ… Read More
2021-04-27 02:56
Hello dear readers.It is terribly nice how you have continued to get Dan Email Digests after all of these years. I picture you sitting down each morning in slippers, grasping a warm cup of s… Read More
2021-04-17 01:07
2021-04-15 02:06
I had the pleasure of listening to Ricky Gervais describe Twitter as the internets toilet wall. It certainly looks like one every time I delve into it. What is even stranger is the Media use… Read More
2021-04-15 01:40
At some juncture in my evolution, I became a heavy packer. I accumulate stuff without much effort. A perpetual snowball adding more layers as I march along this thing called life. Version 44… Read More
2021-04-13 19:45
In an undesirable plot twist my connecting flight from Australia to NZ has been cancelled with just over a week before I fly. There is just not a need for these anymore with the bubble betwe… Read More
2021-04-12 23:29
I start my journey back to New Zealand in nine days.The global pandemic which ebbs and flows has altered my natural work rhythm. Given we isolate when returning to work and some of us isolat… Read More
2021-04-12 22:38
I quite enjoyed looking at this palatial enclave Read More
2021-04-12 02:27
About three weeks ago I made an investment in a dog with sunglasses. Hoge is a cryptocurrency. It is a community-driven deflationary meme token. What makes it interesting, is that each… Read More
2021-04-12 02:17
I have enlisted the services of a very talented Webspinner to zhuzh things up around here.Initially, I was going to use something like fiver and find some random person who could make s… Read More
2021-03-05 23:55
After a wee bit of noodling and geeky things, I have managed to acquire a voucher for Managed Isolation.I have never indulged in ticket scalping or the like but I guess this is the same sort… Read More
2021-03-03 23:06
Currently en route to Mexico, I felt it would be wise to investigate returning home. Working on board a boat is a terribly fluid experience so return dates often change. I felt with an itine… Read More
2021-01-21 05:58
With very few air travellers the good Security staff at Auckland International were a bit more chatty than usual.I was asked where I was going."The USA."Business or Pleasure?At this point, I… Read More
2021-01-16 05:29
I have been doing my yearly scrying and surprise it is a lucky year for Dragons although we must stay away from Angry dogs and mind our health.Despite last year I still managed to travel a f… Read More
2021-01-13 21:54
In one week I will fly to the USA and a two week Isolation and work. It feels a little like when I left during the first outbreak with the gears changed.I am also going to be flying into wha… Read More
2021-01-02 02:44
Happy new year and stuff.I had a very interesting and insightful one.With less than 20 days to depart I have a lot of invitations on my plate but I am being careful to manage my time and ene… Read More
2020-11-22 01:06
I am a big fan of enabling flight mode when I am asleep. My meditation teacher turns his entire wifi off when we do a check-in. There is research to suggest WIFI has an effect on the w… Read More
2020-11-09 00:16
Early into 2019 I really felt like I had clocked life. Then like all good movies something went wrong. In the process of things going wrong, I learned a lot about life and myself in gen… Read More
2020-11-08 08:05
One of my more favourite part of my daily rounds on board is somewhat sarcastically and self deprecatingly tell people these simple words. That one still has a job in such perilous time… Read More
2020-11-04 06:03
As precluded I have been finding my fingers a bit cumbersome these days. I have also been finding my bag a pain in the ass. Charging devices is a chore. Lugging a speaker is annoying… Read More
2020-11-04 00:30
During my many drives in the past three weeks, I did come up with a rough draft of the following. I do need a better method for taking notes. Pulling over to thumb my phone seems barbaric. S… Read More
2020-11-02 06:38
In stolen moments during my time at home I have thought about the benefits of having a Butler. I spend half of the year not having to think about what I will eat or doing laundry. My sh… Read More
2020-10-15 01:44
If I have written about this before you will have to excuse my age-related decline. One thing I have learned about long-distance travel in my years is the last hop can be the worst. It… Read More
2020-10-14 06:37
As I emerged from the womb that is managed isolation I was reminded of something I learned working at sea.In my experience, three out of four Kiwis are good people. If you have four on a boa… Read More
2020-10-08 20:45
Today is my Son's 4th Birthday. Sadly given my location and logistics, I will not see him today. But we had a good korero this morning. He had some unique thoughts about attaining the age of… Read More
2020-10-08 20:01
What a relief.I woke up to the tremendous news the All Blacks will not be away from their families for Christmas.New Zealand has been in a state of terror knowing that a professional team th… Read More
2020-10-07 04:30
That is clickbait. Thanks for clicking.At approximately 5:20pm today I hit a new low. I was trying to think of things I could do to kill time before Dinner. Admittedly my formidable intellec… Read More
2020-10-07 03:00
I spend quite a bit of spare time listening to podcasts. I like the long-form conversations, the banter, the things that we usually share with humans in a time of increasing disparity. … Read More
2020-10-06 06:50
I was going to record this at home where I felt it would be easier,But one thing I have learned about this year and life in general. Do not assume anything to be easy or go to plan. So after… Read More
2020-10-05 20:37
You see, to the untrained eye that headline would make most people feel uncomfortable. But it pales in comparison to having your noise invaded by a swab and how do I link these th… Read More
2020-10-05 01:39
I had a bit of a low key Sunday. Initially, my plan was to wear as little as possible and do less than anything.Unfortunately, I still had my daily Nurse visit to contend with. So I chose a… Read More
2020-10-02 18:33
This post is from the past. The clever thing about blogger and the internet, in general, is that you can write things and then set them to automatically appear as you desire. Afte… Read More
2020-10-01 18:02
Under the advice of some podcaster who was babbling to me during my jetlag induced insomnia, I started using an app called sleep cycle. Sleep Cycle uses your microphone to gauge how well you… Read More
2020-10-01 05:09
This year, I have isolated at home in a bubble. I have isolated in a hotel for 7 days in Florida, 14 days in a hotel in Auckland. 7 Days in an apartment in Antibes and I am 6 days into my la… Read More
2020-08-02 07:36
Hello all.We are living in a weird world. I am thankful that I have a job and things are reasonably stable but there are no guarantees.Preface I am not a financial advisor but if you are int… Read More
2020-06-17 22:16
2020-06-17 22:15
2020-04-27 11:30
Hello,On Saturday the 11th of April I made the somewhat puzzling decision to return to work during a pandemic. I was told by my Captain I did not have to return to work.Why did I run this Ga… Read More
2020-01-27 02:10
It took about 9.5 months to delete myself from Facebook.Luke Skywalker deleted Facebook on the same day. I am in good company. The original StarWars came out the year I was born. Somehow my… Read More
2020-01-19 17:16
For the past six months I have been wading through a swampish malaise of discontent. Despite my blog or Instagram feed. I am an intensely private person. I tend to sit apart at social gather… Read More
2020-01-08 16:35
2019 still wags its tail.Some sobering news today. One of my Chief Engineers passed away in Antarctica earlier this week.Rikki was the first Chief who had been younger than me although you w… Read More
2019-10-15 12:33
I went to Prague for the weekend. It was amazing, I will share some videos and pictures at some point. I am currently reintegrating myself with reality. Current mood. I feel like I went… Read More
2019-09-04 09:49
I am actually writing a rather large blog post at the moment. But until then you can listen to this mix my by Wife to tide you over.Listen to Funky house mix September 2019 by Anna Quayhttps… Read More
2019-06-10 08:08
The past 42 years has been a slow accumulation of wisdom. In 2016 I started planning for a 42nd Birthday party which went off in January of this year. Turns out if you concentrate on anythin… Read More
2019-05-28 10:34
Hellooooooo.I thought I would quickly write something about the things I have been writing about. Currently in draft purgatory.I am currently Mid Atlantic near the Bermuda triangle.I am almo… Read More
2019-04-01 05:29
Today affords me the opportunity to log back into Facebook and I'm not in a hurry to do so.In a nutshell.I missed the whole awful tragedy that unfolded in New Zealand being simulcast on Face… Read More
2019-03-26 06:58
As promised.I touched down about 11am. I was bemused.I do have to give America a bit of a bouquet as passport formalities were as smooth as I have seen.The grumpiest border control pers… Read More
2019-03-25 04:37
I am currently lying down in the Air New Zealand lounge writing. My Facebook starvation diet continues to surprise me. More about my 3 step program on the 1st of April. Zero Fools.My travel… Read More
2019-03-15 00:30
One of the more pressing and facile things we do at work is Guest Preference sheets. They provide insights into the whims of the more demanding visitors. Information gleaned is added and ame… Read More
2019-03-13 16:34
I wrote earlier in the month about the pains of making mixes.Given my relatively short stay in New Zealand and a timely internet outage over the weekend, I have managed to hatch El Draco.Giv… Read More
2019-03-10 21:25
I departed work at 10:30am on Thursday the 7th of January GMT -7.I quickly discovered that the person responsible for our passports had separated my American Visa Passport EST 2009 from my c… Read More
2019-03-05 03:04
"'Flint had spoken publicly about taking his own life when he was "done", but said, "I swear to God that's not suicidal – it's definitely a positive thing... I'm not frightened of who… Read More
2019-03-04 04:57
I work weekends a lot.It is a necessary evil and I have developed a couple of evolutionary adaptations over the years to help me cope with what initially was a frightening prospect. Here are… Read More
2019-03-02 03:06
A bit of a low key day here today. I have been applying myself to the gruelling task of curating a new mix for my SoundCloud page. It is a Trepidatious task and one I periodically… Read More
2019-02-28 23:59
Welcome to my experiment. I have a largely unproven hypothesis which has struck me in moments of clarity.Social media stifles creativity and alters true thought.I first noticed a sinist… Read More
2019-02-28 05:34
Calm the farm. My trial separation is a month off facebook. A cleverly thought out hashtag #marchout will be explained in due course but the real test will be seeing if I can conjure up more… Read More
2019-02-27 02:14
My profuse apologies for the scarcity of content. This blog has been in remission and life had conspired against updating it. Rest assured I have a plan to increase said content. Stay tuned… Read More
2018-08-29 05:16
It appears in my clamouring to conquer the known universe I may have left quite a few people in my wake missing me. In the past week, I have fielded two whole communications asking to m… Read More
2018-08-21 00:34
Install Privacy Badger. Read More
2018-08-17 08:02
I was with my last job for about three years. This is close to a record. I have always been very whimsical when it comes to employment. I put this down to being terrible at negotiating bette… Read More
2018-08-15 23:56
So about two months ago I started writing a long exhaustive piece explaining the whole living on a boat thing and why it is so strange and why almost ten years later I am still doing it.Then… Read More
2018-08-15 23:50
I went out at the start of the month. Nights out are carefully planned things these days. Warm up and warm down stretches. Battery packs, topical creams and pain relief are all on hand. My l… Read More
2018-05-30 08:51
https://soundcloud.com/deckhand/the-meaning-of-life Read More
2017-12-09 19:25
Some wordy words are forthcoming I promise.In the meantime have to get this out of the way. It has been clogging me up.https://soundcloud.com/deckhand/troubadourFor the xenials you can… Read More
2017-10-01 14:55
I feel obligated to write a little about some negative feedback that has come our Families way about Anna trying to support our Family selling products on Facebook.We are married. Our Weddin… Read More
2017-06-23 22:22
No body told me creative time would such a precious commodity being a parent :DI have had some time to make a mix for our many little road trips we have planned as we head south from the Nor… Read More
2017-03-19 08:47
Last year I smugly wrote a list of hard earned tips in a valiant effort to engender happy and safe travel for the less frequent flyer. Little did I know I would soon be turning the world ups… Read More
2017-02-23 17:47
15 years ago during a Summer Solstice Psy-Trance party in Parakai. I noticed upon the dance floor a foreign body. An outcast from K-Road. Being of completely whole(some) mind and body I thou… Read More
2017-02-20 00:47
Thanks to a concerted working/party bee we now have a injury free path down to our river boundary.Think of this as a teaser trailer. Excuse the fingers. I didn't want to break something agai… Read More
2017-01-31 09:16
So at the start of last year we devised a plan to see Europe together in 2016. Using my time honoured ratherlargeadventure image scratching technique I drew up this. Labelling a few high and… Read More
2017-01-27 07:15
We live in a generously sized house. When we bought the market was quite depressed and we got a good deal. Northland is not an economic power house so if you have a good job you can do quite… Read More
2017-01-24 16:22
Following up my last mix was always going to be a bit difficult but here we are.As the Sun set the last day of my 30's I recorded this.It channels the energy of the Leopard and maybe the fir… Read More
2017-01-23 20:15
So if I time this right you should be reading this on or around my birthday. The 25th of January 2017. I turn 40 this year. For the past year I have been putting my body through a form of pu… Read More
2017-01-21 18:21
On Wednesday 11/1/2017 past I had the good fortune to have my usual economy trip home upgraded.One of my biggest achievements last was being able to hit Gold Level with Air New Zealand and t… Read More
2017-01-16 19:50
I am actually half way writing the tale of returning home but a bigger story broke yesterday on Monday the 16th of January.Anyone who has visited us in the past few years have probably heard… Read More
2017-01-03 21:02
The Mayans believed that time + effort = art. If you broke this down with algebra which I should have payed more attention to instead of telling elaborate stories at school.God = Number… Read More
2017-01-02 16:52
Linking this on my blog as I can imagine the torrent of reductionist abuse I would get sharing it on Facebook.What is Primal Astrology? Well it takes Eastern and Western astrology crosses th… Read More
2016-12-23 07:28
Could you do me a Christmas favour? upvote this on reddit! I want to hit 500 listens before the end of the year. I am at 333 at the moment. https://www.reddit.com/r/mixes/comments/5jq12q/… Read More
2016-12-19 17:24
I have been indulging in an interesting experiment of sorts for the past few days.I was VERY happy with my latest mix. Recording a mix is always a long process for me. Often I end up hating… Read More
2016-12-15 07:38
Had a crazy full moon day here. Worked like a loon. Threw this together at 10pm. Peak Full Moon.The Full Moon was an interesting one as it was in Gemini. Mars(the power planet) was in Aquari… Read More
2016-10-25 06:14
https://thoughtmaybe.com/hypernormalisation/?lang=en Read More
2016-10-01 23:15
For those of you not connected by social networking/Anna and I have our first baby on the way. He is due on the 17th of October.I made a mix to celebrate his coming.You can listen here Read More
2016-09-22 13:35
Hello,I know its been a long time between drinks but I have been busy. You probably have been as well.Since I do a lot of flying I often get asked for advice.This is an easily digestible lis… Read More
2016-01-25 01:14
A little mix I did on New Years day Read More
2015-10-15 21:57
For a few weeks. A carefully crafted catalog of some significance is here forth fermenting Read More
2015-08-07 04:40
I left New Zealand on Monday for Europe. I took a moment to admire the results of gardenmageddon.People, if you wish to increase the satisfaction of gardening immensely. I highly recommend u… Read More
2015-07-24 03:58
Have I complained at length on how frustrating I find recording mixes? Let me complain a bit longer. Before I came home I was asked to play at a solstice party. I agreed and was put on at 5:… Read More
2015-06-16 17:55
Sometimes things just click. Sometimes if you have time to admire the things clicking you start to notice other things clicking. Soon you have a clickcacophony.I left my previous work a coup… Read More
2015-04-16 15:14
In times gone past I would write crew Bios. Usually these were people I had worked closely with. This one is a little different in that we never actually worked closely together. But working… Read More
2015-04-08 22:33
And so ends two months of tension. Poorly I am afraid. Some part of my past haunts me. I fear I will have no future in politics unless it is a revolution. Too much colour back there, it blin… Read More
2015-01-26 23:46
Hello,Something has happened the last few days which has necessitated taking my blog offline.Something Very Important.I am not sure when my blog will be back online it might be reborn as som… Read More
2014-12-17 02:03
There was darkness.There was a kernel of light.Ad infinitum.Hello again. I don't suppose you have ended up here wanting to read my year in review? You kind of have. During micropauses of cla… Read More
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