We associate the North Atlantic with cod. The motto of Newfoundland used to be 'In cod we trust.' It was a joke but it was essentially true. But there is no cod anymore. And that's extraordinary. It's all because of either greed or politics - Canadian politics.
You know at the end of the day the only thing you have is trust and honor in this world. That's all you have. All you have is your reputation built on trust and your personal honor. When you don't have that anymore well you know there you go. Trust was broken.
There is so much temptation to hold on to my career even more now. To try to micromanage and dictate every little aspect. But that's not how I want to do things anymore. I'm thinking about how can I trust God more. How can I surrender more? How can I bring him more glory? It's a fight. But it's one I'm going to keep fighting.
I also don't trust Caribou anymore. They're out there on the tundra waiting... Something's going down. I'm right about this.
I used to travel in tennis shoes I am just not allowed to anymore. I'm an old hippie from San Francisco.
Air travel survived decades of terrorism including attacks which resulted in the deaths of everyone on the plane. It survived 9/11. It'll survive the next successful attack. The only real worry is that we'll scare ourselves into making air travel so onerous that we won't fly anymore.
Right now I'm so old that if I had a big gush of money I don't know what I'd do with it. I don't travel anymore. I don't need anything don't want anything. I'd give it to my son I guess and let him enjoy it.
If you look - look at - I mean look at what's going on with your gasoline prices. They're going to go to $5 $6 $7 and we don't have anybody in Washington that calls OPEC and says 'Fellas it's time. It's over. You're not going to do it anymore.'
Time is a beautiful thing. It's like when you meet an old lover on the street six years later and they don't look so ugly anymore.
But I'm very thankful that no one is slamming my head against the wall anymore.