
The Admiral Hassenpfeffer has put into port here in lovely Tampa, Florida. We are having the oil leak examined and they have lowered a boom around the ship in order to keep us from fouling the water. But it's Florida, I keep saying. Who would realize we were leaking oil?
I have been out of contact for days--there was another squabble on the bridge and, this time, Miranda knocked Eva out cold. With the receiver device that connects the ship to the Internet. Hence, when we were at sea, patrolling and avoiding Hurricane Palomea or whatever, we had no connectivity. Eva was nursed back to health by the Dominicans, who have asked that we take them to the Dominican Republic at our earliest convenience. There is, apparently, some kind of "donkey show" type bar where Eva has agreed to be employed by the brother of Ernesto. I'm not even sure who Ernesto is, and I know very few of the crew.
You see, I have been burdened by command. My heart has been worn heavy by the desire to protect the America and the desire to be on dry land, living my life, finishing my home in Stone Lake, Maryland, and not living near where my ex-wives are located.
This sums up how melancholy I am:

Do you see the lights on the water as the Admiral Hassenpfeffer is moored there? Those are similar to the lights on the water one sees when jet skiing in the summertime in a no-wake zone in Vermont. Ah, memories. Memories.
Perhaps the person who pilots this tugboat:

is someone who I have wronged, perhaps on the blogs like Austin Bay or the Washington Monthly. I do not know. When we moved up the panhandle of Florida to Tampa, this craft was pursuing us, in a very leisurely way. I ordered all stop, handed out life vests and six hundred rounds of ammunition to Peej. The tug boat nearly blundered into our trap before moving off. I am convinced some liberal stole it and is now chasing us--I have been hesitant to say, but perhaps this blog is also to blame. Miranda convinced me not to put our latitude longitude readings in the blog, but I think we will return to that practice so Father can track us.
According to Google Mapping Software, we are here:
View Larger MapAnd I will leave it at that. I have a ship to provision, some potential crewmen to interview, and I must stride these decks, forever alone with my thoughts and the weight that is upon my shoulders. Tampa is nice this time of year--we're thinking of playing golf tomorrow.