CurlyShavings

Last night we christened the KrazyKat with some Spanish Cava and about thirty friends. The mosquitos didn't end up being too bad, the light went early but it didn't rain and the wind stayed calm enough to allow us to hoist sail and show off Chloe's excellent job.

Then we sang "Happy Birthday" to Katie who turned one yesterday and had cake and ice cream. Some of the neighbors came over and I was able to show them the fruits of all the noise they'd been hearing for the past few months.

Some background on the name. Bill Watterson, the author of my favorite comic strip Calvin & Hobbes (comics), was heavily influenced by George Herriman, the author of another favorite, Krazy Kat (comics).

Well, my boat is a catboat, which means that its beam (width) is half as wide (6') as it is long (12') and has its mast way up in the eyes of the boat (really far forward). There are a couple of other characteristics of the cat, but this will suffice. I'm crazy. Crazy for building her, crazy for wanting to take her out onto Lake Erie, just crazy. So, Watterson to Herriman plus catboat plus insanity yields KrazyKat.