This was one of those days that I felt as if I was over scheduled. Everything worked out wonderfully, but I have a tendency to stress and get just a little bit manic. But again, everything always works out. I presented a class at the Austin Board today, then off to a TREPAC Leadership planning dinner. The picture that accompanies this journal post shows the team, getting ready to call it a night. A lot of planning goes in to making a program and/or an event look effortless, and we do a lot of work behind the scenes. I cannot think of a better group to be locked in a room with, or stuck on a deserted island with. No matter what, we all start laughing. Many of us laughed again tonight until tears were running down our cheeks. Work Hard, Present Hard, Play Hard, Laugh at EVERY Opportunity!Keelhaul -- Verb. 1. to haul under the keep of a ship as punishment or torture. 2. to rebuke severely. "A French sailor struck a British officer, and for this he was keelhauled by his own crew." Therese Oniell, The Week, August 13, 2013
Did You Know? In the mid-1600s, British monarchs were intent on using their powerful navy to expand their empire. Insubordination was not tolerated, and mutinous sailors were disciplined severely to discourage others from similar rebellion. Keelhauling was one of the worst penalties that could befall a renegade mariner. Although they definitely practiced the gruesome punishment, the British did not invent it-the Dutch did. Keelhaul is a translation of the Dutch word kielhalen, which means "to haul under the keel of a ship." Even after the practice was banned on European naval vessels in the mid-1800s, the word keelhaul remained in English as a term for a severe scolding.
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