Fucking crazy. My "confiscated" crab trap washed up on shore. Of all the places it could've wound up in the ocean, it just washes right up by itself. Wild. So free crab summer is officially back on. Apologies to my friend, who has promised to keep the date on it current from now on.

In, crab trap confiscated. Lesson learned: don't count on someone who can't keep a basil plant alive. Looks like my free crab summer is over early lol.

Teaching a little kid about the world really reminds you how arbitrary everything really is. "The moon is up in the day half the time, rain is when water falls from the sky not the shower, youre going to be big and have your own kids one day" all these seem self evident to us as adults, but as a kid thats not the case and we take that for granted. Its not until later when you make sense of all these things that you understand how everything comes together. And even then there's plenty that never does. But until then, everything is just a grab bag of seemingly unrelated facts to memorize.

You can't beat the secondary market. Everything here cost me under $100 total. None of it is stolen lol. 50 bucks for the bike, 20 for the trailer, and I had to get a couple things to complete it. Still not done, one of the pedal arms is stripped out. I'll probably have to buy a new set. Once that's done I'll take the munchkin to check the crab trap. Why am I such a secondary market enthusiast? I like to buy things at their marginal utility and I like to keep capital flowing between human beings instead of with megalithic machines. Also, it feels better to work on your property, a little elbow grease makes things more yours.

I am a naked, nameless wild animal.

I haven't opened one of these in years. Tastes just like I remember it.

Tossed this bad boy off my buddy's pier, already caught 6 so far. Who here eats Atlantic blue crabs? There's nothing like pulling them fresh out the water yourself and eating them an hour later.

First crab of the year. I hope that many more follow in his footsteps this season, straight to my boiling pot.