Erratum: ligan (a.k.a. the mission)

The title of my blog "flotsam, jetsam, and errata" should really be "ligan and errata" or even "simply ligan".

The term "flotsam and jetsam", when found outside the bounds of maritime law, is usually misused to describe the miscellaneous debris that washes into our possession often floating across our desks and filling the attics and crawl spaces until they burst. Flotsam and jetsam are really goods of potential value that have been thrown into the ocean. Jetsam implies that said items were willingly tossed overboard (usually to lighten the load in an emergency) and flotsam usually implies that said items were not planned to be lost. Sadly, in a world of shipwrecks, pirates, Republican presidents, sea monsters and other dangers, we live with the simple truth that "flotsam happens." Though to be fair, jetsam also happens.

I plan to use this blog as a place to document some of the useless stuff* of potential value that comes through my life and in the process describe the treasure troves that I have discovered. But this, faithful reader, is where the error comes in! This blog is really a collection of items tethered for later retrieval. That means that this isn't about flotsam and jetsam at all, but it's all ligan. What a laugh!

I regret the error and will try to be more precise next time.

Cheers,
Hans

*subliminal Cracker reference