TWC Quick Hits…:

69-Year Old Japanese Man Plans to Brave 24,000 Miles Of Ocean In 20-Foot Handmade Boat: Will cross both Atlantic and Pacific on voyage home from France. Why? “[B]ecause I will turn 70 shortly.” Well, alrighty then…

Bumpy Humpback Whale Flippers Could Be Used As Model To Improve Airplane Wings: More lift, less drag. Better for ditching in ocean, too…

Vermont Hunters Cling To Tradition of Fish Shooting: Sit in trees and blast away with shotguns, rifles and AK-47s. Obvious question: Is Vermont that boring….?

“Woo-hoo. I got me one, Thelma. Err, better bring a sieve…”

(Photo: New York Times)