A story is a story and someone telling a story is a story teller except when it's a Bilge Miester. For those of you who may not have had the pleasure of the company of a Bilge Miester, let me introduce you to one. Our Bilge Miester followed us from ship to ship and took up residence in the very bottom of our ship, the bilge. He filled his days and nights ease dropping on our lives and finding and hiding every tool I ever dropped in our bilge. The following pages reflect the timeless hours he spent ease dropping. I hope wherever he is now, he is enjoying my tools.