I am the rapidly-approaching–more-or-less middle-aged husband of a wife of whom I’m not worthy. I am the father of three daughters who, in one of His wryer moments, God gave me in answer to the wish of my younger days to be surrounded by beautiful women. I am a now not-so-recent Catholic convert and a social traditionalist. I am interested in just about everything and an expert in just about nothing. I generally treat the “real” world with what my mother describes as cheerful contempt.
So there you are. I can be reached at portswillers -AT- gmail.com if the tide in your glass is running dangerously low and is in need of recharging.
The Port Stands At Your Elbow 
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December 14, 2009 at 9:39 pm
Jim Fleming
Hello:
I stumbled onto your website via The Irish Elk site.
I am enjoying it very much.
I have a question though, …where is the title line from, “The Port Stands At Your Elbow.”..literary allusion?A night out with friends?
I am curious.
Cheers,
Jim Fleming
January 24, 2011 at 5:00 pm
nightfly
“The Port Stands at Your Elbow…” I believe Holmes says this to Watson somewhere along the way.
January 25, 2011 at 2:31 am
Robbo
Welcome aboard, Mr. Nightfly! It’s actually a reference to the Aubrey/Maturin novels of Patrick O’Brian, to which I am deeply addicted. (Not that it couldn’t also appear in the Holmes stories, although I must confess that I have not read many of them and certainly don’t qualify as a Baker Street Irregular.)
June 4, 2012 at 4:36 am
TMI
http://www.drones.com/pgw.cgi
Random Wodehouse Quote generator.
You’re welcome!
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August 23, 2012 at 5:28 pm
Chris
A glass with you, sir!
August 23, 2012 at 7:53 pm
Robbo
The decanter is always on the table.
August 10, 2015 at 9:55 am
Crouchy
One must always choose the lesser of two weevils.
August 10, 2015 at 10:40 pm
Robbo
Welcome aboard, Crouchy!
February 7, 2016 at 10:18 am
Hank
I admire your employment of the word “athwart.” I often find myself using the term to describe the situation of objects and just as often receive blank stares and confused looks for my efforts.
February 7, 2016 at 5:02 pm
Robbo
Well, thank you Bill Buckley, from whom I stole it. (Of course, while he advocated yelling “Stop!”, I am much more fatalistic about the slide of the West in to the abyss and instead believe there’s not much else one can do than have another drink.)
November 30, 2016 at 9:59 am
The Lurker
I think that you might enjoy the blog WrathOfGnon (http://wrathofgnon.tumblr.com), if you are not already aware of it (I have no interest to declare, other than an enjoyment of both that blog and yours).