Bureaucrats and Vikings

Bruce Blackistone spends his days arranging leased space for the National Park Service -- that is the days when he isn't out on the waterways of the Washington area in the guise of his alter ego, Atli, captain of the Sae Hrafn, or Sea Raven, a reconstructed Viking ship.

The Washington Post reports today on Blackistone and his comrades -- several of them also federal employees -- who have formed the Longship Company, an educational organization dedicated to spreading the word about the Vikings.

One of the best things about the story is the headline: "Tales of the GS-12 Vikings."