captain's log
Commander's maritime diary
A captain's log is a daily record kept aboard a ship, documenting navigation, weather, incidents, and other matters of the voyage.
The term gained cultural currency through *Star Trek*, where the captain's log serves as a narrative device introducing episodes.
Now used humorously for any personal record or diary: Captain's log, day three of working from home...
- stardateFictional cosmic time notation
- entryAccess or submission
- journalRecord of daily events
- recordPreserved account or achievement
- diaryPersonal daily record
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- Star TrekSpock, Kirk, Enterprise, USS Enterprise, Picard
- nauticalanchor, anchor chain, anchors, boat, boats
- sci-fi comedySpaceballs, Galaxy Quest, Futurama, sci-fi parody, Marvin
- sea talespirate story, sea stories, sea story, mermaid tale, ghost ships
- written documentsnewspaper, diary, journal, manuscript, scroll
- nautical storiesnautical tales
official vs. personal record
captain's logpersonal diary
Private record of thoughts
personal correspondence · love letters · secret diary · memoir · scrapbook