Yesterday evening I was on that other social networking site when my daughter-in-law sends a chat message telling me that my son wants to tell me something. That something turns out that in another 7 and a half months or so, I am going to be a grandpa again! (The again part is for me obviously, this will be his first kid.) Now I am going to have ( Read more... )

The question that is the subject pertains to two items of very recent personal history. The first being that I got an email from my daughter asking if I would like to do a 5km fun run on 13 February. I semi-agreed to doing it and we will talk more about when I get home in 2 weeks. I also posted that on FB as "I semi-agreed to do a 5km fun run." My ( Read more... )

The subject kind of reminds me of the old blessing/curse, "May you live in interesting times ( Read more... )

There are people who pay good money for roller coaster rides like this! But then again, people don't try to sleep on roller coasters. Last night the weather started picking up and when I went to bed about 22:30 last night, we were rolling quite a bit, and definitely NOT a rock you to sleep type roll! Finally, about 02:00 we started to turn and ( Read more... )

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A gannet flew by,
A majestic bird in flight,
On its way elsewhere.

The year is ending,
There is still much work to do,
To close out the year.

Nasty cold virus,
Sinus infection as well,
Wish I felt better.

Being sick offshore,
Is definitely no fun,
I need to get well!

By now I am sure most every one has seen the statement made by Secretary Napolitano on CNN that the failed attempt by Abdull Mudallah claiming that "the system worked." In response to this claim I have an open letter here for Ms. Napolitano ( Read more... )

I apologize for not posting more Christmas greetings yesterday, but I was a bit busy at the time. However, I hope all of you had a wonderful Christmas Day.

We had a bit of a party onboard yesterday and I have put a few pictures from the noon time party to share the morale boost from the party.


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Here is a bit of an oldie, but still makes me smile greeting ( Read more... )

A Visit from Seismic Claus ( Read more... )