Another day, another island. This one is US “owned,” so we had to rise at 6:45 this morning to present ourselves (and more importantly, our IDs) to US Border Patrol. You have to do this when you go from a…
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Greetings from St. Maarten!
Stump your Captain!
(our position: 20.7N 67.5W) Yesterday afternoon, Thor and I attended a mini-documentary on the makeover of the Disney Magic which occurred the last time it went into dry dock. It was about 30 minutes long, and very fascinating. They noted…
USAirways is the suck, continued
I didn’t win at Bingo. But I did try the drink of the day, a Yellow Bird, which consisted of rum, creme de banana, Galliano, orange juice and pineapple juice. Yup…just juices. Because it’d be really bad to drink at…
Ahoy from the Ocean!
To review, we got really screwed on Friday night’s flight. We were rescheduled for a 6am flight to Charlotte, connecting to an 8am flight, arriving in Orlando at 9:29am. Our bags were scheduled for the first direct flight to Orlando…
But…my BAGS are on that plane!
But…my BAGS are on that plane! After 1:20 delay, our flight was cancelled because the crew had worked over their federally mandated 15 hour workday. We rescheduled..taking a 6:00am flight (!!) to Charlotte and connecting to Orlando…reaching there at 9:29am….
Bon voyage!
Bon voyage! To me, that is. The bags are packed, the papers are ready, and the Halloween invites are ready to be stamped and sent. I’m so excited I can barely think straight. I will be blogging from the boat…
Still here
Still here I haven’t abandoned you, blog’o’mine. I’ve been having troubles with Blogger lately — primarily getting to the “Create a Post” screen — so I’m testing an installation of WordPress directly on my server. So far, it seems a…
Equal opportunity ignoramus
Equal opportunity ignoramus Moderator (African-American woman, because diversity’s a Good Thing): Vice President Cheney…blahblahblah Mullah Prince Ali a-babwa Iraq WMD blah blah?Cheney: I’d like to thank you for moderating and blahblahyap for hosting….Me: (walks out) Actually, I’m in and out…
Undecided != uninformed
Undecided != uninformed Home early, as the vile goddess Menstrua has sent one of her minions down to hop on my abdominal area with a pogo stick. So it’s me, my sofa, 5 pillows, a throw, a heating pad, and…
Debate 1
Debate 1Moderator: Senator Kerry…do you think you can do a better job than President Bush at preventing another 911?Kerry: First, I’d like to thank you for moderating…Me: Oh, Christmas… **click** I lost about $50 on the horse races today. Only…
Half moon
Half moon I went to yoga tonight at the YMCA. The instructor I used to have no longer teaches this class. She was a lady in her sixties or so, wore a cute little black t-shirt that said “Yoga,” and…