Month: February 2008

  • Top Five

    So, the cruise is over and life has returned to normal. For example, Monday I had a scone from Starbucks, went to work, checked my email, tendered my resignation, caught up with voice mail, researched circular function calls, went to Panera bread for lunch, etc. Wait? Did I tell you I researched circular function calls?…

  • UPDATED: The Last of the Cruise Photos

    UPDATED: The Last of the Cruise Photos

    UPDATE: Okay, one more – Here is this year’s infamous naked photo. You can only see the top of my head, even in hi-res. However, you can see all of Gary. Gary wants front row next year. *********************************** Miscellaneous Pre-Cruise Miami Photos: Our hotel room was 1/3rd kitchen, 1/3rd bed, and 1/3rd flat screen TV.…

  • Zip Line

    Zip Line

    Well after the brief scare Gary gave me (“I’m too sick to go on the zip line, waaaaa”), we packed up and went on the zip line excursion in Jamaica. I’ll let the photos do the talking. These are the harnesses they strap you into: They make you feel kick-ass invincible. Gary skeptically evaluates his…

  • Sort of Like the Dog Story, Only It’s Pink Lipstick

    Sort of Like the Dog Story, Only It’s Pink Lipstick

    So, as I said, an interesting thing happened at the finale show. The finale show is when all the bands get together and sustain an hours-long free association jam during which they string together all the old-school songs from decades past. They segue from “Convoy” (Tyler knows all the words) to “Girls Just Wanna Have…

  • Concerts

    I just flew home from the cruise, and boy is my hand tired. (Sorry. I promise that’s the last masturbation joke.) I’m dismayed. Thanks to Gary I have a monster head cold, and I wanted to do this post justice, and I can’t. So, here is a feeble post about the Ships-n-Dip concerts we saw.…