Moving back to my Pirate's Site.

Continuing my tradition for playing ping-pong with my blogs, I am switching back to my Cruise Ship Blog: A Pirate's Life for Me. See you there.

Back to Sea

I just got word that I'll be going to the Carnival Valor. It was my choice really. I was going to go to the Freedom which sails the Mediterranean, but Judy couldn't get on board. So instead we are both transferring to the Valor, which has port calls in Belize, Honduras, Cozumel, Puerto Rico, etc. So the Caribbean it is...

This of course means, I will be switching back to my Sea Blog: A Pirates Life For Me as of 17th of August. I'll keep posting to this site until then.

Fun With Anagrams (or Asthma Warn Fungi)

Its been said that anagrams - rearranging the letters of a name to form new words - can tell a lot about a person, well here's proof!!! Our presidents in order:

Ronald Wilson Reagan = Insane Anglo Warlord!! (or) No, darlings, no ERA law!!
George Walker Bush (Papa Bush) = Huge Berserk Rebel Warthog!!
William Jefferson Clinton = Lowlife Conman Infers Jilt!! (or) Jilts nice women. In for fall!!! (Well, that played out).
George Walker Bush = A Whore Buggers Elk!! (or) Blush, war geek ogre!!

And let us not forget our Presidential Hopefuls...
John Sidney McCain = Damn! Enjoy chic sin!!
Barack Hussein Obama = A Chubbier ass AA monk! (or) A Caesarian Bomb Husk! (Which seems the lesser of evils).

My Presidential Choice (now not an option):
Ronald Ernest Paul = An alert splendour! (He is pretty sharp)!

This has got to make you wonder!!!

Making the best of Portland: Part One

I'm bored here. I admit it - I find this town strange and too quiet for me. What seemed hip before now seems like planned lethargy. So, to help me make it through the remaining weeks here in Stumptown, I present to you my findings of my explorations of Southeast Portland - Mt Tabor neighborhood.



I bought a new camera: a Fuji Z10fd. It has a special setting called "Flowers" so I had to try it.

Dive pics from Cabo San Lucas

I know, I know, these pics are from my dive in Cabo San Lucas and I should have posted them to my other site. I finally got them all good in photoshop, so here they are. Enjoy.

Roller Derby Madness

I can always rely on the Amazing Dano to shake me out of my boredom. He calls me out of the blue and somehow has managed to get VIP tickets to the Rosecity Roller Derby's semi-finals. Having absolutely nothing better to do, I gladly accept this chance at passing the time faster.

Roller Derby has never made much sense to me, though on principle it has its appeal. Hey a bunch of tough chicks knocking the crap out of each other. Its a bit roman for me but hey why not. So it was the Break Neck Betties versus the High Rollers. For my first game, I'm led to understand that it was a monumental event as it was one of the closest games in recent history. The Break Neck Betties are 2007 Champions, and typical recognized as the likely winners of 2008. Apparently I'm now a groupie of the Break Neck Betties - hey a free T-shirt and free beer sealed the deal.

Back in Portland, Dusting Off this Old Blog

I returned to Portland recently and have been trying to readjust to the Portland reality. Its just not happening to me, I feel completely claustrophobic! This no doubt sounds strange coming from someone who just left a ship that was 900 ft long on a good day. But its the sense of limitation that this place brings to me that bothers me.

I suppose being away from the love of my life, Judy doesn't help much either. Portlanders seem too pasty and just too damned white for me now. I think my life in Portland is over, this is no longer home for me. But where is home now?