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I hope you like poop.

Wednesday, April 10th, 2013

At the moment, I have about $121 in my pocket change container. I could probably scrape up another $30 or so.

What could I do with that money?

I could take a Carnival cruise!

A four-night trip on Carnival’s Inspiration, leaving Miami on April 22, costs $149 a person, including meals and some beverages, according to the cruise company’s website yesterday.

This might be kind of a fun adventure. Sitting on the deck, getting a little sun, reading a good book on my Kindle Fire…

Of course, that price is FOB Miami. The cheapest Southwest round-trip I could put together adds another $248 to that price, and Southwest only flies to Fort Lauderdale, not Miami. And by the time you add it all up, tips for the staff will probably add another $150 to that price. And I’d be away from the blog and the job hunt for close to a week.

But it is kind of fun to think about.

(Subject line hattip.)

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Land of the free and home of the brave.

Friday, November 16th, 2012

I intended to make note of this earlier in the week, but it got past me:

LAT article about what it’s like sailing on board the tall ship “Bill of Rights”.

I find this worthy of note for two reasons:

  1. I like ships. Especially tall ships. So sue me.
  2. You may, or may not, remember this, but the “Bill of Rights” is the tall ship that was accidentally shelled by the “Amazing Grace” back in September. This incident, by the way, goes unmentioned in the LAT article.

(Subject line hattip: probably a lot of things, but this in particular is what I had in mind. I get that song stuck in my head every so often.)

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