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Mexico Rainbow Challenge – Day One – Red

We made it to Mexico! If you read my (long) Year End post, you’ll see that I (mostly) quit drinking.  I didn’t go full AA so that I could allow myself the occasional indulgence (or more if I’m at an all-inclusive for instance.) For example, after a long delay including a text from WestJet at […]

Posted 20 February 2023 § Meme § Shea ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Foam Party (March 2019)

It looks like fun but there were a couple times during the Foam Party at Hyatt Ziva in Cancun when I felt absolute terror – no lie.  The foam would get so thick and high near the foam cannon that it would encompass you and you literally couldn’t breathe! Hopefully I do better at the […]

Posted 16 February 2023 § MemoryLane § Photo § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Snorkelling at the All-Inclusive Grand Sirenis Resort, Mexico

Hopefully this is my view in about a week from now…  

Posted 15 February 2023 § Animals § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Playa Del Carmen Public Library

I love looking at random library websites – especially ones I could conceivably visit in person!

Posted 07 February 2023 § Jobs § Library ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Music Monday – “It’s knowing that this can’t go on forever/Likely one of us will have to spend some days alone/Maybe we’ll get forty years together/But one day I’ll be gone/Or one day you’ll be gone”

I’ve told the story on this blog a few times before how Shea and I technically got married three times (with the related joke that most men can’t keep track of one anniversary and I have to remember three.  Or, flipping that, I have three chances to remember it!) To recap… Our Three Weddings * Feb […]

Posted 06 February 2023 § Humour § List § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Shea ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Secular Sunday – 10 Things This Atheist Worships

If not a deity, what else do I have incredible reverence for? My Family All Aspects of Science All Aspects of Technology The Human Brain Books of All Kinds Incredible Athletes/Athletic Performances Amazing Musicianship Humanity In All Its Crazy Glory Nature In All Its Infinite Variety But more specially, The Beach And more specifically than […]

Posted 05 February 2023 § Family § List § PopCulture § SecularSunday § Sports § Technology § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , ,

Music Monday – “In a Mexican village a heavy week’s workin’ is done/All the boys and girls comin’ out in the streets havin’ fun/Doin’ La Bamba”

“Doing La Bamba” – Pussycat (featuring Toni Wille)

Posted 16 January 2023 § MusicMonday § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Beach Scene, Dominican Republic (February 2015)

Posted 12 January 2023 § MemoryLane § Photo ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

RIP Uncle Stan Nagatani (1940-2022) (and a list of strangely positive things to come out of Covid)

Believe it or not, there have been a few good things to come out of Covid. Here’s a few… * greater acceptance of work-from-home in many sectors * I’d say that it’s caused many people to reassess their work-life balance * many people are also saving money by going out less for restaurants, entertainment, shopping. […]

Posted 10 January 2023 § Family § List § Sad § United States § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Music Monday – “I’m gonna hold on to every spot/It doesn’t make a difference if I use it or not/Sun is rising and folks are shocked to see/There’s no open slots”

This is a parody of cruise ship chair saving but could equally apply to the poolside chairs in most tropical resorts… “Towels on The Chairs” – ParoDeeJay

Posted 09 January 2023 § Humour § MusicMonday § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,