Splendiferous Zeppelin Escapades

Ok, as a lover of music, I feel obligated to mention this site I came across:  http://bandmadness.net.  It pits random (I think) bands against each other in a voting contest and in true madness bracket style slowly eliminates bands to let the most popular rise to the top. 

Its somewhat entertaining to go and vote on all the match ups though this particular round seems a bit one-sided in most matchups.  Anyway, all you They Might Be Giants fans (and even those who aren’t) really should go here and vote for them.  They are in a really close contest with Earth, Wind & Fire and need a little bump up.  Go vote!

We’ve been back now for a few days, and we are both ready to not be back.  The cruise was SO much fun and SOOOO relaxing.  It was great not having to worry about anything other than what to eat, burning, what to eat, what to do and what to eat. 

It was the best vacation ever, and we can’t believe how good a time we had.  We highly recommend it to all.  We posted some pictures (ok, 100 pictures) on our album site, and you can get there by clicking on the picture of the Caribbean to the right.  Enjoy and let us know what you think!

The US played Guatemala in a friendly exhibition game tonight, and for all intents and purposes, the US won.  They probably had possession at least 75% of the game and had at least 3 or 4 times as many scoring opportunities.  Guatemala was clearly the inferior team (despite several of the US players disappointing performances).  So, you can imagine my disappointment when Guatemala used blatant delay tactics to ensure a 0-0 outcome.  Yes, the US wasn’t able to pull out the big plays, but in order to further ensure that they had less opportunities, Guatemala did things like have their keeper count off the seconds that he’s allowed to hold the ball to ensure he uses them all.  How about four “injuries” in the last twenty minutes that lasted at least a minute and a half each and didn’t even result in a player leaving the field?

All that and only 3 minutes of added time, not to mention the killing of momentum.  So, why the disappointment?  Yes, I’m sad the US didn’t pull out the easy win it should have been, but I’m more depressed that Guatemala would be satisfied and STRIVE for a draw (tie).  (more…)

Literally.  And very blue.  You know, the whole picteresque view of sailing into the sunset on a horizon of red ocean (or Gulf as is the case with us) as the sun makes a perfect reflection off the water.  Ok, well, we’ll actually be sailing south, so we’ll be running parallel to the sunset, but you never hear the word “parallel” in fancy descriptions in novels and such.

We’re really excited!  We were going to post pictures while on the ship (using their Wi-Fi), but it turns out that they will charge all our arms and at least half our legs for such service; hence, you won’t see them until after we get back, but see them you will!

If the natives take us captive or sharks get us or some other calamity befalls us while we are gone, know that there was probably never a better way to go, so bon voyage and farewell!