Wow! It's sooooo hot and muggy

4 20 2010


The ocean was gorgeous when we opened the curtains and Ed went off to the gym. There wasn’t much going on this morning so I went to the library for my usual internet stuff and then read for a while. I was lucky to find another new large print book but I don’t know if it’ll be worth the time to read. I saw several other books of interest but the small print is a definite problem; I wouldn’t be able to read them for any period of time.
Computer classes
I audited the computer class on layers and selections and then I took the one on composite photos in the afternoon. I couldn’t talk Ed into attending the latter though I know it is a bell and whistle he’d enjoy.
Trivia
Because of the computer classes, I wasn’t in trivia in the morning where there were 5 on the team and they didn’t win. This afternoon there were the core four of us and WE WON! Not only that, but we won by 2 points higher than the nearest competitor. We were getting punch drunk laughing at our versions of the answers to some of the questions.
Lunch
Ed and I ran down for a quick lunch as this was in between the computer classes. The two profs from Univ. of Miami were at the adjacent table and we had fun discussing other passengers, tours and trivia where they are also part of a team.
The Middle East and South Asia: An Arc of Crisis
This speaker has lived and worked in the Middle East for decades and while she has a peculiar speaking style and waves the microphone in front of her mouth instead of holding it where you can hear her well, she is clearly very knowledgeable. She also has the same perspectives we hold about much of what’s going on. I expected some negative oriented questions but they didn’t come. She will speak again day after tomorrow.
Dinner
I swear if I start to say something and another person at the table, and here I include all of them, starts talking over me, I am going to scream! One person was talking about someone (it was Norman Cousins but they didn’t know the name nor much else accurate about the story) who had cured themselves of cancer by watching funny movies. I knew Norman Cousins at UCLA and it was a rheumatological condition. But you’d be proud of me: I stayed mum. I came close to suggesting they read “Anatomy of an Illness”, Cousin’s book, but I doubt they would. The “authoress” at our table spends time each evening trashing other successful authors such as Nicholas Sparks. I look forward to reading her one novel which she has with her and is published by a company I’ve never heard of. Do I sound catty? Of course I do. I’d be supportive under other circumstances but this conversation that focuses on so much negative is wearing me down.
Liars All Gameshow
This was hilarious. Peculiar words were put up and then the four panelists had to describe the word and in the end we had to guess who was telling the truth. Two examples are crapulence and farture. The panelists where the cruise director, the magician-comedian, the singer, and the comedian. What a riot and it wasn’t easy to determine who was telling the truth.