Hi,
Sorry for the long delay. I was egged into this blog by a friend of mine who thought I could benefit the whole of the web by being funny and sharing my humor with everyone. I evidently don't type funny so I'd like to apologize to everyone.

Cris, Addy and I just got back from a week in Orlando. I had a work conference and then took the rest of the week off. She's got some family down there so we seriously mooched off of their hospitality. You wouldn't believe the major moochage that went on. We basically had a small mansion with free vehicle attached at our disposal(Thanks Uncle Dale and Aunt Susan!)

We took Ad to sea world. It was a fatherly gesture in the beginning but then when we arrived I began to have a blast. Even though it's a $65 dollar ticket, It's one heckuva glorified zoo. That Shamu sure is something. I would like to apologize to Shamu due to my ignorance. Somewhere, not too deep in my mind, I had the idea that any killer whales I would see would remind me of "Orca" and would have evil red eyes and have either a harpoon protruding from their backs or the requisite hole in their dorsal fin from the errant harpooning attempt. Not only was shamu and his/her pals amazingly friendly, they had a bit of a wiley streak as they would splash several people in what we Sea Worldians would come to know as the "SPLASH ZONE". When I saw that I was sitting in the aforementioned zone of splashitude, I half-way hoped to see a topless darryl hannah along with Tom hanks walking around ellis island. Wrong SPLASH evidently. I say his/her because I never caught the answer to the most commonly asked question heard at Sea World: Is shamu a boy or a girl? I also never saw any definitive whale genitalia much less a whale penis(I wanted to use the correct word for whale penis here but it's evidently more offensive to people than using the term whale penis so I'll defer to another post when the kids are asleep).

I have so many more experiences to wax poetically about but I fear that either I would bore those still reading or ruin it for those who've yet to grace the extremely expensive parking lot/entry gate/stroller rental/concession stands/eating establishments that comprise the World of Sea. I do highly recommend a trip to Orlando though. You might try Cris and my method of pulling out the credit card everywhere and hoping the bill's not that bad when you get home. Actually don't try that, really. On that note, send all donation's to www.Addy'scollegefundjustgotspentinorlando.org.br if you'd like to assist with the damage. (Many of you may notice the ".br". We're from brazil, but you probably already know that from my vicious tan.

I'll talk to ya'll sooner than I did last time. Sorry again. I'm also sorry that a blog that states the term whale penis so many times is even associated with the productive spiritual and intellectual discussions given on both the elder blog and on Jared's blog. You guys keep pullin' the load for shallow wannabe's like me.

I'm outy 5000