From flickr user Seattle Dave

Waiting to get into the Adventure's Club final show, originally uploaded by Seattle Dave.

"Waiting to get into the Adventure's Club final show, Almost 4 hours in line!"

An Embarrassment of Fishes

An Embarrassment of Fishes, originally uploaded by sakraft1.

Coin Slot in The Adventure's Club "God With Rod"

100_3103, originally uploaded by usroadtripper.

Black triggerfish, tweaked feeding frenzy

Black triggerfish, tweaked feeding frenzy, originally uploaded by sakraft1.

Cows by Ellen

Cows, originally uploaded by sakraft1.

This kid is awesome!

This is not video from the night I was at The Adventurer's Club.

North South East West, an Adventurer's Life Is Best

Aerial View of The Adventurer's Club from Microsoft Live Maps

Tres Caballos

Tres Caballos, originally uploaded by sakraft1.

On the way to South Point, the Southern most point in all of the 50 United States

Lola the Cockatiel, ???? - Sept 20th, 2008

Lola liked to sign the theme song from M*A*S*H, had a bad foot but liked to dance, and hung on the cage bars by his beak.

Being a Pirate

Ignore the video and just listen to the song...

Sept. 19th: Talk Like A Pirate Day

Election News

The National Organization For Women will, later today, officially announce their endorsement of Barack Obama and Joe Biden for the offices of President and Vice President.

Is That Tina Fey, or The GOP VP Candidate?

2008 Debate Schedule

September 26, 2008: Presidential debate with domestic policy focus, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS

October 2, 2008: Vice Presidential debate, Washington University, St. Louis, MO

October 7, 2008: Presidential debate in a town hall format, Belmont University, Nashville, TN

October 15, 2008: Presidential debate with foreign policy focus, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY

from youdecide2008.com

Spare this man the phoney outrage...

Matt Damon Predicts Bad Disney Movie If Obama Loses Election

On sfgate.com, Matt Damon is quoted as saying McCain has a 33% chance of dying in his first year in office. From the article:

"You do the actuary tables, there's a 1 out of 3 chance, if not more, that McCain doesn't survive his first term, and it'll be President Palin," said Damon...

"It's like a really bad Disney movie, 'The Hockey Mom.' Oh, I'm just a hockey mom from Alaska, and she's president," said Damon. "She's facing down Vladimir Putin and using the folksy stuff she learned at the hockey rink. It's absurd."

Huge-ass Sun!

The Sun closes in on the Orange Stinger, originally uploaded by sakraft1.

I did not modify the sun in this photo...

Kahalu'u Beach Park, Kona, Hawaii

United Airlines Is Terrible, Long Live Jet Blue

We flew United from LAX to Kona, also from Kona to LAX and LAX to JFK. I will never fly with them again and you shouldn't either. Their economy class is awful. I barely had room to read a book. They need to remove some rows from their 757s. They also have a "red carpet" for their non economy customers. Guess what? I walked on it and there's nothing that they can do about it! I Don't need their carpet anyway, I have my own at home.

But do you want to know why JetBlue really is better? They don't have classes. Every customer gets the same treatment, and that treatment is awesome. They have more passenger space on smaller planes. Their seats are wider! How is that mathematically possible on a smaller plane with the same number of seats in each row? I'll tell you how: JetBlue = Awesome, United = We don't care about our customers unless they shell out several thousand dollars per flight.

JetBlue also has better airport check-in. You have a barcode. No luggage to check? Your check-in takes a minute if that. Have bags, ok, maybe two minutes then (Have experienced this many times at JFK and MCO). United check-in at LAX is terrible. Arrive an extra hour if you're flying United out of a busy airport if you want to be sure that you or your lugage won't miss your flight.

United is divided, classes are the opiate of the masses. I'd rather swim to Hawaii than fly United again.

I am not and never have been an employee of any airline, travel service or travel agent. All logos used in this post fall under the fair use copyright policies of the USA as they are used for commentary and satire purposes.