Transferring to a new Blog
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Due to circumstances beyond my control, I am forced to close down this blog and open up a new one.  Please visit my new blog, "Dotting I's and Crossing T's" to see what is happening im my life lately. I will be leaving this blog available for a little while, so that sporadic readers can find where I'm posting new entries.  After that, I will close it down for new posts and make it unavailable for public access.  This way, people unhappy about being mentioned in the blog will know that posts referencing them are no longer accessible to the public. See you on the new site ..read more
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Day 08 - Disembarcation Day
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Today would be a total disaster.  I won't go into every detail, because I've covered it in a previous post.  But if things were to go wrong, this was the day they would happen. - - - - - - Neither Lili nor I had much sleep the night before.  So the H.A.L.T. acronym (Hungry, Angry, Lonely and Tired) could easily apply to both of us.  Lili suggested that since we were already awake, that we prepare to leave the ship early.  This is unusual for her, as she doesn't give a damn about how she inconveniences the hard working, under paid stewards that take care of the cabins between guests.  So we ..read more
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Days 05-07 - St. John, Halifax, and a Sea Day
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  I didn't get off the ship for the next 3 days of the cruise.  Given the weather in St. John, this was understandable.  But I had little excuse not to do so in Halifax, save that getting up late on a regular basis made a walk on Canadian soil less interesting by the time Thursday came around. - - - - - - Wednesday came, and so did our first port in Canada - St. John, New Brunswick.  This is a sleepy little city with not much to recommend it.  No, it's not a bad place to be.  But White Plains, NY has more going for it than this little city.  Having seen all the important sights here on p ..read more
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Day 04 - Bar Harbor
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As you can guess, getting up late has become a habit on this cruise.  But it is one I easily break when cruising.  If there's something I really want to see, I'll get up early to see it.  Unfortunately, this is not possible when traveling with Lili. This is something that would become a sore point when I want to get up and out early, and she wants to sleep late and hold me back. - - - - - - Bar Harbor is always a pleasant place to visit - even when it drizzles.  As much as it would be a nice thing to go into Acadia National Park, a quick bus ride through the park would do the park an i ..read more
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Days 02-03 - Newport and Boston
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Newport, RI is known for Yachting, and the view from our balcony the day we arrived didn't disappoint us.  To me, this day and the day in Bar Harbor would be the two favorite days I had on this cruise. - - - - - - As it is always when cruising with Lili, we didn't get moving until it was time for lunch.  This resulted in it being impossible to enjoy touring the mansions that Newport's rich once lived in.  There was no way that we would be going to The Breakers when we only had 3 hours on shore.  So, instead, we decided to walk in the area near where our tenders landed and do some window sh ..read more
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Day 01 - Embarkation
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Little did I know that when I started out on this cruise, that this would be the last time I'd be with Lili.  But that will not be the focus of my next few posts.  Instead, I plan to focus on the ports, the time at sea, and the embarkation/disembarkation process.  There were more pleasant times than bad ones on this cruise, and I'd rather preserve their memories than the bad ones. - - - - - - Driving to the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal isn't fun.  It is located in the Red Hook section of the borough, an area poorly served by mass transit.  This means that one must either drive to the terminal ..read more
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Before I start to talk about my cruise....
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Before I start to write about my recent cruise, I wanted to mention one thing.  Lili and I had a major blowout, and I doubt that we'll be friends anymore, much less going on any future cruises together. - - - - - - I had decided to travel with Lili, as she needed someone to be with on this cruise, following the breakup with her boyfriend.  This was a big mistake.  Lili was much more moody than usual, and needing more of an escape from her usual life than a cruise or her best friend would allow. Going to the Brooklyn cruise terminal isn't easy.  It is in a section of Brooklyn that is not e ..read more
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By the time you read this, I'll be back.
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I've been talking about an upcoming trip for a while now.  The only thing I didn't say was exactly when I was going on this cruise.  There is no place I haven't been, and no place that I really want to see again.  But I'm going on this cruise to keep Lili company for a week. - - - - - - The last time I took this cruise, I had a real fear of going out in the world as Marian.  Today, I won't think twice about getting on and off the ship with an ID that doesn't match my presentation.  So far, I haven't had any problems from either American or Canadian customs agents when presenting my ID - al ..read more
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Quickie: Pat and her car
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Recently, Pat called me, asking me to come over to her place.  She was very worried, and I didn't have a clue about what her problem was. Since I had nothing else going on, I decided to pick up a pizza and drive to see her. - - - - - - Pat is the type of person who has little idea of the complexities of the real world.  She believes in the "Chemtrail Conspiracy Theory", when the exhaust from high flying jets is a simple issue of condensation. Yet, parts of her search for conspiracies do make a perverted kind of sense - especially in the age of Donald Trump. It took me a while to get to Pat's ..read more
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Quickie: Some thoughts on acceptance.
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The other day, I was going out to my car as Marian to go about my daily business. On the way to my car, I was stopped by one of my neighbors and we got into a conversation. My neighbor has lived here for well over 20 years, and was here when my wife was alive.  She worked down the block from my wife, and they would have made perfect car pooling partners if things had worked out differently in life. My neighbor and I chatted about several things, and I found out that it was she who reported that my Freshly box had been mis-delivered to her doorway, triggering my "nastygram" to LaserShip.  Sh ..read more
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