It’s breezy outside – the
water has been drained from the pools, and the ship is doing its dance to the
ocean swells.
When I went up to breakfast,
people were already staking out their spots in the Solarium and Pool Decks – a
day committed to being bathed in DNA damaging UV rays.
We did find some seats in the
Solarium – still the most peaceful venue on this ship. Still reading “The Fix” – the story is quite
complex (FBI, DIA, spies, etc) and I am trying to stay up with Amos Decker as
he sifts through the clues – he has perfect memory and I don’t.
The Lunch Buffet today is
featuring the “Pub Lunch” – giant trays of fish and chips. This is generally a good lunch but it draws a
good crowd. The negative side is that by the time you get your food and sit down, both fish and chips are cold. Nevertheless, the food was pretty good. And, also, you wind up eating too much.
My second talk is at 2 PM in
the Reflection Theater – “Forensics and
History: The Search for the Unknown Titanic Child”. Originally, Will has told me that I would be
in Celebrity Central in the morning but he probably figured out that that would
not hold the potential crowd so he managed to change things around to open up
the theater.
Because of the windy
conditions, Lance Lipinsky’s deck concert had to be moved into the theater at
3:00 PM (I got calls from both Will and Rich on this so I would be aware and
compensate). The screen was still down
but Lance’s instruments were on stage. I
found a place to stand and I had to aim my laser pointer around and through the
set up to highlight stuff on my slides.
Will introduced me and I engaged Warp Drive to finish in 45
minutes. I quickly grabbed my computer
and all of the cables and exited. While
talking to a passenger at the theater entrance, I realized that I had left my
very nice computer bag on stage. I went
back and it wasn’t there – one of the stage hands came out and handed the bag
to me – it had my backup jump drives in there along with some other accessories
so I was glad to have it back. It was a
bang bang lecture and I can only hope that people got something out of it. Some of the positive comments I got as I was
leaving indicated that the lecture was OK.
After the lecture, it was
back to the Solarium – I am getting very close to finishing my book.
We had dinner in the Opus Dining Room – we have found
acceptable tables – 417 and 517 are along the railing overlooking the lower
level of the Dining Room. There was
Caprese Salad (HMT and ET good), roasted red pepper soup (HMT – like thin and
bitter gazpacho), iceberg wedge salad (HMT very good), vegetarian lasagna (HMT
OK), broiled salmon (ET OK). No dessert
and no coffee or tea tonight.
After dinner, we went to the
theater to see Matt Johnson,
magician and escape artist, and winner of "England has Talent". He was personable enough but the show lacked
pop and he only did three tricks before we decided to leave.
Our next stop was the Ensemble Lounge – Velvet Duo was
playing a double set. We stayed for most
of it but eventually, it was too much and we retired to the cabin for the
night.
The ship is really moving and
the orchestra of noises has gotten more complex.
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