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Mon
12
Feb '07

A Random encounter in the middle of (the desert) nowhere.

So I had decided to take the last Sunday of our stay here in Dubai off to combine it with my usual day off on Monday so I could have two days off in a row before leaving. I decided that for these two days I would take the Al Boom Dive Shop shuttle on [...]

Fri
2
Feb '07

Flood in the Desert

Whoever said it doesn’t rain in the desert is a complete LIAR. Today we were sitting in our Head of Department meeting which started at 1:00pm. By 2:30pm it had started to sprinkle a little and by about 3:00pm we had to go inside because it had started to rain in ernest. By 3:15pm it [...]

Thu
25
Jan '07

Open Water Class

Hello everyone, I think that some of you know but I would bet that a lot of you don’t so I thought I would write about it for a short bit. Just recently I started teaching my first PADI Open Water Scuba class since getting instructor certified this past spring in Las Vegas/California. This class [...]

Fri
19
Jan '07

The Army

Hello Everyone, A while I ago I logged onto the Lance Armstrong Foundation website to find out some information for a friend who was battling Cancer. Today I got an email from the Foundation again about Lance’s Army It’s time people to get on board and stop this and influence our government in a good [...]

Mon
1
Jan '07

Happy New Year

Well in Chicago the clock just ticked over to the year 2007. I just woke up after going to sleep about 7 hours ago after leaving our party and coming back here to process and upload the pictures that were taken this night. I want to wish everyone a happy, healthy and safe new 2007. [...]

Sun
24
Dec '06

Merry Christmas

Well Good Morning everyone, Right not it is about 7:30am here in Dubai and it is Christmas morning. If I was back in the US I should be finishing up the evening’s activities and getting ready for bed. Instead I am missing my second Christmas away from my family. Don’t get me wrong I am [...]

Sun
17
Dec '06

Dubai

Hello Everyone, For now this is just a quick post to let people know that I have arrived safe and sound here in Dubai where I am joining up with my show. More later I promise, I know I’ve said it before but really there are a lot of things to write about lately. Still [...]