Check out Colby Cosh’s take on the WS Cruise, to which I will add “what he said”. It was a tremendous amount of fun, and I know we’ll be adding a few new readers to the blogosphere. As you folks stop by, be sure to send me an email to say hi, or should you want advice on how to best circumnavigate this new world of “citizen media”.
At some point near the end of the cruise, I came to the realization that I had lost my designation as non-smoker, by virtue of exposure to an uninterrupted and intense concentration of tobacco fumes. Apparently, one is not allowed into the journalistic fraternity without first passing a nicotine means test. (When I remarked on this, I was informed that this fact had been noted and it was time I chipped in for cigarettes.)
A few other observations – Ezra Levant should be bottled and sold. Both he and Kevin Libin need to sue whatever photographer was responsible for the creepy portraits they use in the magazine (Libin actually bears more than a passing resemblance to Nicholas Cage), David Warren’s frequent references to 17th century poets/philosophers/x-ray technicians are almost certainly a complete fiction and Lorne Gunter should be running for office.
I don’t have a lot of pics, though I’m sure I can count on a few compromising shots by anonymous email. There are a few more in this directory and I’ll try to add others as I find them.
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Mr. McBride, a pioneer in Alberta politics, shows off his Libranos tshirt. |
Though, I confess to one regret about the experience – that I did not capture for posterity the image of Colby Cosh sunbathing on the “tops optional” beach in St. Maartin, during an hour long stop on our “Wild and Mild” Pinzagauer excursion – (“Ladies and gentlemen, over to your right is a KFC”).
Picture, if you can, a glimmering white ribbon of sand stretching into a rolling turquoise sea, human forms bobbing in the surf, scantily clad tanned figures strolling the edge of the waves – and Batman stretched out in head to toe black on a lounge chair under the blazing midday Caribbean sun.
My respect for Colby just went even higher.
I assume David Warren was speaking of Hume, Hegel and Kant?
Looks like a happenin’ crowd in cr4!
Well said Kate, you hit the nail on the head. The cruise was a blast and very interesting and infromative.
I’m happy to report that Kate did a fine job on the panels that were filled with some pretty impressive speakers. She raised a number of good points and did a good job of representing the blogger’s perspective.
Next year’s cruise should be even better, I suspect there will be a lot of people signing up to go again.
Ezra and the rest of the folks at the WS did a great job.
Hats off to them.
That’s all fine and well Stan, but where are the pictures of Kate at the “tops optional” beach? (joke please) Glad things went well – salt air does a good job of scrubbing clean the lungs of smoke!
I believe it to be well established that nicotine-laden second hand smoke cancels the deleterious effects of inhaling paint-booth fumes and the dander-laden atmosphere often found backstage at your larger dog shows.